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Zimbabwe: Mixed Fortunes for Country's Reps in Malawi
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The Herald (Harare)
7 December 2007
Posted to the web 7 December 2007
Paul Munyuki
Lilongwe
Zimbabwe's representatives at the Zone VI Volleyball Club Championships met with mixed fortunes on Wednesday night with Koba winning their first match 3-0 against Katoto Trickers of Malawi.
But the Winstonian Bulldogs lost 3-1 to defending champions Botswana Defence Forces VI.
BDF have always given the Zimbabwe national champions a tough time as Bulldogs lost to the same team last year in the semi-finals of the same competition in Swaziland. Koba, Bulldogs, BDF VI and Katoto Trickers are in Pool B and the top two teams from each of the two groups will make it into the semi-finals. The Botswana army side lost the first set, but recomposed themselves to win the three sets 26-24, 22-25, 25-19 and 25-26. Bulldogs conceded most of their points from touching the net as they lost control in front of the border.
And once the Botswana army side took the lead in the second set, they did not look back and this marked the beginning of Bulldogs' crumble. Bulldogs coach Arron Mtede was still confident that they would make it for the semi-finals. Martin Dururu's Junior Stars Harare (men and women), CAAZ, Thunder, and Railstars were the other Zimbabwe teams that were expected to take part at this tournament but they failed to make it. Junior Stars were reported to have left Harare yesterday by road, but the organisers of the tournament have already ruled them out. Koba arrived here on Monday by road while their counterparts Bulldogs flew in on Wednesday morning.
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Bulldogs were expected to take on Katoto Trickers last night while Koba were set to clash against the defending champions.
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