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  Philip Bygrave officiating at the Dairibord Schools Rugby Festival 2017 lauded the event as exciting although it was not for competition. Philip Bygrave played rugby for 18 years and is currently coaching junior teams in Bury besides refereeing; Manchester .The Zimbabwe Referees Society invited him with Elliot Lewis through Manchester District Rugby Referees Society … Continue reading British referee lauds Dairibord Schools Rugby Festival

Dairibord Schools Rugby Festival Day 4 pencilled for the primary schools lived up to its expectations as Highlands Primary School the defending champions repeated the same feat. Highlands  smashed the spirited Admiral Tait 19 - 10 in a thrilling match that showed vision amongst the juniors.Admiral Tait had a scintillating performance in the first half … Continue reading Highlands Primary lift the Dairibord Cup.

Three one- day matches have been arranged   on Tuesday 16th, Thursday 18th, 19th and Friday 19th  at Harare Sports  Club when visiting  Canada will play three 50- over matches against Zimbabwe A this month reported Zimbabwe Cricket in a news release. However, before the limited-overs series gets underway, the Canadians will first face a … Continue reading Canadians cricketers to tour Zimbabwe

Day 3 of the 2017 Dairibord schools rugby festival was lively as St George's College 2nd  hammered Eaglesvale 2nd  59- 05. Eaglesvale managed a consolation try as they found themselves being a punching bag at the hands of merciless St George's.Eaglesvale had a senior team of young boys  juxtaposed to the mature St George's boys. … Continue reading Spark on Dairibord schools rugby fest Day 3

The adage catch them young can be depicted by Vainona Girls High rugby captain prowess,   as she  started playing rugby at a tender age in Grade 7. Milanda Tinarwo captains Vainona Girls High after having made stints at Mbare Academy."My friend asked me to go to their training at Mbare Academy when I was … Continue reading Tendai Mtawarira:Vainona Girls captain role model

    2017 Dairibord schools rugby Day 2 had a lot of fireworks as foreign teams participated well in the festival. Although Livingstone Kolobag College (LKC) of Botswana lost to St George's, the match was interesting as both teams used different tactics to outwit their opponents.LKC side was muscular but St George's had speed  in … Continue reading Botswana college lit schools rugby fest

Dairibord schools rugby festival 2017 Day 1 was a marvel to watch as St Johns 2nd outclassed Prince Edward 2nd. St Johns coach Scot Grey admitted that it was a big challenge as they had not defeated their opponents in the past. “It was a tough match as Prince Edward were very physically good”, said … Continue reading St Johns delights at schools rugby fest

Dairibord schools rugby  festival 2017  started on a high note as the Day 1 matches had scintillating performances mainly from the girls section Sunday. Vainona girls thrashed Roosevelt girls 44- 0 as the former continued to dominate in the girls schools rugby. Vainona coach Shingi Zhoya was not satisfied with the play of his girls."The … Continue reading “Girls schools rugby improving”

     The Zimbabwe senior women’s national team will take on hosts South Africa, India and Ireland in a 50-over quadrangular series in the North West city of Potchefstroom in May.  While South Africa and India will be using the four-team tournament to prepare for the ICC Women’s World Cup scheduled for June-July this year … Continue reading Zim women cricketers in quadrangular series

Dairibord schools rugby festival roars into life Sunday at Prince Edward High School in the Capital under the theme "for the sustenance of good health". This time around, the organisers have substituted quantity for quality therefore few teams will be participating in the biggest schools rugby festival in the world."We have reduced the number of … Continue reading Dairibord Schools Rugby Festival kicks off