AMDG SAINTS’ WEEKLY SPORTS AND CULTURE Compiled by St George’s students Vol. 20 Issue 05 14 February 2020 Edited by Mr. A H Macdonald CRICKET vs LOMAGUNDI COLLEGE BASKETBALL 1st XI (T/20 match) – Friday 7th February vs St John’s College St George’s 99-9 Lomagundi 100-4 (Dan Myers 2-23) U14A Won 8-2 U16A Lost 21-25 Results: - Lost by 6 wickets U14B Lost 6-10 U16B Lost 10-11 th U14C Won 8-2 U16C Won 7-0 Saturday 8 February U15A Lost 13-23 2nd team Lost 14-21 st All matches rain affected and reduced to 25 overs. U15B Lost 8-14 1 team Lost 62-87 U15C Won 5-4 1st XI U14 vs St John’s College St George’s 195-5 (E Bawa 79. M Gwese 62) Lomagundi 94-3 (T Chisango 2-30. E Bawa 2-11. T Manyeza 2-3) A team - It was a very tough game but the boys showed their true colours and Results: - won by 101 runs managed to win the game 12-2. We had 4 points from E Chivasa and M Mungwadzi and 2 points from A Tamangani and A Chingwecha. U16A St George’s 127 all out (A Chifamba 31) By A Tamangani and E Chivasa. Lomagundi 128-9 (A Chipunza 3-20. M Chimhini 2-22) Results: - lost by 1 wicket B team - The game was hard but as the boys showed great determination. We knew we should win. St John’s tried to make a comeback but soon all hope was U15A lost as they were slowly losing with the final score as 10-6 in our favour. Well Lomagundi 133-9 (M Ndoroh 2-23. T Magaya 2-23. P Kasumba 2-27) played ‘B’ team. St George’s 104-8 (T Magaya 25) Results: - lost by 29 runs By D Manneh U14A C team - It was a good game as it was the first game for the ‘C’ team to showcase Lomagundi 116-8 (T Bakari 3-15) their talent. We were able to win the game 8-2. It was a slow start but we were St George’s 117-8 (H Patel 27*. M Chitongo 17) able to come back to win the game. There were some good goals by E Mukaratig- Results: - won by 2 wickets wa, and good set plays by the ‘A’ team together with a 3-pointer by D Cornillius U15A's lose again combined with some good defence by T Maunze to make it a great win for the team. Well done. It was good to get some match practice. Playing a T20 as a result of rain delays, Saint's lost the toss again and bowled first against Lomagundi. Once again, one batsman did most of By T Maunze the damage with 67 runs and, once again, he enjoyed several lives as he U15 Tournament at Peterhouse was dropped 3 or 4 times! Gundi completed their 20 overs on 133-9, a very gettable target. The best bowlers were Ndoroh (2-23), Magaya (2- Pool matches Vs CBC Won 17-7 23) and Kasumba (2-27). Vs H.I.S Won 14-2 Vs Watershed Won 8-2 After losing an early wicket, Muhammad and Chikumba batted nicely to Quarter finals Vs Eaglesvale Won 14-7 reach 44-1 after 9 overs, leaving Saint's well-placed with plenty of Semi-finals Vs Peterhouse Won 14-7 Finals Vs St John’s Lost 5-13 batting to come. Then in the space of 3 overs Saint's lost 5 wickets to slip to 48-6! Magaya and Mandiwona stabilised the innings with a part- Overall position: 2nd Place nership of 29 runs in less than 3 overs with Magaya doing most of the Vs Prince Edward damage. Unfortunately he was caught for 25 chasing runs and any hope of victory disappeared. Mandiwona and Shenje had a spirited unbeaten U14A Won25-2 U16A Lost 18-27 partnership of 23 runs at the end to give the Saint's innings a semblance U14B Won 9-8 U16B Won 10-0 of respectability, but it was too little too late and the home side finished U15A Won 17-8 2nd team Lost 12-24 29 runs short on 104-8. U15B Won 12-6 1st team Lost 33-61 Very disappointing, and the aura of saving the game against Falcon 3 weeks ago is well and truly gone! TENNIS vs Peterhouse By Mr P d'Hotman (Coach) U14 Won 10-2 U15 Lost 0-12 WATERPOLO at CBC U16 Lost 3-9 1st team Won 7-5 U15A Fredwilson Tournament U17A Collins Cup The tennis 1st team played well on Friday managing to secure a 7-5 victory over Vs Falcon College Won 13-3 Vs Peterhouse Won 9-4 Peterhouse which had been causing major upsets by beatable some formidable Vs CBC Won 8-5 Vs St John’s College Lost 3-8 teams