adminRicky Zililo Sports Reporter
FORMER Highlanders FC championship winning chairman and manager Ernest ‘Maphepha’ Sibanda has set his target at writing history in the Bulawayo Metropolitan Darts League as he wants his Archers club to win the title without losing a game. Sibanda is Archers’ non-playing captain and on Wednesday night saw his charges taking their unbeaten run to 30 after beating How Mine 32-7 at home.
Archers are at the top of the log with 30 points from 30 outings and enjoy a three- point lead over second placed Railstars who lost 17-22 to Fairbridge.
Njanji’s defeat to Fairbridge means that the log leaders now need two points from their remaining four matches to win their first ever Bulawayo Metropolitan Province Darts League title.
Railstars can only end the season with 31 points should they win all their remaining four games.
“It’s now clearer that we are winning the championship but I want my players to push harder and make sure that we win the title in style with a 100 percent winning record. It is possible for us to do that and giving ourselves targets that appear almost impossible is what has been driving us.
“The teams that will face us in the next coming four matches should be prepared for very tough encounters,” said Sibanda.
Archers were without their skipper Mkhululi Dube when they beat How Mine and had to rely on Brian Ndlovu, Nkululeko Ncube, Tafadzwa Mtomba and Albert Tawanda to lead their attack against the gold miners.
Meanwhile, the Parkview Khanka-ZRP Bulawayo match was not played as the uniformed forces team failed to assemble a team.
The Bulawayo Metropolitan Province Darts League spokesperson Lethukuthula Nkomo said they were waiting for the report to decide on what action to take.
“Only one match was not played and that is the Parkview Khanka-ZRP Bulawayo encounter. From what I hear, ZRP Bulawayo had three players and we are waiting to hear from the two teams,” Nkomo said.
Results
Wednesday: Wise Waters 25, New Dawn 14; Archers 32, How Mine 7; Old Nic Mine 29, PPC Zenzele 10; Parkview Lions v Zimbabwe Saints (walkover), Highlanders 22, Bellevue 17; ZRP Bulawayo v Parkview Khanka (not played); Railstars 17, Fairbridge 22;, Maisonic 29, Caaz 10
Log
P W L F A Legs Pts
Archers 30 30 0 817 335 482 30
Railstars 30 27 3 758 396 362 27
Old Nic Mine 30 24 6 671 460 211 24
Fairbridge 30 23 7 664 470 194 23
Maisonic 30 23 7 670 482 188 23
Wise Waters 30 19 11 614 538 76 19
Highlanders 30 16 14 624 523 101 16
ZRP Bulawayo 29 16 13 589 505 84 16
Khami Prison 29 15 14 557 528 29 15
Parkview Lions 29 13 16 571 523 48 13
New Dawn 30 12 18 536 598 -62 12
Caaz 30 12 18 453 666 -213 12
How Mine 30 11 19 516 640 -124 11
Parkview Khanka 29 10 19 517 616 -99 10
Bellevue 30 6 24 479 701 -222 6
Zim School of Mines 29 4 25 442 679 -237 3
PPC Wolves 30 2 28 372 763 -391 2
Zimbabwe Saints 29 2 27 198 656 -458 2
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