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Innocent Kurira, [email protected]

WHITE City Stars Academy chairperson Manuel Mpofu says preparations for the academy’s track and field championships are well on course, with traditional partners for the event promising their continued backing of the annual event.

This year’s event, which will be the fourth edition of the competition, is slatted for October 12 at White City Stadium.
Last year the event had partners that included Econet, Sports Zone, and Drug Free Zimbabwe.

The previous editions of the competition have also seen sponsorship from Zimbabwe’s former triple jump record holder Ndabazihle Mdlongwa and Arnold Payne’s Africa Children’s Hope Foundation.

“Invitations, programme and events have already been set. The stadium has been secured and booked. Our traditional partners and friends will be on board to assist and support the cause.

Events on offer are 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, Mile(1 610m), 3 000m, 5 000m, 4x100m, 4x400m, long jump and high jump. As usual, we are looking forward to a successful meeting which will make our athlete, coaches and technical officials realise their dreams and goals,” said Mpofu.

Entry fees are pegged at US$3 for the relays, US$2 for the seniors, and US$1 for the juniors. Registration is in progress.

The club held its first event in 2021 which attracted more than 100 competitors from Bulawayo, Matabeleland North, and Matabeleland South.

In the last two years, athletes from around Zimbabwe have attended the competition which continues to grow. —@innocentskizoe