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Innocent Kurira, Sports Reporter
VETERAN Ernie Noble was elected Bulawayo Basketball Association (BBA) president in the new executive that will serve up to 2021.
Nobel forms the executive with Francis Dube as secretary-general, Geraldine Chibonda (competitions manager), Sinda Mono (technical president) and treasurer Admire Masirirambi. Pretty Tinarwo will handle the women and the youths, while Bulelo Mangoma is in charge of the athletes’ commission.
Dube said their first mandate is to create a vibrant basketball junior policy.
“We are honoured to be given such a responsibility to lead the association and we promise to work hard to ensure we carry on from where the outgoing executive left. The most important thing for us is to work hand-in-hand with the National Association of Primary Heads (Naph) and National Association of Secondary Heads (Nash) so that we create a very vibrant junior policy in Bulawayo. We want to close the gap between Nash and Naph so that we have continuity in terms of players starting from primary and secondary school, and club level,” said Dube.
He also appealed to the corporate world to assist them grow the game in the city.
The new executive is also considering enlisting academies into its league programme for the season as well as spreading the game to the western suburbs of the city.
The BBA league consists of Lakers, Southern Mavericks, National University of Science and Technology, Lupane State University, Highlanders, Giants, Ostrich, City Knights and Oilers. Some have both men’s and women’s teams. – @innocentskizoe
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