Soccer
EKOC kicks off at Grey today─── 09:04 Fri, 03 Jul 2015
The 2015 Engen Knockout Challenge soccer tournament at Grey College in Bloemfontein kicks off today.
The gruelling tournament will see the 16 top football schools in the regain competing for the bragging rights.
Once again the defending champions, Harmony will be the team to watch, although host Grey College, Bloemfontein Celtic Colts and Brebner High School will be serious contenders for the title.
The most eager anticipated game of the tournament will be the Harmony versus Brebner match, with the two sides drawn in the dreaded Group of Death along with Navalsig and HTS Louis Botha.
At the draw two-weeks ago, tournament director Ludwig Koekemoer who will unfortunately not be attending proceedings due to other commitments told OFM Sport that all 16 team deserve to be at the tournament.
"It's probably one of the highlights of the tournament, both are highly competitive teams. Obviously the history and pedigree of Harmony comes to the fore, but you can never throw away at team like Brebner.
"They are well coached and disciplined and it's not going to be easy for any of the other groups to compete with Group C in the sense of the quality of teams.
"There are individual teams who are fantastic and they've all qualified and they all deserve to be here.
The games at Windmill Park kick-off at 9:00, with the opening ceremony taking place at 13:10.
Pools:
Group A - Grey College, Thaba Nchu All Stars, Moemedi, Hodisa.
Group B - FC Remember, Eagles United, Kagisho, Lekhulong.
Group C - Harmony, Brebner, HTS Louis Botha, Navalsig.
Group D - Bloemfontein Celtic FC Colts, Dr Block, James FC, Tsoseletso.
Morgan Piek / OFM News
