
Brandon Moyo
ABAFANA besikolo abadlala i-rugby bazavula inkundla zalumdlalo ngokuncintisana kumqhudelwano weMilton Schools Rugby Festival ngoMabasa.
Imidlalo le ihlelwe ukuthi ibekhona mhlaka 11 lomhlaka 12 Mabasa lapho abaqoqi bomncintiswano ababike ukuthi lonyaka kuzakuba ngcono kulanyakenye ngoba baphezulu kokulungiselela ukuthi kujabule wonke umuntu ozabe ekhona.
Umncintiswano lo uzabe useHartsfield Rugby Ground njalo kukhangelelwe ukuthi kudibane amaqembu ezikolo ezivela kuzo zonke izabelo zelizwe. Kubikwa ukuba leqembu lelizwe leBotswana Under-19 lizabe likhona kumidlalo le.
Kulezikolo ezilitshumi lanhlanu eseziqinisekise ukuthi zizaphatheka eHartsfield Rugby Grounds. Zonke izikolo zizakuba lamaqembu amabili, abangaphansi kweminyaka engu-16 yokuzalwa lamaqembu akuqala. Emaqenjini la, iPrince Edwards isanda kungena emncintiswaneni.
Ekhuluma leZimpapers Sports Hub, umbalisi ophethe inhlelo ze-rugby eMilton Boys High, ophinda abe ngumqoqi womncintiswano uLovemore Mangwiro uthe sebeqalile ukulungiselela njalo bakhangelele ukuqhubekisela phambili umkhosi we-rugby yabantwana besikolo.
“Konke sekumi ngendlela. Amalungiselelo ethu aseqalile njalo asesezingeni eliphezulu. Sifuna ukwenza isiqiniseko sokuthi yonke into ihamba kuhle, ingaphazamiseki. Lo sekungumnyaka wesibili kusiba lamaqembu amantombazana. Sifuna ukunika wonke umuntu amathuba alinganayo,” kutsho uMangwiro.
Uthe balindele ukubukela imidlalo ezahlabusa ngoba kuncintisa izikolo ezilodumo lokuphumelela kumdlalo we-rugby.
“Kuzabe kulemidlalo eminengi. Kunsuku ezimbili lezi abantu bazakholisa bebukele ithalenta le-rugby. Yimiqhudelwano efana lale ethuthukisa imidlalo eZimbabwe. Sikhangelele ukuthi kube lomqhudelwano olemiklomelo eminengi lapho engileqiniso lokuthi abafana lamantombazana bazatshiya konke okusemandleni abo ukuze bacine bethatha izicoco kuzigaba zabo.”
Izikolo ezizadlala yiNkulumane, Entumbane, Milton Boys, Christian Brothers College (CBC), Northlea, Gifford, Plumtree, Petra College, Prince Edward, Churchill, Marondera, Goromonzi, Allan Wilson, Direct Academy, Midlands Christian College (MCC) leBotswana Under-19
Owake wadla ubhedu emdlalweni uSimbarashe Danga kubikwa uzabe engunompempe onxusiweyo kulumncintiswano.
UDanga wake waba ngumgcinisihlalo weMatabeleland Rugby Referees Society.
Kusenjalo, iligi yeBulawayo Metropolitan Rugby Football Board (BMRFB) ka-2025 ebikhangelelwe ukuthi iqale ngoMgqibelo odluleyo, isizadlalwa kumaviki amabili alandelayo.
Lokhu kukhulunywe ngumqondisi womqhudelwano uGeorge Hlatshwayo, othe kudalwe yisizatho sokudonsela muva kwenhlelo zabo.