Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA) has just held its 5th GAUTENG Online Championships on 18 May 2024.
The provincial championship enabled participants to qualify for MSSA’s National Team Trials (NTT) which will be used to select South Africa’s National Protea Teams to attend the international events to which South Africa will send official teams.
MSSA’s National Team Trials (NTT) shall be played on 25 May 2024.
There were no less than six (6) provinces represented, and more importantly, again there were more females participating. Of the 29 athletes who earned Provincial Colours,16 of such athletes are females.
This is the largest amount of Provincial Colours awarded to females at a MSSA event.
The female esports team, White Rabbit Amaryllis, under the leadership of Karla Grewar, had a stunning championship in the Counter Strike 2 esports title. The team romped home to a glorious victory in the female section and even was able to defeat the male Tuks Invictus (Tuks Esports) esports team.
Roedean Reaper (Roedean School), and AHG (PES Society) again performed well in the Valorant and Mobile Legends Bang Bang respectively. Roedean Reaper (Roedean School) won the overall premier division, the members have all earned Senior Gauteng Provincial Colours and a berth in the National Team trials to be held later this year.
IESF’s 16th World Championships will be played to the following titles:
- Counter-Strike 2
- Counter-Strike 2 – Female division
- DotA 2
- eFootball
- Mobile Legends, Bang Bang
- Mobile Legends, Bang Bang – Female division
- PUBGM
The winners of the Online Championships are:
Title | Name of player/team | Club | Provincial Colours awarded |
Clash Royale – Premier | Kyle Vorster | ZAG Academy | |
Tiaan Koen | Hoërskool Klerksdorp | ||
Counter Strike 2: Premier | ZAG | Kitsune | ||
Shannon Corran | ZAG Academy | Limpopo Provincial Colours | |
Robert Butler | ZAG Academy | Western Cape Provincial | |
Aidan Voster | ZAG Academy | Gauteng Provincial | |
Tristan Fuller | ZAG Academy | Eastern Cape Provincial | |
Adam Schultz | ZAG Academy | Western Cape Provincial | |
Counter Strike 2: Premier – Female | White Rabbit Amaryllis | ||
Christie Webster | White Rabbit | Eastern Cape Provincial | |
Karla Grewar | White Rabbit | Western Cape Provincial | |
Nathalie Duvenhage | White Rabbit | Western Cape Provincial | |
Rochelle Elizabeth Noortman | White Rabbit | Free State Provincial | |
Roelien van Dyk | White Rabbit | Gauteng Provincial | |
eFootball – Premier | Aslam Parker | PES Society | Western Cape Provincial |
FIFA24 | Ismaeel Williams | PES Society | Western Cape Provincial |
Mobile Legends Bang Bang: Premier | Mavericks | ||
Matthew Tatalias | Mavericks | Gauteng Provincial | |
Damian Bransby | Mavericks | Western Cape Provincial | |
Preshan Pillay | Mavericks | Gauteng Provincial | |
Mohammad Azhar Ansari | Mavericks | KwaZulu Natal Provincial | |
Shaden Dre Shabalala | Mavericks | KwaZulu Natal Provincial | |
Luke Green | Mavericks | Western Cape Provincial | |
Mobile Legends Bang Bang: Premier – Female | AHG | ||
Je’nielle Cavanagh | PES Society | Western Cape Provincial | |
Inez Pringle | PES Society | Western Cape Provincial | |
Salma Parker | PES Society | Western Cape Provincial | |
Ra’isha Prout | PES Society | Western Cape Provincial | |
Fatimah Prout | PES Society | Western Cape Provincial | |
Mia Anthony | PES Society | Western Cape Provincial | |
Tekken | Reneilwe Maphasa | Tuks Esports | Gauteng |
Valorant – Premier | Roedean Reapers | ||
Raquel Santana (capt) | Roedean School | Gauteng Provincial | |
Jade Ferguson | Roedean School | Gauteng Provincial | |
Charlotte Miller | Roedean School | Gauteng Provincial | |
Caroline Shen Yu | Roedean School | Gauteng Provincial | |
Abigail Adonis | Roedean School | Gauteng Provincial | |
Sportsmanship Award | Ridah Hendricks | PES Society |