People’s Cup finals and semifinals postponed May due to rain

The tournament took place over the Easter weekend, starting on Friday, April 15. It was supposed to end the following day. Eight villages participated in the tournament. They are Boqa, Ramotshinyadi, Daniel Rababalela, Lekgwareng, Mokgwathi, Mohlele, Shamfana, and Rajeke. The tournament was hosted at Lekgwareng village.

In the first game on Friday Shamfana village won 2-1 against Rajeke village. Mokgwathi village and Daniel Rababalela village played 0-0 full-time and went to a penalty shoot-out where Mokgwathi won by 8 goals to 7 for Daniel Rababale. Boqa won 4-1 against Mohlele and Ramotshinyadi won by 4-3 on a penalty shoot-out against Lekgwareng.

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Teams that proceeded to the semi-finals were Shamfana, Mokgwathi, Ramotshinyadi, and Boqa. However, due to bad weather and heavy rainfall the People’s Cup Facebook page posted that the tournament would be postponed until Sunday, April 17.

On Sunday, after seeing that the weather had not improved, the People’s Cup posted that an update would be made as soon as there was a clear decision taken at a meeting that was held by the management on the semi-finals. At the time of going to print on Monday, the date and time of the semi-finals were not yet known. The tournament will resume on Sunday, May 1.