Times Of Swaziland: MELUSI TOO STRONG FOR MOKHOBO

MELUSI TOO STRONG FOR MOKHOBO
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BY NTOKOZO MAGONGO on 04/04/2019 08:26:00


MBABANE – Melusi Sihlongonyane has won a fight that can be likened to the
Biblical story of Goliath versus David.
This was during the Swazi Tigers and Next Generation taekwondo championships
held on Saturday at Bosco Skills Centre in Manzini. Sihlongonyane who is a blue
belt holder defeated visiting Lesotho artist Lemohang Mokhobo who is a second
Dan black belt.
narrowly
Eswatini Taekwondo Association (ETA) Secretary Mbongeni ‘Ndo’ Sibandze said
Sihlongonyane did well and he narrowly won the bout. He said it was a good
showing for the local against the experienced Lesotho team, BothaBothe.
“We were happy to have a team from Lesotho (BothaBothe) participating in the
tournament. This gave some of our local athletes a chance to compete against
experienced senior athletes. One of them was Melusi Sihlongonyane who went all
out to narrowly beat his opponent, Lemohang Mokhobo, in the finals after an
added time of one minute. Sihlongonyane is a Blue Belt and Mokhobo is a second
Dan Black Belt artist,” he said.
attention
Sibandze said the championships were dominated by cadets and juniors as over 200
played. He said that was good as they were giving lot of attention to
development.
“From that we can say the future looks bright for the sport after good showing
by the juniors,” he said.
Next Generation, who dominated the junior’s category, is one of the academies
that is focused mainly on grassroots development and currently has about 30
registered athletes between the age of 5 and 15 years.