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Tournament by the Sea - junior footy at its best

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JOY AND PAIN Cape Town Spurs' Alexander van der Werf's body language says it all, following his side's exit from the tournament in a do-or-die semi-final against eventual tournament winners, Wolverhampton FC. Wolves won 2-1 to advance to the finals against Bayhill United

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The 2025 edition of the annual Tournament by the Sea, hosted by Strandfontein AFC, certainly lived up to expectations as teams from across the city battled for honours in the boys' and girls’ divisions.

COMPOSED: Cape Town Spurs'' Eli Lindt spreads the ball during his side's semi-final clash against Wolves.

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IN IT TO WIN IT: Cape Town Spurs Jaden Scheepers challenges for the ball during his side's Tournament by the Sea semi-final against Wolves

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SUPPORT: CT Spurs Player 6 Alexander van der Werf gets the ball away to teammate Eli Lindt, during their side's semi-final match against Wolves.

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ON THE BALL: CT Spurs Player Keanu Moses looks to negotiate his way past two yellow jerseys in his side's semi-final match against Wolves.

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ALL PROTOCOL OBSERVED: Bayhill United captain, Tyrell Isaacs, introduces tournament director and Strandfontein AFC chairman, Shaheed Gabier and other dignataries, to his squad, ahead of their cup final match against Wolverhampton

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LINE UP: 2025 Tournament by the Sea cup finalists Bayhill United and Wolves line up for the singing of the national anthem ahead of Sunday's finals, at Strandfontein

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TRIO: Bayview FC's Ngizwe Mxaku , Jay-mee Hendricks and Waylon Williams, both from Liverpool Portland, in a hurry to find the best spot to catch Sunday's Tournament by the Sea cup final match between Bayhill United and Wolverhampton

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LIVE WIRE With 19 goals to her credit over the weekend, Ubuntu's Cira Jameson was named the tournament's top goal-scorer and player-of-the-tournament

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TOP GUN: Cape Town Spurs' Nasri Idris offers a shy smile after collecting the award as the tournament's top goal-scorer

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SHOTSTOPPER: Mzwakhe Nqavashe, chairperson of the City of Cape Town's safety and security portfoloio committee, joins girls' goalkeeper-of-the tournament, Myla Harris, at the post-final awards presentation.

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MENTOR: Bayhill under-14 mentor, Marlin Opperman, coach-of-the-tournament

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