{"id":1650,"date":"2024-08-10T07:01:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-10T07:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/dsac\/2024\/08\/10\/2024-u15-national-championship\/"},"modified":"2024-08-10T07:01:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-10T07:01:00","slug":"2024-u15-national-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/dsac\/2024\/08\/10\/2024-u15-national-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 U15 National Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; border: 0px; outline: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-1649\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/dsac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/08\/schoolsport.jpeg\" style=\"margin: 5px; float: left; width: 667px; height: 500px;\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/dsac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/08\/schoolsport.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/dsac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/08\/schoolsport-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/dsac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/08\/schoolsport-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/dsac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/08\/schoolsport-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; border: 0px; outline: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif;\">SAFA Scouts were very impressed with the growth in the provincial structures, and managed to select players that will be go on to do wonders for South Africa.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; border: 0px; outline: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif;\">SAFA Technical Director said that the tournament was a huge success and the partnership between the South African Football Association (SAFA), Department of Sport, Arts and Culture and the National Schools Championships, showed that Football development is alive.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; border: 0px; outline: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif;\">&ldquo;We were blessed with beautiful football this weekend and we are very confident that we will be sending two excellent squads to Namibia for the CAF African Schools Championships next month;&rdquo; said Steenbok.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; border: 0px; outline: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif;\">&ldquo;We are so excited of how much talent there is in the country, and we can&rsquo;t wait to see where these players will end up in the next few years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; border: 0px; outline: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif;\">Thank you to all the partners that supported this tournament;&rdquo; concluded Steenbok.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; border: 0px; outline: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; border: 0px; outline: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: justify; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAFA Scouts were very impressed with the growth in the provincial structures, and managed to select players that will be go on to do wonders for South Africa. 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