Countdown on to Carter High School’s inaugural Soccer Super Cup

Carter High School is set to host its inaugural Soccer Super Cup on 27 July. The event brings together eight schools from Pietermaritzburg and its surrounds.
The hosts have earned themselves a reputation as one of the top football-playing schools in the region and are the team to beat.
In the second term, they proved their pedigree by beating Maritzburg College to be crowned the champions of the KZN High Schools Football Association’s Inland League.
Their run to the title also included an impressive win over the Red, Black and White in the round robin stage of the competition.
After back-to-back defeats to Carter, however, College beat them 2-1 in the most recent meeting of the sides, on 20 July, with Malachi Momple striking twice for the winners.
Maritzburg College, though, won’t be in action in the Soccer Super Cup. They’ll be participating in the Primo Big 10 at Hilton College, which brings together 10 of the top teams from traditional boys’ school in KZN.
Carter will be led by Ntuthuko Mnguni, whose influence includes as a leader and a top performer. They’re, arguably, the odds-on favourites to win the event.
They’ll be challenged by Linpark, Haythorne, ML Sultan, St Nicholas, Heritage, Wartburg and Ixopo High School. The latter, among the challengers, will bear close watching. They caught the eye during the KZN High Schools Football Association’s Inland League during the second term.
Alexandra High, though, achieved one of the most notable recent results, handing Maritzburg College a big 4-1 defeat just over a week ago.
With a busy schedule and a short amount of time to recover between games, fitness is sure to be a crucial factor.
u19 Super Cup fixtures
09:00 – 09:30
Field 1 – Carter vs Wartburg
Field 2 – Heritage vs Linpark
Field 3 – Ixopo vs Alexandra High School
Field 4 – ML Sultan vs Haythorne
09:45 – 10:15
Field 1 – Carter High School vs Heritage
Field 2 – Linpark vs Wartburg
Field 3 – Ixopo vs ML Sultan
Field 4 – Haythorne vs Alexandra High School
10:30 – 11:00
Field 1 – Carter vs Linpark
Field 2 – Wartburg vs Heritage
Field 3 – Ixopo vs Haythorne
Field4 – Alexandra High School vs ML Sultan
11:30 – 12:00
Field 1 – Winner Pool A vs 2nd Pool B
Field 2 – Winner Pool B vs 2nd Pool A
Field 3 – Winner Pool A u16 vs 2nd Pool B u16
Field 4 – Winner Pool B u16 vs 2nd Pool A u16
u16 fixtures
09:00 – 09:20
Field 5 – Carter vs Kokstad
Field 6 – Alexandra vs ML Sultan
09:25- 09:45
Field 5 – Ixopo vs St Nicholas
Field 6 – Haythorne vs Wartburg
10:00- 10:20
Field 5 – Carter vs St Nicholas
Field 6 – Alexandra vs Haythorne
10:25 – 10:45
Field 5 – Kokstad vs Ixopo
Field 6 – ML Sultan vs Wartburg
11:05- 11:25
Field 1 – Carter vs Ixopo
Field 2 – Kokstad vs St Nicholas
Field 3 – Alexandra vs Wartburg
Field 4 – ML Sultan vs Haythorne
12:15 – 12:50
u16 Final
13:00 – 13:45
u19 Final
13:45 – 14:00
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