adminTeams from different provinces will fight for honours in athletics for the visually impaired, amputees, intellectually challenged, goal ball, football for the intellectually challenged, 5-Aside and 11-Aside, 11-Aside for the hearing impaired, netball for the hearing impaired, wheelchair basketball and tennis.
All provinces have confirmed their participation in the event and have already made part payments to the Local Organising Committee.
The participation fee is US$50 per athlete and they are all expected to pay the balance on arrival in Gweru.
Sport and Recreation Commission Midlands provincial sport co-ordinator, Simon Masaka said they are going to hold a technical meeting on Wednesday ahead of the Games to update participating provinces on the preparations and how the Games will be run.
The meeting will be attended by provincial general managers, provincial technical managers and competition directors.
“The meeting is being held so that we update each other and agree on how the competitions are going to be run and avoid the previous challenges that were encountered especially with the results.
“All the provinces have made part payments of the participation fees to the Local Organising Committee and have made an undertaking that they will settle the remaining balance once they are in Gweru,” said Masaka.
Masaka noted that they had moved wheelchair basketball and tennis from Chaplin High School to Regina Mundi in order to de-congest Chaplin High School and spread the Games to other venues so that more people may have access to watch the competition.
Other sporting disciplines will be held at Mkoba Teachers College and Mkoba Stadium.
Teams are expected in Gweru on Wednesday and upon arrival they will be classified according to their degree of disability and thereafter accreditation will take place at the Command Centre at Chaplin High School.
The Games which, were inaugurated in 2008 by the Sports Commission are meant to create opportunities for people living with disabilities to access sport and are also being used as a tool to promote the integration of people living with disabilities into the society thus fighting stereotypes against them.
Midlands are the defending champions and will be out to retain their title when the Games roar into life.
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