Guptas FC are the Emalahleni Easter Challenge champions

The 7th annual Emalahleni Easter Challenge soccer tournament was played on the Easter weekend at Ackerville grounds then finished off at Lynnville Stadium.

The tournament was organised by Trevor Dube of Sport Wrap Foundation. The Easter tournament ended on the Easter Monday. There were eight local teams which took part in this year’s edition; most teams were new in the popular township tournament.

The tournament saw teams starting in the group phase on Good Friday on April 14. The tournament opener was very tough as the crowd from Hlalanikahle who came to support Amagugu FC were not happy with some decisions taken by the referee which led to their team losing the second match.

The team from KwaGuqa, Gupta FC made their intentions clear in the tournament by winning their two opening matches to reach the semi-finals while Amagugu fought their way back to reach the semi-finals to eventually meet the Guptas in the final at Lynnville stadium.

The final was a one way ticket as the Guptas FC scored 4-1 to embarrass Amagugu on the final.

Mdu Masuku was the player of the tournament as he walked away with brand new soccer boots and the goalkeeper of the tournament was Elvis Onyango who also received a new pair of soccer boots.

The Guptas FC took home R4 000 in cash, the losing finalist Amagugu took home R1 000 in prize money.

The tournament was a huge success as the community came in numbers to support the games.

The players were excited as 160 players participated in this year’s tournament.

Sport Wrap Foundation would like to thank all the teams and sponsors who once again made the games to thrill the community and being an emphatic success.