Glenville, Ikamva move up

GLENVILLE Celtic (Nafa) and Ikamva Movers (Mofa) will play in the Safa-NMB SAB League when the new season kicks off later this year.

They will replace Sunrise (Zwifa) and Peace Lovers (Peefa), who were relegated when the 2013-14 season ended in a nail-biting finish last month.

In the gruelling playoffs over the weekend, the Premier League champions of the 12 Local Football Associations affiliated to Safa-NMB were grouped into four and played a round robin.

The log-leaders in each group met in the semifinals, with the winners gaining automatic promotion.

On their way to the semis, Glenville beat Moonlight City (Larofa) 2-1 and drew 1-1 with Noxolo United Brothers (Zafa).

Movers thrashed Peace Lovers (Peefa) 5-1 and drew 2-2 with Imbabala Young Stars (Nodefa).

Both the semifinals ended in penalty shoot-outs after ending goalless.

Movers beat Dodgers (Nebfa) 2-0 while Glenville beat Ghetto Stars (Wafa) 2-1.

Results: Imbabala Young Stars 2 Peace Lovers 0, Major Chiefs 1 Hearts 0, Ikamva Movers 2 Imbabala Young Stars 2, Ghetto Stars 3 Major Chiefs 2, Peace Lovers 1 Ikamva Movers 5, Real Brothers 2 Dodgers 0, Noxolo United Brothers 1 Moonlight City 3, Noxolo United Brothers 4 Real Brothers 1, Glenville Celtic 1 Noxolo United Brothers 1, Dodgers 2 Noxolo United Brothers 1, Glenville Celtic 2 Moonlight City 1.

Semifinals: Ikamva Movers 2 (0) Dodgers 0 (0), Ghetto Stars 1 (0) Glenville Celtic 2 (0). - Mogan Segadavan