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This popularity brings multiple teams in various age groups together to compete in the Ekurhuleni High School League as well as the Private Schools League.<\/p>\n<p><!--\n\nSoccer is a growing sport at Woodlands International College. 2017 is the first year that we have entered three age groups into the Ekurhuleni High School League.\n\n\n<h2>League successes in 2017<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n<ul>\n \t\n\n<li>The Under 14, Under 15 and Under 19 Teams faced a challenging season this year. The Under 19 Team won two matches and the Under 15 Team won four matches.<\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n<h2>Provincial successes in 2017<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n<ul>\n \t\n\n<li>The following players received their Easterns Colours this year:\n\n\n<ul>\n \t\n\n<li>Under 19 - Tiago Carreira<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li>Under 17 - Keagan Turner and Nathi Cibi<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li>Under 15 - Miguel Moniz; Lushil Abbia; Keenan Primo; Ricardo Lopes; Uyanda Tyusha; and Unathi Nkosi<\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n<h2>Tournament successes in 2017<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n<ul>\n \t\n\n<li>The Under 19 Team played in the Ekurhuleni High School Tournament in February of this year - of the eight matches played, four were won<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li>The annual Shangri-La Friendship Cup was again a runaway success. Woodlands hosted this year and the Under 15 Soccer Boys won<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li>Three of our players took part in the St Peter\u2019s Festival in September as part of the Eastern\u2019s Team: Tiago Carreira played for the Under 19 A Team and this team proceeded to the semi-finals; Keegan Turner and Nathi Cibi played for the Under 19 B Team and they won the Plate Final<\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n<h2>League Results 2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n<ul>\n \t\n\n<li>U15 : Finished 5<sup>th<\/sup><\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li>U17: Finished 6<sup>th<\/sup><\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li>Open : Finished runners up<\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n<h2>Provincial Successes 2019<\/h2>\n\n\nEastern Transvaal u17\n\n\n<ul>\n \t\n\n<li>Farai Chigogoro<\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\nEastern Transvaal u19\n\n\n<ul>\n \t\n\n<li>Miguel Moniz<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li>Lushil Abbia<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li>Keenan Primo<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li>Ricardo Lopes<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li>Keagan Daniels<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li>Corbin Ash<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li>Kelvin Pombo<\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n<h2>Tournament Successes in 2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n<ul>\n \t\n\n<li>Selected open players were given the opportunity to make a select side to tour the USA and a chance to be scouted for a sporting scholarship.<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li>U15 and u17 played in the Drapers Cup Tournament<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li>U19 Side played in the St Peters festival<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li>Eastern Transvaal players , played in the Gothia Cup in China<\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n&nbsp;\n\n--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer at Woodlands International College continues to be one of the most popular sporting codes for boys and girls alike. 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