Sundaymail Editor
Mahiya Munashe
THE Goromonzi High School rugby team — better known as the Eagles — travelled to Kutama College in Zvimba, Mashonaland West province, on July 22, for a tournament that was supposed to feature five teams.
Kutama College hosted the event, in partnership with National Foods and Moonlight Funeral Services.
Bernard Mizeki, Direct Contact College, St Ignatius College, Goromonzi High School and hosts Kutama College were scheduled to take part in the competition for both the Under-16 and Under-20 categories.
However, St Ignatius and Bernard Mizeki failed to make it. The first match was for the Under-16 teams from Kutama College and Direct Contact College.
The former played well and managed to beat the latter. It was the same case in the Under-20 match featuring the two schools, with Kutama seniors emerging victorious.
Goromonzi Eagles and Direct Contact juniors squared off in the third match of the day, in which the former won.
The senior teams of the two schools later battled it out, and Eagles proved to be technically superior as they beat Direct Contact 40-0 in an exciting match.
This later proved to be the highest score margin of the day. The final match for the juniors featured Goromonzi and Kutama College (Under-16), which was tightly contested.
Both teams displayed good rugby skills but the junior Eagles eventually succumbed to their counterparts, the Spartans (Kutama College).
But it was the Under-20 final match featuring Kutama College and Goromonzi that everyone was waiting for.
The match had all the ingredients of an explosive affair. Both teams displayed some world-class rugby skills that left the crowd spellbound.
But the Eagles were the ones who walked away victorious. They beat the Spartans 19-17.
The result left Kutama College learners and their supporters heartbroken. This was their second loss to the Eagles this term.
Tadiwa Maradze (Goromonzi) won a medal for being player of the tournament, while Ryan Chimedza (Goromonzi) was adjudged Under-20 player with great potential.
Ishewavose Muchuchuti (Goromonzi) scooped two medals — for being the junior best player and for most tries of the tournament.
His colleague, Brian Mhasvi, won the junior player with the most potential award.
Mahiya Munashe is a Lower Sixth learner at Goromonzi High School
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