MEDIA ADVISORY
To: All media
Attention: Sport and News Editors/Journalists Date: 26 July 2024
GAUTENG HOSTS PROVINCIAL FINALS TO SELECT UNDER-15 GIRLS AND BOYS TEAMS FOR THE NATIONAL SCHOOLS SPORT CHAMPIONSHIPS
Gauteng’s best Under-15 football talent will be on display in Pretoria, tomorrow, Saturday, 27 July 2024, when the province holds the Finals to select players and teams (girls and boys) for the upcoming National Schools Sport Championships in about 2 weeks which will be hosted in Gauteng.
The finals will see players representing their districts and competing for a spot in the provincial team. Gauteng has 15 educational public-school districts. A total of 20 spots are available in the team for the boys and 15 for the girls. The boys play 11-aside while the girls play 7-aside.
Gauteng MEC for Education, Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation Matome Chiloane has praised Gauteng’s young sporting talent.
“The province is blessed with abundant sporting talent, with football being one of the leading codes of excellence. The talent on display at the games is remarkable and reassuring of the future of football in the country and in Gauteng, the home of Champions.”
Entrance is free for the games; all parents and families are welcome to come out in their numbers to support Gauteng’s young talent.
Members of the media are invited as follows: Date: Saturday, 27 July 2024
Time: 09:00 -15:00
Venue: Clapham High School, Queenswood, Pretoria
Issued by the Gauteng Department of Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation
For media inquiries and more information, please contact:
Nomazwe Ntlokwana: Departmental Spokesperson
Cell: 083 507 8068 I Email: nomazwe.ntlokwana@gauteng.gov.za