adminThe first edition of the Games was held in Bulawayo in 2003.
Since then the competition has been taken to the other nine provinces.
To prepare for next year’s competition, he said, they had decided to retain some of the members who have been running the show and also drafted in new names.
“We have put people in place for the games since the beginning of the year although we are yet to officially induct them, they will be part of the local organising committee. I however hope we will do it by the end of next month but we are ready and the Governor is ready,” Dzvimbu said.
Dzvimbu said they were going to have a Decision Makers’ Ball on 31 August at a venue yet to be named where captains of industry and all stakeholders would be expected to attend to hear what the Youth Games will bring to the city.
He also said in preparation for the Youth Games the province would first play host to the Youth Education through Sport (YES) Games in December.
Meanwhile, Dzvimbu expressed satisfaction with the run the province had in this year’s edition of the Youth Games.
“You know I think it just was not our year as we missed out on the number one spot by a single gold medal but I was and still am happy and excited about our run this year as we got the most medals overall.
“Our athletes were the best to watch and they were very competitive hence we got 10 gold medals, 16 silver and 13 bronze while Harare had 11 gold, 10 silver and the same number of bronze medals,” Dzvimbu said.
He expressed hope that the home advantage next year would work in the province’s favour.
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