BULAWAYO —
Kambe uhlangothi lwezemidlalo luqhuba njani sokwedlule iminyaka engamatshumi amathathu lane ilizwe lathola uzibuse? Intathelizindaba yeStudio 7 yezemidlalo uJoseph Njanji uxhumane lenkokheli yomdlalo kanobhutshuzwayo uKennedy Ndebele baxoxisana phezu kwaloludaba.
Ngomnyakaka 1980 lapho ilizwele Zimbabwe lithola uzibuse kube leqembu lakuleli eliphatheke kumidlalo yama Olympics elizweni lase Soviet Union njalo kube khona iqembu ebelimela ilizwe emdlalweni we hockey elibe lodumo emhlabeni jikelele ngemva kokuthola imenduloyegolide.
Kwedlule iminyaka eminengi ukuze eleZimbabwe liphinde lithole enye njalo imendulo kulimidlalo yama Olympics njalo lokhu kwenzakale ngomnyakaka 2004 langomnyaka ka2008 lapho intombazana edlala umdlalo wokuntsheza uKirsty Coventry ephakamise igama le Zimbabwe ngokuthola imendulo ezimbalwa.
Phakathi laphakathi kokunqoba kweqembu labesifazane ele Hockey lokunqobakuka Coventry kuke kwaba lensuku ezimnandi emidlalweni egoqela itennis, icricket kanye le rugby yona ebiqhuba kuhle emidlalweni yezizwe zomhlaba.
Iqembu le tennis kucele labesilisa ebelikhokhelwa ngabako Black, uByron, kanye lo Wayne limele eleZimbabwe esigabeni saphezulu okweminyaka ethile ikanti udadewabo uCara ube yintshantshu kucele labesifazane.
Iqembu elimela isizwe emdlalweni we rugby lona liphatheke kumidlalo yezizwe zomhlaba ngomnyaka ka 1987 langomnyaka ka 1991.
Ele cricket lona like
Lenza izimanga lalokumidlalo yezizwe zomhlaba ngesikhathi lisadlalelwa ngabadlali abagoqela amajaha ako Flower uGrant lo Andrew kanye labanye abafana lo Eddo Brandes kanye lo Heath Streak.
Iqembu elimela ilizwe emdlalweni wenguqu elama Warriors lalo like layaphatheka kumidlalo ye Africa Cup of Nations ngomnyaka ka 2004 kanye lomnyakaka 2006.
Sesiside kodwa isikhathi abalandeli bomdlalo wenguqu bamamatheka ngentokozo bethokoziswa yikuphumelela kwezizalwane zeZimbabwe kwezemidlalo.
Isiphathamandla somdlalo wenguqu uKennedy Ndebele uthi ezemidlalo kwele Zimbabwe zibhekane lobunzima ngoba kulendleko ezinengi ezibhekane labalamaqembu ezemidlalo.
UNdebele uqhubeke wathi ukungaphatheki kwabadlali base Zimbabwe emidlalweni yezinga laphezulu njengalokhu okwakusenzakala kudala yisibonelo sokuba isimo kasilunganga kwezemidlalo.
Esevala uNdebele uthe yena kuqakathekile ukuba kube lenhlelo ezicacileyo ezokuthuthukisa ezemidlalo kwele
Zimbabwe.
Emdlalweni womcintiswano wenguqu wenkezo yeIndependence Trophy odlalelwe enkundleni yeNational Sports Stadium eHarare, iFC Platinum inqobe iDynamos 3 kazero ngemva kwemibekwa amapenalties, ngoba umdlalo uphele kungutshiki lobhanqa zero kwazero, amaqembu womabili acina ebhekane ngamehlo. Lokhu kutsho ukuba intshantshu zalonyaka kulumcintiswano yiFC Platinum.
Kuthi emdlalweni wokudinga iqembu eliphutshe likundawo yesithathu kumncintiswano wenkezo yeIndependence oqhutshelwe enkundleni ye White City ko Bulawayo iqembu le Highlanders linqobe ele Harare City nge 1 kanya.
