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Brandon Moyo, Sports Reporter
MULTI- talented Zimbabwe senior women’s cricket team player, Sharne Mayers was one of the match officials at the recently concluded Hockey Junior Africa Cup (AJC) competition which was held in Ismailia, Egypt.
The Lady Chevrons star, who is also a qualified hockey umpire, has officiated at other continental tournaments prior to the AJC where Zimbabwe Under-21 women’s team booked their ticket to the Junior World Cup which will be held in Santiago, Chile at the end of this year.
Mayers has a career spanning over seven years in hockey umpiring after making her debut in 2015 and has been going strong ever since as she has also earned an International Hockey Federation (FIH) panel upgrade.
“What a time with an amazing team,” Mayers captioned pictures taken after the tournament with other officials.
In December, the 30-year-old also officiated at the inaugural African Hockey5s World Cup Qualifiers which were held in Egypt as well.
She was also part of the officiating team in last month’s Africa Cup for Club Champions (ACCC) 33rd Men’s and 24th Women’s Editions which took place in Kenya.
Mayers has represented Zimbabwe in hockey as a player with her first international outing coming at the age group level at 18 in 2010 before she got her senior cap in 2011 and also played for the Under-21 women’s team in 2012.
In the recently ended AJC, Zimbabwe women booked their place to the global showpiece after securing second place in the four-team tournament, finishing with six points from a possible nine. South Africa, who topped the standings won all their three games to take the nine points.
However, it was not a good tournament for the Zimbabwe men’s team who failed to qualify for the World Cup after a poor performance that saw them lose all their matches as they finished at the bottom of the standings. — @brandon_malvin
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