SWIMMER HOY TRIES TEQBALL IN OLYMPIC DAY

MBABANE – The Olympic Day which was held at the Prince of Wales Sports Ground yesterday was a huge success. The Olympic Day is the celebration of sports, health, and being together and celebrated annually on June 23, but Eswatini celebrated it yesterday. The Olympic Day was graced by eight associations under the Eswatini Sports and Recreational Council (ESRC) and eight Mbabane-based primary schools. The mainstay of it all was the participation of some of the Commonwealth Games 2022 Birmingham-bound Team Eswatini members like swimmers Hayley Hoy and Simanga Dlamini among others. The athletes of the various associations tried different sporting codes yesterday and it was Hoy who enjoyed herself in teqball.

Enjoying

For once, she was not swimming but playing some football in the form of teqball. This was the case even for the other athletes and they all appeared to be enjoying the experience, with the Olympic spirit burning across them throughout the event. The associations that were present and introducing their sporting activities to the pupils were Eswatini Boxing Association (EBA), Eswatini Cycling Association (ECA), Eswatini National Volleyball Association (ENVA), Eswatini Rugby Union (ERU), Athletics Eswatini (AE), Eswatini Teqball Federation (ETF) and Eswatini Swimming Association (ESA).

Eswatini Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association (EOCGA) Communications Officer Mthulisi Dlamini said they were impressed with the number of associations and schools which attended the celebration. “We are happy about the attendance here today and it was the same at KaLanga last week where we also had a successful event which started with a road show,” Dlamini said. He also said what made the first one more interesting was that it coincided with Shukuma Eswatini, which has the pulling power to bring more people.

Post your comment

Your name:

Your e-mail address:

Add your comments:

Please enter the code you see in the image:

Image:

Code: