{"id":43654,"date":"2024-10-11T12:05:19","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T10:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/mitchells-plain-youth-cup-kicks-off-with-u-18-teams-competing-for-inaugural-cup-20241009\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T04:53:30","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T02:53:30","slug":"mitchells-plain-youth-cup-kicks-off-with-u-18-teams-competing-for-inaugural-cup-20241009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/mitchells-plain-youth-cup-kicks-off-with-u-18-teams-competing-for-inaugural-cup-20241009\/","title":{"rendered":"Mitchells Plain Youth Cup Kicks Off with U-18 Teams Competing for inaugural cup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The Mitchells Plain Youth Cup is bringing 16 local under-18 football teams together in a bid to restore the Lentegeur Sports Field. <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The tournament aims to provide a safe space for young people to showcase their talents and avoid gang violence. <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>With R12 million in upgrades, the event is set to be a key moment for the community\u2019s youth and football culture.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>The Mitchells Plain Youth Cup kicks off on Saturday and will see months of planning come to fruition with 16 local u-18 teams playing for cup glory.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the tournament being the brainchild of ward 76 councillor Avron Plaatjies, playing on this very field as a young child is what he wants to see restored for the current generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As tournament director of the inaugural cup, he says becoming the Ward councillor in November 2021, he wanted to make a lasting impact and restore the Lentegeur Sports Field to its former glory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Having been the home ground to produce several Bafana Bafana and Premier Soccer League players, he continues that the revitalisation project will see the field again become a hub for talent.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is our responsibility to create a platform for that talent to flourish,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-restoring-lentegeur\">Restoring Lentegeur<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>With the field run-down by vandalism and land invasion attempts, the field has since been going through extensive upgrades by the City of Cape Town to the tune of R12\u2009million.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But this did not come easily. With extortion and security and officials being threatened at gun point, the facility is still on its way to being fully restored.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The inaugural cup was opened only to teams from the Mitchells Plain area, with hope to expand beyond its borders next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/news24\/community-newspaper\/tygerburger\/mitchells-plain-youth-cup-kicks-off-20240927\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>WATCH | Mitchells Plain Youth Cup kicks off<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lentegeur FC will return to their home ground playing alongside Rockafellas, Westridge, Barcelona, New Foresters, Strandfontein, Ikapa, Milano, Red Rovers, Bayview, Bayhill, Stanturf, Kenpark United, Beacon City, FC Tafelzucht and Beacon Spurs who round out the 16 teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur primary objective is to bring sports back to Lentegeur,\u201d he says. \u201cWhat is thought to be a violent place, we will change that around to be a football place.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gilbert Kruger, Local Football Association Mitchells Plain (MPLFA) chair says the tournament is delivering to one of the most underprivileged areas in Mitchells Plain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He continues that with eight clubs in the vicinity, once the fields are restored, the LFA will make use of this facility in future. South African Football Association (SAFA) Cape Town chair and national vice chair Bennett Bailey says soccer offers so many benefits to youth, including discipline, grace in winning and defeat and strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-everything-to-play-for\">Everything to play for<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Lentegeur Football Club chair Johan Van Wyk, who started the club in 1992 after the death of his brother, says the road to this tournament was a long, but rewarding one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn 2018 or 19, 22 youngsters were killed in my area, ranging in age from 14 to 22 in the space of six months,\u201d he says.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lentegeur is plagued by gang violence, but with the respected position of the club among gang leaders, they have been able to restore and assist in keeping peace, says Van Wyk.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This tournament will offer an opportunity to keep youth occupied and out of the grips of gangs, he continues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mark Rodrigues, chair of Bayview FC \u2013 one of the clubs participating in the tournament, says they support Lentegeur as good friends to Bayview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt made sense for us to join this tournament, because the u-18 age group is very vulnerable to gangsterism and other community illnesses,\u201d he says.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>READ |&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/news24\/community-newspaper\/tygerburger\/after-years-of-silence-lentegeur-sports-ground-is-coming-alive-again-with-the-mitchells-plain-youth-cup-20240911-2\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>After years of silence, Lentegeur Sports Ground is coming alive again with the Mitchells Plain Youth Cup<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Milano United FC coach, Christopher Isaacs says winning would ease financial burdens and be a significant boost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cParticipating in this esteemed tournament is an excellent opportunity for Milano to showcase our talent in the division, and we are honoured to be a part of it,\u201d says Isaacs. \u201cTournaments for this age group are not as common, so it would be beneficial to have more such events to provide our players with increased opportunities. 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