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Ray Bande
Senior Reporter
BIKITA Minerals have been promoted into the Castle Lager Premiership.
Their promotion came via a boardroom decision that awarded them maximum points from their final match of the season against Grayham FC.
ZIFA Eastern Region Soccer League vice chairman, Simba Wisdom, confirmed the latest development.
“We deliberated on the matter between Bikita Minerals and Graham FC on Saturday here in Mutare.
“As the outcome of the deliberations, we discovered that, indeed, Graham FC used an ineligible player.
“The player in question is Calvin Tinashe Chiwere who was using Munyaradzi Machipisa’s licence.
“He is a 32-year old player who was using a 22-year old player’s license.
“There was overwhelming evidence. Therefore, according to Rule 13.1 Paragraph B it says if a player uses an ineligible player and the issue is raised during inspection the team using the ineligible player gets three points docked from them, a fine is imposed while the opponents gets maximum points.
“This is the reason we gave Bikita Minerals three points.
“Technically, Bikita Minerals now have 60 points and Tenax have 59. Bikita Minerals are the 2023 Eastern Region champions.
“We have also suspended Chiwere for six months. In the same hearing, Bikita Minerals was fined US$2 000 for assaulting referees.”
Mathew Masinge
Online Reporter