Picture: (Maize Cup launch at Delareyville library)

Delareyville- Efforts to revive and sustain sport activities especially football as part of the vision to rebrand, reposition and renew the Bokone Bophirima Province will soon come to fruition, as top-class football will be coming to Bokone Bophirima with the launch of a four-team tournament to be played on July 11, 2015 exactly five years after the country hosted the FIFA World Cup final.

The launch of the Bokone Bophirima Maize Triangle Challenge will be held on Thursday, at Delareyville, Tswaing Local Municipality, which falls within the province’s Maize Triangle region.

Three South African Premier Soccer League sides from the country’s maize production provinces namely Bokone Bophirima’s Platinum Stars, Free State Province’s Bloemfontein Celtics and Mpumalanga Province’s Black Aces, as well as top Botswana Premier League outfit Township Rollers, will clash in the Bokone Bophirima Maize Triangle Challenge.

All matches will be played at the state-of-the-art Moruleng Stadium, with the teams paired into semi-finals and the winners advancing to the final.

“We are delighted to have four teams of such calibre competing in the inaugural Bokone Bophirima Maize Triangle Challenge this year and look forward to an outstanding day of football and entertainment for the people of this Province. We would like to thank all our stakeholders, particularly grain producers in the Bokone Bophirima, Free State and Mpumalanga provinces, who have helped to make this tournament a reality,” says Premier Supra Obakeng Ramoeletsi Mahumapelo who maintains that the tournament will contribute a great deal towards growing the province’s growth to 6% by 2019, through Agriculture, Culture and Tourism.

“The fact that this festival of football will come exactly five years after the 2010 FIFA World Cup final between Spain and Netherlands allows us to relive that moment and celebrate again the successful hosting of one of the greatest World Cup tournaments in history,” Premier Mahumapelo added.

The launch of the Bokone Bophirima Maize Triangle Challenge which will be attended by sports personalities from the four teams and the football legends, will be held as follows:

Date : Thursday, 11 June 2015
Venue : Delareyville community hall – Tswaing Local Municipality
Time : 12h00
-TDN
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