Boost for Chipinge sports fraternity

ceremony for the sponsorship Speaking at the same occarecently in Chipinge, Glow sion, district sport developCHIPINGE District is expected Petroleum managing director, ment officer, Martin Sithole, in the near future to start proAaron Chinhara, said it was part said sport development was a ducing top athletes following of his company’s social respontool that could be used to fight the injection of a $50 000-sponsibility to assist marginalised social ills as well as employsorship package by fuel consorcommunities. ment creation. tium, Glow Petroleum. “As Glow Petroleum, we are “Our goal as a ministry is

The fund which is stagpledging a total of $50 000 for to increase access to sports gered for five years, beginning sport development in the disand physical activities among this year to December 2021, is trict, stretching for a period of all communities with a bias aimed at promoting the identifive years. towards the young generafication of sporting talent from “For long Chipinge commution. We believe sports develmarginalised communities as nity has been starved of sportopment in itself is a panacea well as build capacity for sports ing heroes, not because there to reduce crime and other ills leaders in the district. are no talented athletes, but among our youth,” he said.

A number of sports icons because of lack of exposure,” Sithole expressed gratitude from the district including said Chinhara, amid ululation to Glow Petroleum for their former Dynamos defender, and clapping of hands from kind gesture and promised that Lovemore Mapuya who rose the crowd at Chipinge Junior every cent would be accounted to prominencefor.areaclearindi-PrimarySchool. cation ofGthe great talent that The sponsorship deal will be low Petroleum is operating needs to be tapped in the disadministered in partnership in Chipinge and the sponsortrict. with the Ministry of Sport and ship is a first of its kind for the

Speaking at the unveiling Recreation. district.