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THE Zimbabwe Youth Chess Championship team left the country for Kampala, Uganda, yesterday confident that they will bring home some medals.
The 20-member team was seen off at the Robert Mugabe International airport by ZCF president Todd Mapingire.
Comprising of 13 girls, and eight boys, the team will be in Uganda until April 24.
Uganda is this year playing host to the tournament which Zimbabwe hosted at Dominican Convent school last year.
Mapingire encouraged the players to remain focused and win medals.
“We are excited that we have managed to deploy a team that’s going to Uganda to represent the country.
“Among the team are reputable players who participated in previous tournaments.
“We are excited that from the previous tournament that we have hosted in December, we will be able to bring more medals.We have got a number of players who are actually now outstanding.”
He added:“We are hopeful that this time around, you can actually produce more medals than before and we are grateful to the Ministry of Education and the Sports Commission for clearing us.
“We also thank schools, WestProp and Minerva for helping us.”
NASH and NAPH representative, Tongesai Menyere, said they are looking forward to a competitive event.
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