By Martin Muleya
(News Of The South) -The 12th edition of the Zimbabwe National Youth Games roars to life in Masvingo on Sunday August 17 with teams from various provinces trickling in for the national sporting event.
The games will be played at various venues dotted in Masvingo, the country’s oldest city from Monday to Saturday and Victoria High School is the command centre.
Manicaland province is eyeing a top three position, having fielded with 92 athletes expected to participate in volleyball, athletics, basketball, women and men soccer, handball and netball.
In a sending off speech read on behalf of the Minister of State for Provincial Affairs in Manicaland Christopher Mushohwe, Provincial Administrator Fungai Mbetsa expressed confidence that the province will snatch a good number of gold medals in different sporting disciplines.
“We are confident that we will receive gold medals from Ruvarashe Muzinde, an athlete from Hill-crest College and Tinashe Mutsetse an 800m runner whom i believe is a cut above the rest in competitions of such magnitude.
“We were number five in last year’s edition, but we are aiming higher in this year’s competition as we are going to be the hosts in next year’s edition, said Mushohwe.
Also expected to bring in medals in athletics is South African based 100m and 200m runner Itai Hlanguyo who has since joined camp.
In the women soccer category Under 20 national team trialists Maud Mafuruse (striker), Angeline Mudambanuki (goalkeeper) and Rachel Mutseneki (striker) are expected to propel the women soccer team to the next stage.
The Samanyikas as the province is known will not take part in two sports discipline namely boxing and lawn Tennis.
Last year Team Manicaland came fifth in the same sporting showcase that was held in Bulawayo
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