By Admire Machiwenyika
MUTARE is the hive of activity as the Zimbabwe Teachers Colleges Sports Association roars into life on Saturday.
The tournament will run till April 1 and at least five teachers colleges from the Zone A will battle it out for a top spot.
All the colleges across the country were categorised into three zones and the first zone and zone A compromise of Marymount, Bondofi, Masvingo, Morgenster and Mutare teachers college.
Zone B is made up of three colleges namely Mkoba from Gweru, Hillside and United College of Education both from Bulawayo and zone C consist of Seke, Belvedere, Madziva and Morgan Zintec and Nyadire teachers colleges.
Athletes will set off the games Saturday and on Sunday the teams will shift their focus to indoor games before rounding it off with ball games on Monday and Tuesday.
The Chairperson for Zone A Joshua Matume has confirmed that it is all systems go for the games and that he was also expecting stiff competition from all the participating colleges.
“We are actually expecting a stiff competition from all the different participating colleges and also Marymount and Mutare teachers colleges will be co-hosting the tournament for the zone A.
“The teams will be battling out for a place in the national finals of the (ZITCOSA) games that will be held in Gweru in May this year,” he said.
“The colleges will compete in 15 sporting disciplines for this year and athletics will kick start our tournament followed by indoor games such as chess, darts and pool, and the tournament will be rounded off by ball games on Monday and Tuesday,” revealed Matume.
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