Gidabuday Sports Tourism Foundation (GSTF)

Holili Youth Club (HAYC) athletics duo of Paschal Mombo and Deo Lazaro are expected to board a flight to Johannesburg next week to compete in the Nedbank championships. HAYC founder Domitian Genand said the duo will leave the country on Friday next week and stay in South Africa up to September where they will also be attending trainings with Nedbank Athletics Club and  competitions. He said the duo will compete at various competitions and Mombo will first compete in 25 kilometre race on April 28 in Pretoria while Lazaro will compete in another event in May at a date to be announced later.  “We are in the process of building up a strong working relationship with the Nedbank Athletics Club of South Africa, as you know two of our athletes are there competing next and the other two athletes will travel to South Africa where they will stay up to September, it’s a good development as they will be training at the same time competing in various events”, he said.

Kocha Francis John, Joseph Panga, Bazil John, Suleiman Nyambui, Alphonce Felix, Ismail Juma wakiwa uwanja wa ndege wa Julius Nyerere. Wanariadha watano wa timu ya taifa ya riadha wamewasili jana wakitoka kuiwakilisha   nchi katika mashindano ya dunia ya mbio za nyika yaliyofanyika mjini Guiyang, China mwanzoni mwa juma hili. Tanzania ilishika nafasi ya sita katika nchi 51 zilizopeleka wanariadha kwenye mashindano hayo huku Ismail Juma akitua nafasi ya tisa kati ya wanariadha 111 waliokimbia kilometa 12. Timu hiyo iliwasili uwanja wa ndege wa Kimataifa wa Julius Nyerere saa 10:55 jioni kwa Shirika la Ndege la Emirates wakiongozana na Kocha wao Francis John na kupokewa na Katibu Mkuu wa Chama cha Riadha nchini (RT) Suleiman Nyambui. Pia mwanariadha Bazil John alisema kuwa Tanzania isitegemee medali kama haiwekezi katika maandalizi kwani wamejifunza mengi walipoenda kushiriki mbio hizo. Kocha Francis John alisema hata sasa wanariadha wamejitahidi sana kutokan