lately. Peterhouse arrived late causing us to change the normal set up to Semi-finals vs CBC Won 9-5 Quarter-final vs Falcon Won 6-5 play short sets to 6 instead of the normal best of 3 sets. This put some pressure on Finals vs St John’s College Lost 2-9 Semi-finals vs Hellenic Drew 5-5 our players as they knew they had to make it count in only one set. Victory had to (won on penalty shoot-out) st Finals vs St John’s College Lost 3-6 be secured and indeed it was. The 1 team are looking to their next encounter against Watershed, making full use of practice sessions to improve and perform Friendly Match better as they march forward in the season. U14A Vs Peterhouse Won 5-4 By T Mumvuma (Captain) BADMINTON CROSS COUNTRY – Interschools Meeting at Arundel St George’s A Pool A matches Vs Bernard Mizeki Won 3-0 JUNIORS MIDDLES SENIORS TOTAL Vs Queen Elizabeth Won 2-1 234 pts 182 pts 202 pts 618 pts Vs Ellis Robins Lost 1-2 Vs P.E 3-0 Semi-finals Vs Kutama College Lost 1-2 Overall position: 3rd place Overall Results ST George’s B 1st place P.E (179 pts) 6th place St George’s College (618 pts) nd th Pool B matches Vs Bernard Mizeki ‘B’ Lost 0-3 2 place Peterhouse (260 pts) 7 place MCC rd th Vs Westridge Won 2-1 3 place Lomagundi College (444 pts) 8 place Watershed th th Vs Mabelreign Girls Lost 1-2 4 place Hellenic Academy 9 place Wise Owl th Vs Kutama College Lost 0-3 5 place Gateway The B team did not manage to get past the group stages. ATS SELECT VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT U16 U20 ing champions, The Knights, capitalised on this with big hits from our power Vs MCC Won 2-0 Vs MCC Won 2-0 hitter I. Mauchi and precise sets by our captain, G. Mbambu. The second set was Vs CBC Won 2-0 Vs CBC Won 2-0 even easier with good service by T. Tambanewako and T. Tembo to kill them off Vs Peterhouse ‘A’ Won 2-0 Vs Wise Owl Won 2-0 in quick fashion. Semi-finals vs Peterhouse B Won 2-0 Semi-finals vs St John’s High Won 2-1 Finals vs BMC Lost 0-2 Finals vs St John’s College Won 2-0 SGC vs MCC (2-0) - The second game started immediately after the first game. Awards presented for: Awards presented for: It was a bit more challenging with the Gweru based team having good blockers Best blocker – P Sonono Best Attacker – G Mbambu MVP – I Mauchi and fast service. However, it did not seem to put the team out of rhythm. The ball moved back and forth and provided entertainment for the spectators in- The following players were selected for the ATS Touring teams for their respec- volved. Small pockets of space were utilised effectively by H. Mukushi to edge us tive age groups: closer to the knockout stages. U16 U20 A Forseen G Mbambu SGC vs Wiseowl (2-0) - We had this team as our last group game. It was a G Musaka I Mauchi E Tagarisa T Shamu chance to introduce our two external students who exhibited promise in training P Somomo T Ngwenya sessions prior to the tournament. F. Moyo did well to provide sets for our I. E Murawo T Tambanewako Mauchi and G. Mbambu to smash the ball into Wiseowl's side of the court. R Mukandiona S Mukungwa R Njazi Strive, the other external, was immaculate as his slow serves proved to be prob- T Chiware lematic for the opponents as well as his surprising spikes on the second ball that S SHara P Chikukwa caught Wiseowl not alert. The Knights topped the game and were looking to face St. John's Emerald Hill in the Semi Final. U16 Semi Final-SGC vs St. Johns Emerald Hill (2-1) - Quite evidently, the hardest On Saturday the 8th of February our U16 boys competed in the ATS SELECT game of the afternoon. The opponents’ strongest attributes were their serves VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT U16 and U20. and spikes as well as blocks. They managed to stifle and frustrate The Knights in Our boys were looking to do their very best as they had not been in the best of the first set as they narrowly win. A few tactical changes and the introduction of form lately and that's exactly what they did today.