Ohlohlele iqembu le Highlanders nguKhumbulani Banda sekusele imizuzu emine ukuba umdlalo ufike komlindi uyacina. Iqembu le Highlanders lithole inkulungwane eziyisikhombisa zamadollar ngokuphutsha lumncintiswano likundawo yesithathu.
Ngomnyakaka 1980 lapho ilizwele Zimbabwe lithola uzibuse kube leqembu lakuleli eliphatheke kumidlalo yama Olympics elizweni lase Soviet Union njalo kube khona iqembu ebelimela ilizwe emdlalweni we hockey elibe lodumo emhlabeni jikelele ngemva kokuthola imenduloyegolide.
Kwedlule iminyaka eminengi ukuze eleZimbabwe liphinde lithole enye njalo imendulo kulimidlalo yama Olympics njalo lokhu kwenzakale ngomnyakaka 2004 langomnyaka ka2008 lapho intombazana edlala umdlalo wokuntsheza uKirsty Coventry ephakamise igama le Zimbabwe ngokuthola imendulo ezimbalwa.
Phakathi laphakathi kokunqoba kweqembu labesifazane ele Hockey lokunqobakuka Coventry kuke kwaba lensuku ezimnandi emidlalweni egoqela itennis, icricket kanye le rugby yona ebiqhuba kuhle emidlalweni yezizwe zomhlaba.
Iqembu le tennis kucele labesilisa ebelikhokhelwa ngabako Black, uByron, kanye lo Wayne limele eleZimbabwe esigabeni saphezulu okweminyaka ethile ikanti udadewabo uCara ube yintshantshu kucele labesifazane.
Iqembu elimela isizwe emdlalweni we rugby lona liphatheke kumidlalo yezizwe zomhlaba ngomnyaka ka 1987 langomnyaka ka 1991.
Ele cricket lona like
Lenza izimanga lalokumidlalo yezizwe zomhlaba ngesikhathi lisadlalelwa ngabadlali abagoqela amajaha ako Flower uGrant lo Andrew kanye labanye abafana lo Eddo Brandes kanye lo Heath Streak.
Iqembu elimela ilizwe emdlalweni wenguqu elama Warriors lalo like layaphatheka kumidlalo ye Africa Cup of Nations ngomnyaka ka 2004 kanye lomnyakaka 2006.
Sesiside kodwa isikhathi abalandeli bomdlalo wenguqu bamamatheka ngentokozo bethokoziswa yikuphumelela kwezizalwane zeZimbabwe kwezemidlalo.
Isiphathamandla somdlalo wenguqu uKennedy Ndebele uthi ezemidlalo kwele Zimbabwe zibhekane lobunzima ngoba kulendleko ezinengi ezibhekane labalamaqembu ezemidlalo.
UNdebele uqhubeke wathi ukungaphatheki kwabadlali base Zimbabwe emidlalweni yezinga laphezulu njengalokhu okwakusenzakala kudala yisibonelo sokuba isimo kasilunganga kwezemidlalo.
Esevala uNdebele uthe yena kuqakathekile ukuba kube lenhlelo ezicacileyo ezokuthuthukisa ezemidlalo kwele
Zimbabwe.
Emdlalweni womcintiswano wenguqu wenkezo yeIndependence Trophy odlalelwe enkundleni yeNational Sports Stadium eHarare, iFC Platinum inqobe iDynamos 3 kazero ngemva kwemibekwa amapenalties, ngoba umdlalo uphele kungutshiki lobhanqa zero kwazero, amaqembu womabili acina ebhekane ngamehlo. Lokhu kutsho ukuba intshantshu zalonyaka kulumcintiswano yiFC Platinum.
Kuthi emdlalweni wokudinga iqembu eliphutshe likundawo yesithathu kumncintiswano wenkezo yeIndependence oqhutshelwe enkundleni ye White City ko Bulawayo iqembu le Highlanders linqobe ele Harare City nge 1 kanya.
Ohlohlele iqembu le Highlanders nguKhumbulani Banda sekusele imizuzu emine ukuba umdlalo ufike komlindi uyacina. Iqembu le Highlanders lithole inkulungwane eziyisikhombisa zamadollar ngokuphutsha lumncintiswano likundawo yesithathu.
