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Nkosilathi Sibanda
IHWANGE Basketball Club (HBC) iqhubeke ngokuqinisa indawo yayo njengelinye lamaqembu ancintisela ukuthwala isicoco ngemva kokunqoba iVictoria Falls Suns nge 42-24 eHwange Sports Pavilion.
Umdlalo lo ubuphethwe kakhulu yindlela iHBC evikele ngayo lokuba lejubane okwenziwe yileliqembu kusukela ekuqaleni lapho elivimbe khona iSuns ukuthi ifake imiklomelo emithathu kuphela ku-quarter yokuqala, okuyikho okubeyisisekelo sokunqoba kwayo.
Ngesikhathi sekhefu, iHBC ihambe phambili nge 18-8, iSuns isehluleka ukudabula ukuvimba okuqinileyo kweHBC. Kungxenye yesibili, izinto zaqhubeka ngendlela efanayo, iHBC iqhubeka ilawula umdlalo kuthi iSuns ihluleke ukufinyelela imiklomelo engu-15 ku-quarter ngayinye.
Ukunqoba lokhu kuqinise iHBC njengelinye lamaqembu aphezulu kuligi, iqhubeka ngendlela enhle kakhulu kulisizini yayo.
Ngaphandle kwempumela, umdlalo lo ubaluleke kakhulu ngoba uphendukise imidlalo ye-basketball eHwange ngemva kweminyaka ethile ingadlalwa. IHwange Sports Pavilion isanda kulungiswa, okwenze ukuba ibuye isetshenziswe njalo.
Umongameli weMatabeleland North Basketball Association, uBrighton Musaidzi uthe lokhu kulinyathelo elikhulu ekukhuliseni umdlalo.
“Siyajabula kakhulu ukubona iHwange Sports Pavilion isisetshenziswa njalo ngemva kokulungiswa kwayo. Lokhu kutsho ukuthi sesilendawo ezinengi zokudlalela, okuzanceda ukukhulisa i-basketball esabelweni seMatabeleland North.”
Ukuvulwa kakutsha kwenkundla kulindeleke ukuthi kunciphise ukugxila kwemidlalo eVictoria Falls kuphela, kuvulele amanye amadolobho amathuba okuba yingxenye yeligi.
Komunye umdlalo, iVictoria Falls Panthers inikwe ukunqoba ngemva kokuba iEagles Basketball Club yehluleke ukuletha iqembu, okutshengisa ukuthi kusekhona inkinga zokuhlelwa kwemidlalo kuligi.
Lanxa kulobunzima obunjalo, ukuncintisana phezulu kulokhu kuqinile. IPanthers isahamba phambili ngemidlalo engu-7 inqobe eyisithupha, kuthi iHBC ilandele endaweni yesibili lemiklomelo efanayo kodwa isidlale imidlalo eminengi. ISuns isendaweni yesithathu njalo iseseduze lamanye amaqembu aphezulu.
