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Innocent Kurira, Sports Reporter
HOW Mine produced a top-drawer performance as they handed Zifa Bulawayo Province Division Two League championship chasing CIWU their third loss of the season, winning the encounter played at How Mine compound 2-1 on Saturday.
The gold miners, a developmental outfit for the Premiership side How Mine got the goals that earned them maximum points from Evermore Dambo and Tenda Biki. CIWU’s consolation goal came from Emmanuel Ndlovu.
How Mine’s victory against CIWU saw them stretching their unbeaten run to three games. So impressive have How Mine been that they held third placed Ajax Hotspurs 2-2 in Mpopoma last weekend. Before that away draw, How Mine had beaten Zenzele Tigers 3-2 at home.
The miners have accumulated 34 points from 23 games and are on position seven, six points behind fourth placed Main Line FC.
CIWU went into the game tied on 40 points together with table-toppers Toronto who stuttered and dropped two points against Arenel Movers who held them to a 0-0 draw at Pumula East Garage.
CIWU are now second on the table with 49 points from 22 games and trail Toronto who have played 23 matches by a point.
Kudzi Mhandire, CIWU head coach was disappointed with his team’s weekend result.
“We are very disappointed with this result. We had a chance to go on top but we blew it. We have to put this result behind us and focus on the next game.
“The league has reached an exciting stage and as things stand we are headed for a photo finish,” said Mhandire.
Meanwhile, Main Line were the biggest winners at the weekend cruising to a 4-1 victory over Zenzele Tigers.
Main Line, a Plumtree based club which plays its home games in Figtree got their goals from Zibusiso Sibanda, Crossbee Maphosa, Nhlanhla Nkomo and Delight Sibanda
Fixtures
Toronto 0-0 Arenel Movers, Khami United 0-0 CS Distributors, White Birds 2-1 Chicken Inn, Lobengula Stars 2-1 LSU United, Mpopoma Pirates 2-2
Saints Academy, How Mine 2-1 CIWU, Sabona Mzilikazi 0-3 Ajax Hotspurs, Main Line 4-1 Zenzele Tigers
Table
P W D L F A PTS
Toronto 23 14 8 1 58 17 50
CIWU 22 15 4 3 46 17 49
Ajax Hotspurs 23 13 7 3 45 22 46
Main Line 22 11 7 4 46 26 40
Mpopoma Pirates 23 11 7 5 34 26 40
Zenzele Tigers 22 10 7 5 31 24 37
How Mine 23 9 7 7 38 33 34
Chicken Inn 22 9 5 8 37 25 32
Saints Academy 23 8 7 8 31 28 31
Sabona Mzilikazi 23 7 9 7 35 32 30
Arenel Movers 22 7 6 9 27 31 27
White Birds 23 5 8 10 30 41 23
Lobengula Stars 23 6 2 15 30 44 20
CS Distributors 23 5 3 15 21 52 18
Khami United 22 3 3 16 21 40 12
LSU United 21 1 2 18 16 29 5
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