{"id":60659,"date":"2024-11-08T13:00:52","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T11:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=60659"},"modified":"2024-11-08T13:00:52","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T11:00:52","slug":"hammanskraal-sports-academy-eyes-successful-title-defence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=60659","title":{"rendered":"Hammanskraal Sports Academy eyes successful title defence"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_60674\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-60674\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-60674\" src=\"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Linda-Mntambo-Games-08-11-24-400x284.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"284\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-60674\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo. Linda Mntambo Foundation Games 2023.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The fifth edition of the <strong>u15 Linda Mntambo Foundation Games<\/strong> kicks off on Saturday, 9 November, at the <strong>Mzimhlophe Sports Grounds<\/strong> in Orlando, Soweto.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 16 teams will be in action, including the defending champions, <a href=\"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/a-new-era-of-success-the-linda-mntambo-foundation-soccer-tournament-has-new-champions\/\"><strong>Hammanskraal Sports Academy<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Hammanskraal lifted the title after defeating<strong> Khukza<\/strong> in an exciting final that kept fans on the edge of their seats.<\/p>\n<p>The champions exhibited composure and skillful football in the title decider,\u00a0 dominating possession while, also, effectively man-marking and winning the majority of duels throughout the match.<\/p>\n<p>Although Khukza had their moments, Hammanskraal Sports Academy scored a 2-0 victory, thanks to goals from <strong>Junior Numayo<\/strong> and <strong>Nhlayisi Nthite<\/strong>, who were key performers for the winners as they secured the Linda Mntambo Foundation title for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re set to face a tough title defence and now, as the champions, they will have a target on their back, with teams like <strong>Sir P United<\/strong>, who were eliminated in last year&#8217;s semi-finals by Hammanskraal Sports Academy striving to go all the way this time around.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TEAMS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>E.R.E.S.A<\/li>\n<li>Future Stars<\/li>\n<li>DGU<\/li>\n<li>Moon Stars<\/li>\n<li>Premier Impala<\/li>\n<li>White City Spurs<\/li>\n<li>KVK Academy<\/li>\n<li>Meadowlands All Stars<\/li>\n<li>Siyanqona Youth Development<\/li>\n<li>Hammarskaal Academy<\/li>\n<li>Lakeside Juventus<\/li>\n<li>Sir P United<\/li>\n<li>Juniors FC<\/li>\n<li>Orlando West Academy<\/li>\n<li>Euphoria United<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fifth edition of the u15 Linda Mntambo Foundation Games kicks off on Saturday, 9 November, at the Mzimhlophe Sports Grounds in Orlando, Soweto. A total of 16 teams will be in action, including the defending champions, Hammanskraal Sports Academy. Last year, Hammanskraal lifted the title after defeating Khukza in an exciting final that kept [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":60674,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=60659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60659\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=60659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=60659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}