The competition will take place over two days, April 7-8, during the Easter weekend at the Galeshewe Stadium, with eight schools participating in the tournament.
THE INAUGURAL Diamond Cup Schools Tournament for 2023 was recently launched; the first of its kind in many years. The tournament is organised by Accelerate-To-Great Sports Academy in partnership with the Sol Plaatje School Soccer Structure.
The competition will take place over two days, April 7-8, during the Easter weekend at the Galeshewe Stadium, with eight schools participating in the tournament.
Kimberley Boys High, Technical High, St. Boniface High, Vuyolwethu High, Emmang Mmogo High, Thabane High, Roodepan High, and Rietvale High are the schools that will do battle during the tournament.
These eight schools qualified to play in the Diamond Cup because they finished in the top eight of the Schools League during the 2022 season.
The draw for the tournament took place on Friday, March 24, at the Teachers Centre in Kimberley, where they decided who would play who in the first round.
On day one of the quarter-finals, the following teams will be playing against each other.
(9am): Rietvale High vs Thabane
(11am): Roodepan High vs Boys High
(1pm): Technical High vs Emmang Mmogo High
(3pm): St. Boniface High vs Vuyolwethu High
Day two semi-finals:
(9am): winner 1 vs winner 4
(11am): winner 2 vs winner 3
Third place play-off:
(2pm): Loser semi 1 vs loser semi 2
Final:
(4pm): Winner of semi 1 one vs winner of semi 2
