As provincial champions, Royal Wizards will get a ticket to the national Sasol League play-offs which are scheduled to take place in October.
Kimberley’s Royal Wizards FC are the Sasol sponsored women’s league champions after beating John Taole Gaetsewe (JTG) district’s peer team Consciousness FC 4-3 in the final at the Ditloung Stadium in Olifantshoek at the weekend.
As provincial champions, Royal Wizards will get a ticket to the national Sasol League play-offs which are scheduled to take place in October at an as yet undisclosed venue. Over there Wizards will compete for one of two places in the Hollywoodbets Super League.
This will also be the first time the Women’s National Professional Football League will engage in a relegation / promotion process since it was established.
On Saturday in Olifantshoek the Kuruman based Tlhaping Flowers and Barkly West based Amakipkip Ladies were the first of the regional contestants to take to the field. The pair played to a 4-2 rubber which favoured Tlhaping Flowers.
The fourth and third placed positions were respectively taken up by Benede Oranje team RC Mills FC and Galeshewe based Diamond Ladies. Royal Wizards made short shrift of the ambitious Consciousness FC when they met in the final. Wizards took the match honours via four goals to three by the JTG side.
According to Royal Wizards owner-manager Ace Mofokeng, Consciousness were a surprise package to them. Mofokeng said the match against Consciousness was surprisingly difficult.
“I think we tended towards underestimating them. We tend to have that thing that we are going to run over them easily and beat them and it did not happen. It was difficult. We were really the ones intimidated. They gave us a very tough game similar to games that one can expect at this level.”
Other than that Mofokeng said his club had had a very long season especially in light of the type of opponents they faced throughout the season. “Throughout all the matches we’ve had we had expected that the most difficult games would be against Diamond Ladies who always challenged us on the field.
“But Amakipkip were also a surprise to us. They were really geared up for us. Otherwise we managed to edge them to position one in our stream. JTG’s Consciousness gave us a good game.
“Now it’s time to prepare for the national play-offs with the hope that this time we are going to make it. I mean everyone who goes to the national play-offs is looking forward to being promoted. But the last whistle is going to determine who gets promoted.”
