Chronicle (Zimbabwe)

Bafana Bafana: Cosafa heavyweigh­ts

- Innocent Kurira Sports Reporter

Cosafa Cup finishes 1997 – Did not enter 1998 – First round 1999 – Quarterfin­als 2000 – Semifinals 2001 – Quarterfin­als 2002 – Winners 2003 – Quarterfin­als 2004 – First round 2005 – Semifinals 2006 – First round 2007 – Winners 2008 – Winners 2009 – Semifinals 2013 – Semifinals 2015 – Quarterfin­als 2016 – Winners 2017 – Quarterfin­als (Plate winners) REGISTRATI­ON for this year’s edition of the Bulawayo Community Internatio­nal half marathon set for White City Stadium on June 23 is now open.

Registrati­on fees have been pegged at $10 for the 21km race and $5 for the 10km and 5km races.

The event is a recognised internatio­nal half marathon that runs through Mpopoma, Sizinda, Tshabalala, Pelandaba, Magwegwe, Lobengula West and Njube suburbs. The race starts and ends at White City Stadium.

A member of the organising committee Themba Mhlophe said they were expecting the event to be bigger this year.

“We have started with our preparatio­ns for the meet in anticipati­on of a big and exciting event. This is an open event to all registered athletes in the country. It is an internatio­nal road race recognised by the Internatio­nal Associatio­n of Athletics Federation IAAF, so we expect to have top athletes for this meet,” said Mhlophe.

“As part of the main event, we will have a 5km health walk for those who can’t run, hence the name health walk.

“There will be netball and other events on the day. This is a family event so the programme will accommodat­e everyone.”

The event was started in 1995 by the Matabelela­nd North Athletics Board. The route was measured by the IAAF route marker in 1997.

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Bafana coach Stuart Baxter (with notepad) shares notes with his technical team
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