adminTakudzwa Chitsiga Sports Reporter
ZIMBABWE will be expecting an improvement in this year’s edition of the All-Africa Blackball Pool Championships which begin today at the City Sports Centre.
The tournament will run until September 2 with 21 nations expected for the prestigious tournament organised by AAPA. Zimbabwe came third at the AAPA Championships, which were last held in Uganda, with the host nation clinching the top spot while South Africa came second.
Team Zimbabwe, affectionately known as the Fish Eagles, was selected through a competitive tournament at Tanza Centre in Chitungwiza on May 13 and 14 in an event that saw some rookies making it into the side.
The Zimbabwe Pool Association president Godknows Marawanyika said they are happy to be given an opportunity to host the high-profile tournament.
“Zimbabwe was selected to host the 2017 edition of this prestigious tournament at the previous event held in Uganda in 2016 because of our show at the last two tournaments in Lesotho and Uganda. “We gave the AAPA Executive board a lot of confidence in our ability as a nation to host an event of such magnitude.
“The selection was historic as we have young and very talented players, below the age of 20 in the form of Saidi Office and Takudzwa Matawu, defying all odds and making it into the national team which is usually dominated by big names such as Hillary “Bhudhi” Mukamuri, Tendai “The Inspector” Mubaiwa, to mention but a few.
“In the women’s category, the magician Christine Sengwe was unstoppable and proved why she deserves the title of ‘Pool Mother of Zimbabwe’ as she dominated the tables from the first whistle,” said Marawanyika.
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