COSACSA National Summer ball games

 

 COSACSA National summer ball games

By: Amanda Nonsikelelo Nhlengethwa

Twitter: @Amanda_N_26

Email: nonsikeleloamanda5@gmail.com

 

Volleyball is a rare and unique sport in South Africa, it is not popular like soccer, ruby etc. Volleyball is an organised sport, and it is associated with two teams of six players separated with a net.

During a volleyball game, players aim to win by scoring points by grounding a ball on the other team’s court under some certain organised rules.

From 21 to 24 September 2022, COSACSA invited all provinces from South Africa to participate in College Sports, Arts and Culture South Africa (COSACSA) National summer ball games that were held at Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) Pretoria Campus. These National games involved Volleyball, ladies’ soccer, male soccer, and basketball.

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Tshepiso Makhubelo could not hide his excitement when he said, “I’m very excited to be part of the games and I’m hoping for the best in everything that will happen today.”

Mpumalanga volleyball club qualified at the National summer ball games held at TUT. In the national cut-throat challenge, the challenge was high and intense because all teams were well prepared, they won against all odds beating KwaZulu natal and Limpopo.

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They are heading to Bloemfontein month end for national league. Hats off to all the participates and conquerors who toiled to bring home their hard-earned medals as a reward of their hard work.

Halala Mabuza is one of the players from KwaZulu Natal, he was asked what made them lose the match.

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”On my side I will say we were not well prepared for the game we didn’t have enough time to practise because they chose 4 players from Mfolozi, 1 ESayidi, and 7 from Majuba and that was not a good thing from the start to just mix us like that just because we’re all from KZN, we only met once on the ground only I think these reasons I’ve mentioned above made us lose the game,” he explained.

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These young stars from Mpumalanga have put the province on the map, these national COSACSA summer ball games have exposed their talent to the country. It was a sight-seeing opportunity for all the players who were participating in the game.

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 Volleyball is not taken serious in South Africa but in universities it is taken seriously, because students are being offered various opportunities where they play USSA, provincials etc but after graduation it is over.

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Competing in a championship is not only about winning, but also about losing and having hope and faith to get back and strike again until you make it.