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AMDG SAINTS’ WEEKLY SPORTS AND CULTURE Vol 18 No 14 22nd-28th May 2018 [email protected] Edited by Mr A H Macdonald Soccer Rugby 1st Team v St John’s College Result : Won 3-2 Harare Province Selection and * Zimbabwe Squad Selection * The Derby! The players were confident during the pregame routine and warm up but looked ra- ther jittery as they ran onto the pitch. A Team B Team C Team They were determined to not have a repeat of last years dismal performance. We started the game on the back foot but a quick fire goal by G Chirawu calmed the 1) U14’s A Chipamaunga M Chaniwa nerves. T Chikutiro *(Zim) The St John’s team were on the forefront again and a strike from outside the box A Ditima *(Zim) F Dhlamini K Chibanda caught the players napping and the score was now 1-1. The game was more like pinball for some stages but some one touch, two touch mover from the St George’s S Jackson T Mudanga A Chihope players led to a composed finish by K Gwasira. Momentum swung St George’s way leading to an own goal by the opposing team. S Kadira *(Zim) K Shumba T Mushonga *(Zim) C Umali The second half began sluggishly by St George’s leading to some missed chances from both sides. A corner later on in the game led to another goal from St John’s, F Pullen *(Zim) bringing the score to 3-2. It was a very exciting encounter and hopefully a confidence boosting one too as the players prepare for the annual Hammer and Tongues tourna- T Zisengwe *(Zim) ment. By : M Mapondera Form : 4 2) U17’s T Munyeza S Terera *(Zim) Soccer N Mundangepfupfu *(Zim) T Gumbwa St George’s Hammer and Tongues Invitational Tourna- T Maunga *(Zim) M Manyangadze *(Zim) ment T Tembo (Pulled out) T Rukweza (Pulled out) Fridays Matches 1st Team v Kutama College 0-0 3) U18’s F Musaka A Zivanai *(Zim) St George’s started off their campaign against a resilient Kutama side. The team led by Captain D Gausi held firm at the back but failed to break through over the M Makanza *(Zim) F Mbuvi 30 minutes. The team showed immense courage and fighting spirit not to concede any goals and this showed in other games. C Duffield *(Zim) NTR A Mundangepfupfu *(Zim) v St John’s Chikakwa 0-0 C Abson T Makoni Again St George’s were held to a goalless draw. The lack of chances created in the match resulted in the team’s failure to score. The defense stood firm and thanks to 2 P Mwendamberi *(Zim) NTR J Makwabarara NTR great saves from keeper M Mapondera the team was able to remain undefeated and keep their hopes of progressing to the quarter finals alive. R Munyeza *(Zim) V Gateway 1-0 T Mkaratigwa A much needed win for the team. K Mills gave St George’s the lead in the second half with a superb free kick that bamboozled the Gateway keeper. Now aided with some- thing to protect our lead the St George’s defense put on a show again led by D Gausi and Hockey kept the Gateway attack at bay. Harare Province Squad Selection V Milestone College 3-0 The late kick off of the day. Signs of fatigue were expected to show but the boys were U18 L Chikukwa U16 R Norman as sharp as ever. A quick counter attack gave R Aliam a one on one with the Milestone keeper and he made no mistake slotting it in to make it 1-0. R Aliam would go onto M Davies M Mukaratirwa complete his hat trick and put an end to a beautiful day of soccer with a much needed confidence booster for the team. J Nduku N Heally Saturday’s Matches V Induna 1-0 L Precious P Zuze St George’s began their Saturday with a straightforward win against Induna even though the score line might not reflect that. R Aliam grabbed an early goal in the first few A Shumbairerwa T Gavaza minutes. The team then created many chances but failed to put away any of them. It was not meant to be, but at least for the fifth successive game the defensive pattern held M Manuwa D Marange firm! L Chifokoyo D Myers Quarter finals V Nhowe 0-0 (4-5 on penalties) W Geach T Kuture Through to the quarter finals, the team was ready. The Nhowe defense held firm and were very stubborn. It was difficult for the team to penetrate through but the team on T Tambowoneyi E Bawa the other hand was not going to get beaten. The match was to be decided by penalties and luck was not in our favour. Nhowe won 5-4 on penalties. V Mugabe Special mention goes to M Mapondera, D Gausi, K Mills and R Aliam for being selected M Swarres into the 20 man squad selected by our sponsor Hammer and Tongues to Tour Zimbabwe later this year. J Terwane-Malagala We thank our sponsors for their generosity and support once again to host this tourna- ment. By : F Jani Form : L6 Hockey Hockey 2nd Team v Hellenic U14A v P.E Tournament Our third game of the season, R Geddes, our Captain led 1) v Bernard Mzeki us to victory as we conquered the Knights. This was our second win of the season. We tried hard to capitalise all With absolutely no time to wait we got onto the pitch very the opportunities we were given and were pretty success- anxiously but luckily that did not affect our performance on ful. the field. During the first few minutes of the game against BMC our opponents were able to override our defence in We started off the game pretty well, passing the ball abundance by playing a very unorthodox type of hockey. around and having most of the possession. Our first goal A few minutes before the end of the first half BMC were was scored by M Davis as the team won a short corner able to get one past our keeper but fortunately for us it was and scored from it. This goal gave us adrenaline and disallowed, and that marked the end of the first half. Run- more adrenaline and more confidence we pushed harder ning on adrenaline and anxious for a win, the team started to score 5 more goals by C Umali, H Patel and R Geddes. playing some great hockey. Our passes were accurate and had great pace and we performed these 3D eye opening We did, however relax abit and let two goals slip through skills that were off the charts. As a result of this we main- our fingers as the match was coming to an end. The final tained possession of the ball and we performed an amazing result was pleasing and we went home with smiles on our tactical attack. In a matter of time we were awarded a short faces to record an emphatic win. Score 6-2. corner but unfortunately it wasn’t on target. Luckily one of Well done. our forwards picked it up before it went out and he got the By : T Dube ball into the goal. This was our victory goal and brought an end to that match leaving the score at St George’s (1) one and BMC (0) nil. Hockey 2) v Kutama College U14A v Hellenic With the momentum from the previous game we went into St George’s U14A were excited to play against Hellenic the game striving for ‘gold’. We played our hearts out and had eagerness for a win. Playing a home game, we against Kutama, unfortunately in my opinion the pressure had lots of support and were ready to play amazing hock- got to us and we under estimated our opponents. Our level ey. of hockey drastically dropped. Unfortunately Kutama were able to capitalise on this and they over rode our defence We played a very hard first half but managed to get one and they managed to score a glorious goal. A few minutes past the keeper and ended the first half with a 1-0 lead. after that marked the end of the match the final score Kuta- We continued the second half with great defending and ma (1) one, St George’s (0) nil. aggressive attacking. Hellenic were putting us under a lot of pressure but we managed it very well and got the ball 3) v Allan Wilson out of the D every time it managed to come in. After a turnover, we had a quick hit out that was sent out Having lost our previous game to Kutama the boys felt a to right wing and was put into the back of the goals for a little discouraged but that did not hinder them from giving 2-0 lead. it their all kick off time arrived and the boys were extreme- We fought to the very end to keep a clean sheet and were ly determined to show that we were the better side. From successful. The final whistle was blown and we celebrat- the time the whistle was blown the boys showed pure heart ed an amazing victory! for the College. We certainly were enjoying ourselves and it was in that match that we played extraordinarily well By : Shivam Parmar Form: 1 together as a team with less individuality. Our defence was as strong as a rock and our halves were fluent in creating opportunities for the forwards.