#KAPSTADTCUP HONOURS SOCCER LEGENDS
SERVANTS of football in Cape Town who had a strong focus on grassroots development will be honoured at the 2018 FC Kapstadt Cup.
The cup competition is known as the “Mother City’s premier grassroots football festival”.
It will take place at Hartleyvale Stadium in Observatory from October 12 to 14.
The club said in an issued statement: “In our mission to grow the next generation of soccer greats, FC Kapstadt will honour legends of the game from years gone by.
“Players and administrators who relentlessly entertained and provided wisdom to nurture the future of South African football.
“Recently FC Kapstadt and the soccer fraternity at large bade farewell to two sta;warts of the beautiful game who paved the way for current players over the years and broke barriers with their talent and commitment to local football.”
“To this end, the club has renamed a number of its trophies after legends of the game in Cape Town.
“The under-13 championship trophy will be called the Biene Alexander Cup in honour of the memory of the late Safa-CT, FAWP, Rygate and FC Kapstadt exco member who dedicated his life to serving Cape Town and South African football.”
Alexander also served on the 2010 Fifa World Cup Organising Committee in Cape Town.
He died last year.
The player of the tournament trophy is being renamed after one of South African football’s greats.
The Reggie Jantjies Award is named in honour of the former Bafana Bafana midfielder and former FC Kapstadt Vodacom team head who died last month.
Jantjies “was hailed as a football giant with Hellenic and Cape Town Spurs in his playing days”, the club said.
“These two men were examples of how passion for the game will set a player apart and it is our hope that young players will emulate their example and remember them as key players in our local soccer history,” the club said.
The annual festival draws a huge crowd and 2018 is set to be no different, with an expected crowd of up to 8 000 over the course of the weekend.
Entry is R8 for adults and R5 for children.
Biene Alexander and Reggie Jantjies were examples of how passion for the game will set a player apart and it is our hope that young players will emulate their example