Times Of Swaziland: TZD SNATCHES GOLD IN GABORONE

TZD SNATCHES GOLD IN GABORONE
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Melusi Mkhabela on 13/06/2023 08:57:00


MBABANE – TZD Sports Club represented the country brilliantly during the
Lefika International Relays Competition that was staged in Botswana, Gaborone on
Saturday.
The TZD relay team obtained gold in the 4×200 meters senior men’s relay race
after clocking 1:28:80 hours. The club travelled with five athletes for the
competition, where they competed in the 4×400 metres senior men’s relay as
well. The traveling athletes were the 400m National Champions, namely Bongumuzi
Matsebula accompanied by Mzwandile Tsabedze, Benele Dlamini, Mfundo Mkhonta and
Pajero Simelane.
gratitude
The athletes had the pleasure of travelling with TZD Director Zakhele Dlamini.
Dlamini, who is also the Athletics Eswatini (AE) President, expressed his
gratitude for the sizeable performance displayed by the team.  He cited how
happy he was by the performance of the athletes for the club as well as the
country at large. He continued to mention that after the team won the 4x400m
relay in the National Championships that were held at Mavuso Trade Centre two
weeks ago, they thought it would be great to expose the team to international
competition.
Zakhele further thanked all the club’s stakeholders, who made it possible for
the team to travel to Botswana. The AE president implored for continued support
as they plan on returning to the same competition next year if all goes as
planned. He then thanked all those who supported them financially and morally.