VETERAN forward Leonard Tsipa yesterday ridiculed the notion that age is a hindrance to success in sport as he celebrated winning the Castle Lager Premiership soccer title with CAPS United and scooping the Golden Boot award for 2016 season. Tsipa, who had a dream comeback season with the Green Machine, is also tipped for more honours when the selection panel for this year's Soccer Stars of the Year awards convene in Harare tomorrow to pick the 11 players who illuminated the scene during the just-ended season. The 34-year-old Mbare-born striker won his third title with Makepekepe on Saturday when the Harare giants edged Chapungu United 1-0 at Ascot to fend off a stiff challenge from runners-up FC Platinum.
The Green Machine finished the season on 63 points, two ahead of the platinum miners who hammered Tsholotsho 3-0 in their last game on the same day. And Tsipa was over the moon yesterday after tying up his third league title in a career spanning over a decade. His 11 goals this season earned him the Golden Boot award.
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