BY Obakeng Maje

Defending champions Palace Super Falcons, Bloemfontein Celtic, Durban Ladies and Cape Town Roses have all qualified for the last four of the Sasol League National Championships 2012.
The quartet will contest the semi-final on Friday, 29 June 2012 at the King Zwelithini Stadium in Umlazi near Durban.

Palace Super Falcons will face Bloemfontein Celtic and hosts Durban Ladies will entertain Cape Town Roses.

Falcons, without the services the injured Banyana Banyana players midfielder Mamello Makhabane and defender Janine van Wyk, were held to a two-all (2-2) draw by a determined Kanatla Ladies unit from Limpopo.

The reigning champions had to rely on a last minute penalty converted by former-Banyana Banyana striker Kgadi Makoma, after a Kanatla Ladies defenders was adjudged to have handled the ball in their penalty area.

Earlier, Disebo Mametja scored twice for Kanatla Ladies, while Mampa Tlhwaele netted for the Gauteng side.

Bloemfontein Celtic returned to winning form after their depleted unit was beaten 6-nil by Durban Ladies the previous day. The Free State side booked their semi-final place with a seven-one (7-1) victory over Al’s Puk Tawana.

Earlier in the day, Durban Ladies gave their home fans much to cheer about when they piled on the misery for Northern Cape side RC Mills, winning 10-1. The KwaZulu Natal representatives kept their 100 percent winning record at this year’s tournament intact, by outplaying Msiphuya Ladies by two goals to one (2-1) in their second match in the afternoon.

Results from Day Four (Thursday, 28 June):
RC Mills (Northern Cape)   0
Durban Ladies (KwaZulu Natal)   10

Msiphuya Ladies (Mpumalanga)  3
Al’s Puk Tawana (North West)   3

Cape Town Roses (Western Cape)  3
City Lads (Eastern Cape)   1

Kanatla Ladies (Limpopo)   2
Palace Super Falcon (Gauteng)   2

Al’s Puk Tawana (North West)   1
Bloemfontein Celtics (Free State) 8

Msiphuya Ladies (Mpumalanga)  1
 Durban Ladies (KwaZulu Natal)   2

Durban Ladies finished top of Group A with 12 points after registering four wins out of four. They scored 27 goals, tied with second-placed Bloemfontein Celtic who are on nine points. Msiphuya managed to score 20 goals, but could only finish in third place with four points – same number of points with fourth-placed Al’s Puk Tawana. RC Mills had let in most goals in the group stages, conceding 45 goals and scoring only three. They lost all their four matches.

This group produced a total of 92 goals.

In Group B Palace Super Falcon finished top with seven points and were the highest scorers with nine goals.

Cape Town Roses were a close second with six points, third was Kanatla Ladies with four while City Lads came last with no points in three matches.

Group B managed 22 goals to give a total of 114 goals in the group stages for both streams.
The highest score recorded in one match saw Msiphuya Ladies FC defeating RC Mills by fifteen goals to nil (15-0).

Five teams will depart from the tournament on Friday after failing to make the last four – Al’s Puk Tawana, Msiphuya Ladies FC, Kanatla Ladies, City Lads and RC Mills.

The first match in the semi-final will kick off at 13h00, with the second starting at 15h00.

Should the matches be level after 90 minutes, the outcome will be decided via penalties. The same rule will apply in the 3rd place play-off and the grand final.

Semi-finals Fixtures (Friday, 29 June)

13h00
Durban Ladies  v Cape Town Ladies

15h00
Palace Super Falcon v Bloemfontein Celtic

Day 5: 29 June 2012 (Friday) – King Zwelithini Stadium  
Semi-final
Host    Visitor  Time  Field  Match No 
Winner Group A (Durban Ladies)
 Vs Runner Up Group B (Cape Town Roses)
 13:00 Main Field 17
Winner Group B (Palace Super Falcon) 
 Vs Runner Up Group A (Bloemfontein Celtic) 15:00 Main Field 18
DAY 6: REST DAY (Saturday, 30 June 2012)

Day 7: (Sunday, 1 July) 
3 rd/4th place play-offs
Host                              Visitor                      Time           Field  Match No 
Loser Match 11    Vs  Loser Match 12     11:30           Main Field 19
GRAND FINALE  
Host                                Visitor                     Time          Field  Match No 
Winner Match 11  Vs  Winner Match 12   15:00          Main Field 20