{"id":83113,"date":"2025-09-18T10:58:04","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T08:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=83113"},"modified":"2025-09-18T10:58:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T08:58:04","slug":"clapham-high-leads-the-gauteng-champions-league-title-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=83113","title":{"rendered":"Clapham High leads the Gauteng Champions League title race"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Three weeks into the Gauteng Schools Champions League<\/strong>, the competition in the boys’ division has markedly intensified. Meanwhile, in the girls’ division, Clapham<\/strong> High<\/strong> is in prime position to claim the title.<\/p>\n

u17 Girls’ Competition<\/strong><\/p>\n

On Wednesday, only four girls’ matches were played, with Clapham High catching the eye once again. They overwhelmed Khanya-Lesedi Secondary <\/strong>8-1 to move onto 15 points. That puts them five clear of the two-time defending champion, Jabulile Secondary<\/strong>, with only two more matches to play.<\/p>\n

Jabulile had a far tougher game against Anchor Independent Academy<\/strong>\u00a0but came away with a 2-1 win.<\/p>\n

Clapham is a hot favourite to wrap up the title next week. It would require an extraordinary effort for teams like Jabulile or Tembisa High<\/strong> to unseat them.<\/p>\n

Firstly, other results would also have to go their way, including Clapham losing both of their matches, and, secondly, both Jabulile and Tembisa would have to win their games to unseat the front-runners, who remain undefeated this season.<\/p>\n

Buhle Bemfundo<\/strong>, meanwhile, defeated Randfontein High<\/strong> 2-0, while Tembisa High was held to a 2-2 draw by Zithobeni Secondary School.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

u17 Boys’ Competition<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the boys’ competition, the reigning champion, Clapham, moved to the top of the table. They have two crucial matches coming up next week. Will they be able to maintain their winning form?<\/p>\n

After securing two victories on Wednesday, the first a 3-1 win over Rutasetjhaba Secondary School<\/strong>, and the second a 2-1 victory against Rosina Sedibane Modiba Sport School<\/strong>, Clapham is in position to claim the title, but the race is far from over.<\/p>\n

They face stiff competition from the School of Excellence<\/strong>, who are in hot pursuit, on 12 points, just one off the lead, and from third-placed Ibongo Secondary<\/strong>, who are also in contention, on 10 points.<\/p>\n

The championship will be decided next week at the Vaal University of Technology <\/strong>when all three title chasers play twice.<\/p>\n

While Clapham picked up six points on Wednesday, Ibongo ground out a narrow 1-0 victory over Je Malepe Secondary<\/strong>. The School of Excellence also picked up a narrow win, edging out Rosina Sedibane 1-0.<\/p>\n

The match between Thuto Lefa Secondary School<\/strong> and Mokgome Secondary School<\/strong> ended in a goalless draw. Rutasetjhaba, after going down to Clapham, bounced back with a 2-1 victory over Mokgome.<\/p>\n

Results\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Rutasetjhaba 2-1 Mokgome
\nClapham 2-1 Rosina Sedibane
\nIbongo 1-0 Je Malepe
\nThuto Lefa 0-0 Mokgome
\nSchool of Excellence 1-0 Rosina Sedibane
\nClapham 3-1 Rutasetjhaba<\/p>\n

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

Tembisa High 2-2 Zithobeni
\nBuhle BeMfundo 2-0 Randfontein
\nClapham High 8-1 Kanya Lesedi
\nJabulile 2-1 Anchor Independent<\/p>\n

Fixtures: Wednesday, 24 September\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Vaal University of Technology\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Clapham vs Thuto Lefa
\nIbongo vs School of Excellence
\nJe Malepe vs Rutasetjhaba
\nMokgome vvs Rosina Sedibane
\nSchool of Excellence vs Clapham
\nRutasetjhaba vs Thuto Lefa
\nRosina Sedibane vs Ibongo
\nMokgome vs Je Malepe<\/p>\n

Girls’ Competition<\/strong><\/p>\n

Clapham vs Anchor Independent
\nAnchor Independent vs Buhle BeMfunod
\nBuhle BeMfundo vs Jabulile
\nClapham vs Zithobeni
\nZithobeni vs Khanya-Lesedi
\nJabulile vs Tembisa High
\nTembisa High vs Randfontein High
\nKhanya-Lesedi vs Randfontein High<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Three weeks into the Gauteng Schools Champions League, the competition in the boys’ division has markedly intensified. Meanwhile, in the girls’ division, Clapham High is in prime position to claim the title. u17 Girls’ Competition On Wednesday, only four girls’ matches were played, with Clapham High catching the eye once again. They overwhelmed Khanya-Lesedi Secondary […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":83149,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83113","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\/83113","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=83113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83113\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/83149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=83113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=83113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}