St John’s leave for South Africa Dion Myers

Takudzwa Chitsiga Sports Reporter

THE St John’s College cricket team left the country yesterday for their annual tour of St Alban’s College, South Africa.

This year’s team is captained by head boy and Zimbabwe Under-19 Cricket World Cup captain, Dion Myers.

He led the national team to 11th place at the ICC Under-19 World Cup in South Africa recently.

Meanwhile, Prince Edward High School basketball team has vowed to continue with their fine run in the National Association of Secondary Heads Top Schools Under-20 Basketball tourney when they face arch-rivals Churchill in their backyard tomorrow.

The two rivals will meet in one of the high-profile matches of the season in the tournament, formerly known as the Sprite Top Schools Under-20 Basketball tournament.

Prince Edward are unbeaten since the beginning of the season in January and coach, Andrew Chitaura, is hopeful of a positive result.

“We are looking forward to a good result against Churchill, like any other derby, we anticipate a close contest and a full house in terms of fans,’’ said Chitaura.

“Our preparations have gone on well and we will be fielding a new crop of young players. The game is going to be a tough one but we want to maintain our unbeaten run in this year’s campaign.’’

The team, which has a new crop of players, will bank on shooting guard, Panashe Kaduya, who has been outstanding.

Prince Edward have won the Peterhouse Songore tournament, the Petra tournament and the St John’s festival.

Churchill coach, Tawanda Chitsindi, said they were confident of victory.

‘’It’s going to be tough but I know my players have the character and enjoy playing away,’’ he said. ‘’We have good players who are capable of winning matches and we will bank on point guard Tafadzwa Gororo, Tinashe Dyakonda and Regis Chidzomba.

“We have been working hard and the boys are raring to go.’’

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