South African Nationals sees the start of great things!

SA Nationals

National Champion, Colin Webster, taking on Garth Schoeman who finished second.

The South African National Championships of Figure Gaming was held at HTS Witbank, last weekend (3^rd and 4^th of December 2016). Our thanks to them for a great weekend.

While there were only four players the weekend heralded a new era in Figure Gaming:

Colin Webster was crown as the National Champion with Garth Schoeman and Terrence Allwright in second and third places respectively. Colin is also the holder of the Individual Battle Honours.

Individual Battle Honours

Individual Battle Honours is the successor of the Super League. The holder of the Individual Battle Honours may be challenged at any time, as long as the notice period is adhered to, by any other registered player and is fought using the Handicap system which makes it possible for Newbies to have a fighting chance, pun intended, against the older and more experienced players.

A new player with a handicap of 3 takes 14 points out of a possible 32 off Colin, handicap 10, before the game even starts.

I would encourage gamers to make use of this opportunity, win the trophy and then play as hard as possible to retain it.

Latest Seedings

SA Nationals saw a change in the standings on the seedings with Colin Webster holding 

top spot.

Pos	Name of Player	Club	Points
1	Webster, Colin 91	OE	343
2	Schoeman, Garth 02	KMSC	237
3	Allwright, Terence	OE	209
4	Batzofin, Jason	SJC	195
5	Retief, Elishia 14	OE	195
6	Barry, Sean 09	RPS	195
7	Burger, Erasmus	TUKS	195
9	Holliday, Carl 09	PBHS	195
10	Mullany, Donald	OE	195
11	Bouwer, Abie	OE	195
12	Havenga, Duane	WAR	195
13	Beuken, Leopold	RPS	195
14	Hervey, Simon	PBHS	190
15	Louw, Adam	PBHS	155,1
16	Retief, Ewan 14	OE	154,1
17	Getzner, Jacques	KMSC	140
19	van Vuuren, Marius	WAR	107,9
21	Bouwer, Nathan	OE	100
22	Groenewald, Zenadia	WAR	100
23	Retief, Michael	OE	100
24	Love, Dorian	OE	100
25	Schoeman, Alex	KMSC	81,6

Next Event:

Gauteng Championships 25^th and 26^th of February 2016, Venue to be confirmed. We look forward to seeing you there.

Please direct queries to: Sean Barry, 072 710 1286, nizzybarry@gmail.com

Proposed MSSA 2017 Calendar of events

Date	Event	Discipline	Venue
11 FEBRUARY	On-line Inter-school Provincial Championships	CS:GO, DotA, FIFA, HearthStone, LOL, SC, TTT II	On-line
25 & 26 FEBRUARY	34th GAUTENG Championships	All	TBA
25 & 26 MARCH	21st NORTH WEST Championships	AllTBA	TBA
22 APRIL	Provincial Online Championships	Dota 2, CounterStrike GO, League of Legends, Street Fighter V	On-line
29 & 30 APRIL	Provincial School Championships	Board and Figure games	TBA
27 & 28 MAY	16th MPUMALANGA Championships	All	TBA
27 MAY	FINANCIAL AGM	Meeting	TBA
4 JUNE	Esports National Team Trials	TBD	TBA
25 & 26 JUNE	14th FREE STATE Championships	All	TBA
8 & 9 JULY	23rd KWAZULU NATAL Championships	All	TBA
29 & 30 JULY	SA School Championships	Board, Figure and eSportsTBA	TBA
12 AUGUST	StarCraft II, Hearthstone	eSports (PC)	On-line
26 & 27 AUGUST	22nd WESTERN CAPE Championships	All	TBA
TBA	Indigenous Games	Morabaraba	To be determined by SRSA
23 & 24 SEPTEMBER	16th EASTERN CAPE Championships	All	TBA
28 & 29 OCTOBER	6th LIMPOPO Championships	All	TBA
1 NOVEMBER	Submit nominations of office-bearers	Admin	N/A
2 & 3 DECEMBER	30th S A NATIONAL Championships	All	TBA
3 DECEMBER	33rd NATIONAL CONVENTION	Annual General Meeting	As per 30th S A NATIONAL Championships
TBA	SRSA's S A Schools Championships	Morabaraba	To be determined by SRSA