North West defending Champions Al’s Puk Tawana moved one step closer to reclaiming their Sasol League provincial championships after defeating Florentina 7 – 0 at the Sasol League road show held at Montshiwa Stadium, Mafikeng earlier today.

A hat-trick from Nondumiso Shelembe, accompanied by a brace from Mathapelo Mokgethi and a goal each from Jane Mkhonza and Mmamodu Nkosi saw Al’s Puk Tawana dominating their opponents throughout the 90 minutes of the match.  Jane Mkhonza’s goal was awarded the Sasol “Shikisha” Moment as she took a thunderous shot from a set piece to put her team in the lead as early as the 7

th minute of the game, whilst Mmamodu Nkosi was awarded the Sasol Diski Queen for her influential performance in the game contributing one goal and 3 assists.

In earlier events on the day Banyana Banyana Coach Joseph Mkhonza and his technical team spent time with the female football coaches in the province to share their knowledge and experience in coaching women’s football. Topics such as warm ups, injuries and identifying players’ strengths and weakness were some of the methods of training that were discussed during the workshop.

This was followed by an open trials session where the Banyana Banyana technical team put 75 players through their paces in an effort to identify potential talent, for the ever increasing pool of players in which the national team coaches, across all age groups, could draw players for future international matches. 

“As we look forward to the 2014 Banyana Banyana season, we need to start strengthening our National Team for the 2014 African Women’s Championship in Namibia. We need to put our best team forward in a bid to qualify for our first ever FIFA Women’s World Cup that will be taking place in Canada in 2015. Events such as the Sasol League road shows afford us the opportunity to do a nationwide search for the best women football players in the country,” said Mkhonza

In the other Sasol League match of the day, the host team North West University went down by 2 – 1 to Western Tigers after taking an early lead through Nontobeko Ntyatyela. Western Tigers fought back and finally equalised through a corner kick by Mogomotsi Ramothwe before Kesentseng Mongale found the winner for the visitors. Mogomotsi’s goal was also judged as the Sasol “Shikisha” Moment of the game as she scored straight from the corner kick spot. The title of the Sasol Diski Queen for this match was awarded to Keitumetse Kole from North West University.

The 2013 Sasol League season will come to an end at the Sasol League National Championships taking place in Klerksdorp, North West from Monday, 25

th November – Sunday, 01 December 2013.