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Ricky Zililo in Nyanga
THE third edition of the Sports Leaders Institute of Zimbabwe (SLIZ) Summer Camp got underway in the Eastern Highlands resort of Nyanga yesterday with 11 Zambians paying to be part of the programme.

The Zambians are part of the 320 participants who are attending the sports management camp which is a platform for administrators to brainstorm and come up with solutions to challenges faced in the development of athletes. SLIZ president Russell Mhiribidi said the inclusion of foreign participants is a vote of confidence in their programmes.

“This is the first time that we’re having foreigners paying to attend the programme.  In essence we’ve gone regional and soon we will be going international. Our friends in Zambia invited these participants after seeing that these camps were really effective as they equipped participants with fundamentals of physical education and sport (PES). Besides the 11 foreign participants, we have foreign presenters from Tanzania and Zambia who will make presentations tomorrow,” said Mhiribidi.

The camp’s keynote speaker is Dr Joyce Ndabi of Tanzania’s University of Dar es Salaam who will make a presentation on physical activity and the girl child.

Zambia’s Musunsa Sombwa, who used to operate from his country’s Olympic Development Centre in Lusaka, will tackle sport ethical issues which include age cheating and fair play.

Locally-based presenters at the camp include World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) accredited doctor Nicholas Munyonga whose presentation will be on injury prevention and doping.

The deputy director of schools sport, physical education, arts and culture in the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education, Tendai Tagara will unpack the new government policy on physical education and sport (PES) that is set to be rolled out in schools across the country next year.

Mhiribidi will tomorrow speak on career pathways in physical education and sport.

— @ZililoR