12 April 2022
Jeremiah Harrison
Sports Reporter
Bulawayo based cricket Academy, Elton Chigumbura Cricket Academy was unstoppable this past weekend as they scooped the Tri-series championship played on the resort town of Victoria Falls in Matabeleland North.
The Cricket Academy trains mainly young players of between 11 to 13 years.
The cricket team toured the tourist resort town for a two day cricket tournament against two other clubs, one from Mashonaland West province and Victoria Falls Farm School.
The Bulawayo based academy came out tops winning the series of the tournament by beating it’s two rivals.
In the first game they played against the hosts. It was a walk in the park before they proceeded to the final where they beat Mashonaland West by 34 runs to claim the series.
Speaking to Shane Chigumbura head of Elton Chigumbura Cricket Academy Bulawayo and also the head coach said that this was a great experience for the young players who travelled to Victoria Falls and played the tournament.
“It was a very good experience for the boys and everyone since it was their first time playing away from home, the boys were really excited not only about playing cricket but also seeing new places the falls and all” said Shane Chigumbura.
The club will be travelling to the eastern highlands in Mutare for another tournament later this month to play against Blast Academy. The team head coach confirmed.
“I think every tour and game is important for us especially outside town (as the) boys get to be exposed to different conditions, in Mutare we are going to play against Blast Academy wich is strong.” Chigumbura told Zim GBC News.
The sad part is that the club is funding for their tours and affiliation fees, they are appealing to the corporate world for sponsorship in their vision of developing cricket all over the country.
The club received an invitation to the Asian country Bangladesh for a one month tour playing cricket. Preparations are underway, dates have not been released yet on when the team is going.
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