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Takudzwa Chitsiga Sports Reporter
ZIFA Northern Region Division One Soccer League team-of-the-moment Blue Swallows have moved into second place on the table. Swallows dismissed Chitungwiza Municipality 1-0, courtesy of a goal by Edmore Chirape and leap-frogged Golden Valley who were beaten 1-0 by Trojan Stars.

Swallows have now managed 42 points but Clemence Zuze believes they need to continue working hard as only 11 points separate them with ZRP Morris who are in the relegation zone.

“We are not looking much at our current position as anything can happen,’’ said Blue Swallows coach Clemence Zuze. “The teams at the summit of the log have some slight difference with those in the relegation, anything can happen. “I think lady lucky is on our side these days and we are picking up crucial points, which is important.

“There are not many changes to the team but we have a mixture of juniors and experienced players. The technical team of Wonderful Rukuni, Emmanuel Soche has helped a lot.’’

Meanwhile, the ZIFA Northern Region secretariat have said they are yet to review events which led to the abandonment of the match between Karoi United and Chegutu Pirates after 25 minutes.

“We just heard that there was an abandoned match but we are yet to receive the full details. As a region we always call for fair play and we will wait to have the report,” he said.

A Central Region Division One side match featuring Makusha and Whawha was abandoned midway due to crowd trouble.

Northern Region Fixtures

ZRP Morris 0, Mufakose United 0; Shamva United 1, Kariba Waves 0; Trojan Stars 1, Golden Valley 0; Blue Swallows 1, Chitungwiza Municipality 0; Mushowani Stars 1, ZRP FC 1; Ngezi U-19 3, Banket United 2; Cranborne Bullets 0, Herentals 0. Karoi United v Chegutu Pirates (match abandoned).

Northern Region Log

P W D L F A Pts

Herentals 26 19 4 3 41 12 61

Blue Swallows 26 12 6 8 27 16 42

Golden Valley 25 11 7 7 31 19 40

ZRP FC 26 9 13 4 28 17 40

Mushowani Stars 26 10 10 6 18 14 40

Cranborne Bullets 26 10 7 9 26 17 37

Mufakose United 25 9 8 8 27 21 35

Ngezi/P U-19 26 9 8 9 26 22 35

Karoi United 25 9 8 8 22 24 35

Chegutu Pirates 25 7 13 5 16 16 34

Harare City Cubs 26 8 10 8 27 34 34

Banket United 26 9 6 11 26 24 33

ZRP Morris 26 8 9 9 24 23 33

Trojan Stars 26 8 6 12 20 33 30

Chitungwiza Mun 26 6 9 11 26 39 27

Kariba Waves 26 7 5 14 20 42 26

Shamva United 26 6 6 14 15 24 24

Darwin United 26 4 7 15 12 35 19

Southern Region Results

Bulawayo Chiefs 1, Talen Vision 1; ZPC Hwange 1, Black Boots 0; Indlovu Iyanyathela 2, Chiwororo 0; ZRP Byo Province 2, Casmyn 0; Zim Leopards 0, Mosi Rovers 1; Vic Falls Tigers 0, Makomo 0; Bosso 90 2, Amagagasi 0.

Southern Region Log

P W D L F A Pts

Bulawayo Chiefs 17 15 2 0 33 2 47

ZPC Hwange 19 12 5 2 33 7 41

Makomo 19 8 8 3 20 13 32

Bosso 90 19 9 5 5 22 17 32

Casmyn 18 6 6 6 18 14 24

ZRP Byo Province 17 6 5 6 20 19 23

Zim Leopards 18 6 5 7 24 29 23

Indlovu Iyanya 17 6 4 7 18 23 22

Mosi Rovers 17 5 5 7 17 23 20

Black Boots 19 5 5 9 22 33 20

Talen vision 17 4 7 6 12 13 19

Chiwororo 18 3 4 11 17 31 13

Amagagasi 18 2 6 10 12 26 12

Vic Falls Tigers 17 2 5 10 7 25 11

Eastern Region Results

Renco Mine 1, Mukanya Bullets 1; United Lions 1, Tenax 1; Pucheke Pirates 4, Mwenezana 0; Black Eagles 0, Gutu Mpandawana 1; Mutare City 5, Mutoko FC 2, Buffaloes 2, Nikita Binerals 1; prime Rangers 0, Africa Trust 1; Melfort 3, Surrey Abbatoirs 1.

Eastern Region Log

P W D L F A Pts

Mutare City ** 21 15 3 3 41 14 48

Tenax 21 14 2 5 32 20 44

Buffaloes 21 12 6 3 26 10 42

Mucheke Pirates 21 11 4 6 25 17 37

Africa Trust 21 9 7 5 20 12 34

FC Mutoko 21 9 5 7 20 16 32

Prime Rangers 21 7 8 6 21 17 29

Mwenezana 21 7 7 7 21 24 28

Surrey Abbattoirs 21 6 9 6 15 16 27

Gutu Mpandawana 21 6 7 8 22 30 25

Melfort 21 6 6 9 16 20 24

Renco Mine 21 6 6 9 18 23 24

Mukanya Bullets 21 7 3 11 20 28 24

Bikita Minerals 21 3 9 9 10 18 18

Black Eagles 21 2 5 14 12 29 11

United Lions 21 1 5 15 10 35 8

Central Region Results

Telone 0, MSU 0; ZPC Munyati 1, Ivan Hoe Mine 0; Black Eagles 1, Vumbachikwe 2; Tongogara 2, FC PLATINUM U19 0; Nichrut 3, Kwekwe Stars 0; Gwanda United 0, Chrome Stars 3; Blanket Mine 1, ZRP Gwanda 0; Border Strikers 0, Silo United 3.