Top athletes for Liquor Hub 10km fun run

Fungai Muderere
THIS year’s edition of the Liquor Hub 10km fun run will be held on Sunday amid revelations that renowned athletes were expected to take part in the event.

The race is being organised by Bulawayo Athletics Board (BAB) whose newly elected chairperson Watson Madanyika said strict Covid-19 protocols would be observed.

Liquor Hub owner Raj Modi, who is also the Deputy Minister of Industry and Commerce and MP for Bulawayo South, sponsors the race.

The run will start and finish at Liquor Hub wholesale centre.

“We are glad that we got the approval to have the event, a charity fun run. In that regard we are expecting top athletes from all the country’s provinces to take part. Just like we did the past weekend when we had the inter-provincial championships, strict Covid-19 protocols will be observed for the charity walk,” said Madanyika.

Madanyika, who took over from Manuel Mpofu, added that registration fees were pegged at US$5 or $500 for seniors, US$3 or $300 for juniors and US$2 or $200.

The meet is one of the races run under the BAB banner that include the PPC Matopos 33-Miler and the Coca-Cola Four-Minute Mile, the Nkulumane half-marathon, POSB, NRZ Half-Marathon and Hope Fountain 30km Road Race.

Last year, Moses Tarakinyu and Olivia Chitate were crowned men’s and women’s champions of the race where more than 200 athletes took part.

Chitate and Tarakinyu walked away with R5 000 each.

Tarakinyu of Black Rhinos clocked 29 minutes 14 seconds, closely followed by Elijah Mabhunu who clocked 29 minutes 26 seconds. Misheck Sithole was third in a time of 29 minutes 44 seconds.

In 2018, Chitungwiza-based Canisious Nyamutsita won the race when he crossed the finish line in 29 minutes 34,48 seconds, which was then the best time since the competition started in 2015.

Patience Garuziva of Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services won the women’s competition in the same year.