Through hard work, dedication and sheer perseverance, Maryke ‘Ykie’ Kennard has carved a solid reputation as an eSports player.
eSports in South Africa has grown from being a mere activity to being a fully-fledged-accredited-sport for which players may earn Regional, Provincial, and/or Protea Colours.
MSSA, as a member of the International eSports Federation (IeSF) has been party to seeing eSports being accepted by the Olympic Committee of Asia and TAFISA.
Thus eSports is now accredited at every level as a sport.
And, at this time of the year, MSSA once again selects its team that will sally forth to do battle on foreign fields and represent South Africa against the best that other nations have to offer.
This year the IeSF’s World Championships is being hosted in the heart of eSports, that is, Seoul, South Korea.
The game titles in which the MWEB South African Protea eSports Team will compete are League of Legends®, StarCraft II®, and HearthStone®.
Maryke is without doubt one of the most decorated gamers in South Africa. Having burst upon the competitive eSports scene in 2014, Maryke earned her Gauteng Provincial Colours as well as her National Federation Colours. Since 2014 Maryke has been part of the teams that won the 2014 Gauteng Championships, the 2014 Online Championships, the 2014 S A National Championships as well as the MWEB Gauteng and MWEB Mpumulanga Championships in 2015.
Thus the ever efficient Maryke ‘Ykie’ Kennard was selected not only to represent South Africa in the IeSF’s 7th World championships, but to also be the team captain in an otherwise all male team.
There is no doubt that Maryke will push the MWEB Protea eSports team to the limit and get the best out of all its players.
The MWEB Protea eSports Team shall officially be awarded their colours at the official award ceremony that shall be done just prior to departure.
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