The Sunday News
Ngqwele Dube Sports Correspondent
ZIMBABWE took third place at the just ended African Swimming Confederation (CANA) Zone 4 Championships in Mauritius after amassing a total of 38 medals. The competition, which began on Wednesday and ended yesterday, saw Zimbabwe take nine gold, 18 silver and 11 bronze to come third behind hosts Mauritius and northern neighbours, Zambia.
Zimbabwe Aquatic Union president, Mary Kloppers expressed delight at the result saying it was beyond expectation adding the team broke many records although individual results were not yet available at the time of going to press.
“I am extremely happy with the team’s performance and they exceeded our expectations. Another plus is that our swimmers broke many records showing we are improving. The individual medal allocation will show their exact time,” she said yesterday.
The hosts Mauritius used home advantage to rake in a total of 95 medals with 38 of them being gold while they had 26 silver and 31 bronze, which saw them attain 2 744 points while Zambia was second with 1 961 points from 23 gold medals, 18 silver and 19 bronze and third place Zimbabwe had 1 722 points.
Zimbabwe sent a strong team of 26 to Mauritius that was led by Brendon Cyprianos who was the boys captain and Lorna Doorman who captained the girls.
The regional competition involves countries from the Southern African region that have been grouped into Zone 4 and include Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Comoros, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mozambique, Malawi, Seychelles, Swaziland Zambia, Lesotho and Zimbabwe
Full CANA 4 Zimbabwe Team
Girls 11-12: Paige Van der Westhuisen, Hannah Mitchell
Boys 11-12: Callum Davis, Christian Cullen
Girls 13-14: Nomvula Mjimba, Courtney Brown, Claire Melrose, Chiedza Mtetwa, Maryke Koen, Anotida Makonese
Boys 13-14: Denilson Cyprianos, Tyrel Cooke, Marcelle Masvikeni, Jake Oostindien
Girls 15-16: Shamiso Gambe, Nyasha Mukonoweshuro, Yemurai Shangwa, Hollie Stander
Boys 15-16: Dale Bruce, Liam Davis, Ayman Khatoun
17-Over Girls: Ashleigh Miller, Lorna Doorman (Capt)
17-Over Boys: James Lawson, Brendon Cyprianos (Capt), Stuart Price
