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The sponsor, Mr Boy Nemakonde.

Will Tshiphongo retain the trophy?

 

While most of the annual tournaments and competitions had been called off as a result of the national lockdown, the situation is totally different with the Boy Nemakonde Tournament. According to the spokesperson for the organizing committee, Mr Eric Murudi, the tournament will be staged as usual. According to him the only thing that will change is the date on which the event will be staged.

The tournament is usually staged over the last weekend of July and the first weekend of August. According to Mr Murudi, circumstances will not permit them to stage the tournament during the said period as the teams will be engaged in their league fixtures by then. Murudi further indicated that they would be flexible and wait for the teams to complete their league programmes before commencing with their event.

Eight teams affiliated to the Thulamela Local Football Association (Thulfa) took part in the tournament in previous years. Murudi reiterated that calling off the tournament would do the clubs more harm than good. He said the prizes went a long way in assisting the clubs in the day-to-day administration of the teams.

The tournament is one of the biggest events in the region in terms of the sponsorship amount. Last year’s champions, Tshamutshedzi Watersand, or Tshiphongo as they are also called, received R15 000, soccer kit, six soccer balls and a floating trophy. Teams that took part in last year’s tournament were: Tshamutshedzi Watersand, Tshilonwe Young Bombers, Tshaulu Hungry Lions, Mulindavhathu Ocean Swallows, Munangwe United Brothers, New Discovery, Belavhathu FC and Buluni Happy Boys.

According to Murudi, the tournament will be launched after the lifting of the lockdown in order to accord the participating teams enough time to prepare themselves for the prestigious event. In the same tournament the former coach of Black Leopards, Mr Joel Masutha, scouted a top striker, Norman Mbedzi, six years ago.

Murudi said that a local resident, Mr Boy Nemakonde, had sponsored the tournament to the tune of R100 000 last year.

 

Sport - Date: 16 April 2020

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Frank Mavhungu

Frank is a Human Resources Manager at the Department of Public Works in Limpopo. He is the longest serving correspondent of the Mirror, having joined us at the end of 1990.  He mainly writes sports reports and resides at Tsianda Village. In 2004, Frank won the National Castle League Award, an award for the best reporter in the SAB league in South Africa.

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