Ezemidlalo ziphenduke ngobunengi lonyaka ngemva kokuba ngomnyaka ka 2020 inhlelo zemidlalo zimiswe kuyindlela eyokuvikela ukusabalala komkhuhlane we Covid – 19.
Inhlanganiso elawula ukuqhutshwa kwezemidlalo elizweni eye Sport and Recreation Commission ngenyanga kaMabasa ilaye ukuba ezemidlalo sezingadlalwa kulandelwa imigoqo eyokuzivikela eyafakwa ngabenhlanganiso ye World Health Organisation.
Kuqale abemidlalo edlalwa abadlali bengathintani ngoba yona ingelangozi kakhulu eyokusabalalisa umkhuhlane we Covid – 19 kwacina sekuvunyelwe yonke jikelele.
Ngenyanga kaNhlangula ziphinde zamiswa njalo ezemidlalo ngemva kokuba kukhuphuke inani labantu abatholakale belomkhuhlane kodwa uhulumende uphange wakhupha imigoqo sekuthe kwaba lobubelo.
Isiphathamandla senhlanganiso ye Bulawayo Athletics Board uWatson Madenyika uthi lonyaka kube ngcono kakhulu ngoba beyenelise ukuqhuba imncintiswano embalwa kulanyakenye.
“Sizame ngamandla ethu wonke ukuthi siqoqe imncintiswano ebalisa egijimelwa enkundleni kanye leqhutshelwa emgwaqweni.
Ngithanda ukubonga abasiphathise ngosekelo lwemali ukuze siqhube imncintiswano yethu kanye lohulumende osivumele ukuba siphindele ezinkundleni,” kutsho uMadenyika.
Uqhubekele phambili uMadenyika wathi omunye wabadlali abasakhulayo uFaith Nyathi uthole ithuba elokuyafunda kwele Melika njalo uthe abaqeqetshi kumele bakhuthaze abadlali ukuba bengayekethisi ezifundweni ukuze bathole amathuba afanayo.
Uphinde njalo wathi isifiso sabo ngesokuba ngabe bayathola ongaphathisa ukuba bathenge izindlu eduze lenkundla ye White City Stadium ukuze nxa belungiselela imncintiswano emikhulu abadlali balungiselele behlala khona.
Umgcinisihlalo we Bulawayo Volleyball Association uWilliam Mazviro laye uthi lonyaka kube lengqubela phambili emdlalweni we volleyball edolobheni lako Bulawayo.
“I Bulawayo Volleyball Association yenze kuhle okwamagama. Njenge nhlanganiso senelise ukuqoqa umhlangano we Agm lapho obekukhethwa khona inkokheli zomdlalo elizweni jikelele lapho okubiselwe khona uBryan Manuel ukuba ngumsekeli kamongameli kanye lo Mollet Mathema obengumgcinisihlalo we Matabeleland South Volleyball Association laye esiba ngomunye futhi umsekeli kamongameli.
Lokhu yingqubelaphambili enhle ezakhulisa umdlalo we volleyball,” kutsho uMazviro.
UMazviro uthe amaqembu aphuma edolobheni lako Bulawayo abalisa ele Spartans kanye lele Highlanders aqhube kuhle kumncintiswano ebiqoqwe yinhlanganiso ye Zimbabwe Volleyball Association.
Lakumdlalo ye Beach volleyaball abafana be Luvac labo banqobe kumncintiswano eqhutshelwe eBirchnough Bridge kanye lase Binga.
Umdlali wenqindi uCharles Manyuchi ngomunye owenelise ukudlala lonyaka njalo uthi ngomnyaka ozayo ukhangelele ukuba akhuphule izinga.
“Ngomnyaka ka 2022 ngifuna ukuphenduka ngamandla amakhulu. Isikhathi side kakhulu sibandezelwe ngumkhuhlane we Covid – 19 njalo ngithandazela ukuba ngomnyaka ozayo kubengcono ukwenzela ukuba siphakamise iflegi yeZimbabwe njengalokhu ebengikwenza phambilini,” kutsho uManyuchi.
UManyuchi unqobe isizalwane selizwe lase Uganda uMuhamad Selabye ngoNtulikazi wavikela izicoco zakhe eze WABA kanye lese WBF.
Owesifazane odlala umdlalo wenqindi uMonalisa Sibanda yena unqobe uJoyce Awino owase Kenya waphakamisa isicoco se Women’s International Boxing Association.
Abanye abayenelise ukuphakamisa iflegi yeZimbabwe kwezemidlalo lonyaka ngababalisa umdlali we golf uScott Vincent yena ophutshe esendaweni yetshumi lesithupha kumncintiswano we Olympics ngenyanga kaNtulikazi.
Iqembu labesilisa elama Warriors lona liphumelele ukuyadlala kumncintiswano we Africa Cup of Nations ozaqhutshelwa kwele Cameroon ngomnyaka ozayo loba nje liphenduke umthatshuzwa njengoba linqotshwe kumidlalo eminengi lonyaka ngesikhathi lincintisa kumncintiswano we Cosafa kanye lowe World Cup qualifiers.