{"id":82275,"date":"2025-09-04T17:48:51","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T15:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=82275"},"modified":"2025-09-04T17:48:51","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T15:48:51","slug":"gauteng-schools-champions-league-kicks-off-with-a-bang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=82275","title":{"rendered":"Gauteng Schools Champions League kicks off with a bang"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"GoldenThe eagerly awaited third edition of the Gauteng Schools Wednesday Champions League<\/strong> kicked off on Wednesday at the Kagiso Memorial and Recreation Centre in Krugersdorp.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The league features a four-week period of intense participation from high-performing schools in the Gauteng province, who compete in three sporting codes: football, netball, and volleyball.<\/p>\n

In 2024, Clapham High School<\/strong><\/a>, won the Iber Cup South Africa<\/strong><\/a> and the Absa Wildeklawer Soccer Tournament<\/strong><\/a>. They also went back-to-back as the champion of the Gauteng Schools Wednesday Champions League football competition.<\/p>\n

In the girls’ football category, Jabulile Secondary School<\/strong> achieved back-to-back titles.<\/p>\n

The Gauteng Schools Wednesday Champions League is a proud initiative of the Gauteng Provincial Government, <\/strong>and its aim is to advance the development of school sports by focusing on increasing participation and creating opportunities for talent identification in school sports.<\/p>\n

Boys’ Competition\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

On Wednesday, in the boys’ football competition, Clapham High kicked off their campaign with a 1-1 draw against Ibongo Secondary School<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

It was an unexpected start for the champions, who are accustomed to dominating their opponent. Ibongo, though, stood firm and were relentless in their efforts as they came away with a share of the spoils.<\/p>\n

While Clapham was held to a draw, the School of Excellence<\/strong> soared, beating Mokgome Secondary<\/strong> 4-0 and Rutasetjhaba Secondary School <\/strong>3-0.<\/p>\n

Well beaten in their first outing, Mokgome regrouped and rebounded well, to hand Ibongo a 2-0 defeat in their second march.<\/p>\n

On the first day of the tournament, Rosina Sedibane Modiba Sport School<\/strong> also excelled. They opened with a 3-0 victory over Rutasetjhaba and followed that with a hard-fought 2-1 win over Thuto Lefa Secondary School<\/strong> to come away with a full haul of six points.<\/p>\n

In their second match, Thuto Lefa played to a 1-1 draw with Je Malepe Secondary School<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Girls’ Competition\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

While Clapham High’s boys’ team made a stuttering start to their campaign, their girls’ side had no such problems, rattling the back of the net to the tune of 15 goals on the opening day without conceding.<\/p>\n

They began their assignments with a 3-0 win over Jabulile Secondary School <\/strong>and then hit top gear in a 12-0 shellacking of Randfontein High<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Khanya Lesedi Secondary School<\/strong> got off to a difficult start, sharing a 1-1 draw with Buhle BemFundo <\/strong>before falling 1-2 to Jabulile Secondary.<\/p>\n

Randfontein High, apart from their one-sided loss against Clapham, was also beaten 4-0 by Zithobeni Secondary School<\/strong>. Zithobeni, though, lost their second match, suffering a 1-2 loss to Anchor Independent Academy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Then, against Tembisa High<\/strong>, Anchor Independent Academy couldn’t find the back of the net, but neither could Tembisa, and they settled for a goalless stalemate.<\/p>\n

In the final match of the day, though, Tembisa High put four past Buhle Bemfundo as they ran out 4-1 winners.<\/p>\n

Results – u17 Boys\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rosina Sedibane 3-0 Rutasetjhaba
\nSchool of Excellence 4-0 Mokgome
\nJe Malepe 1-1 Thuto Lefa
\nClapham High 1-1 Ibongo
\nSchool of Excellence 3-0 Rutasetjhaba
\nRosina Sedibane 2-1 Thuto Lefa
\nMokgome 2-0 Ibongo<\/p>\n

Results – u17 Girls\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Clapham 3-0 Jabulile
\nJabulile 2-1 Khaya Lesedi
\nKhaya Lesedi 1-1 Buhle BeMfundo
\nClapham 12-0 Randfontein
\nZithobeni 4-0 Randfontein
\nTembisa High 4-1 Buhle BeMfundo
\nTembisa High 0-0 Anchor
\nAnchor 2-1 Zithobeni<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The eagerly awaited third edition of the Gauteng Schools Wednesday Champions League kicked off on Wednesday at the Kagiso Memorial and Recreation Centre in Krugersdorp. The league features a four-week period of intense participation from high-performing schools in the Gauteng province, who compete in three sporting codes: football, netball, and volleyball. In 2024, Clapham High […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":29496,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82275","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\/82275","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=82275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82275\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=82275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=82275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}