Miss-Delectable
New Member
- Joined
- Apr 18, 2004
- Messages
- 17,160
- Reaction score
- 7
http://www.observer.org.sz/main.asp?id=23285&Section=sports
A team of 32 athletes and officials left yesterday to represent the country in the Summer Games for the deaf in Limpopo, South Africa.
The games will start on Monday through Friday. The team is made out of 22 athletes, most of whom are from the School for the Deaf in Siteki and 10 officials.
The team is led by Manager Frank ‘The Horse’ Maziya.
Yesterday, the team was running from pillar to post trying to raise about E21 000 to cater for the trip.
With the assistance of the Swaziland National Association of Sports for the Deaf, the team managed to acquire about E10 000 from the Swaziland National Sports Council (SNSC) and Swaziland Olympic and Commonwealth Games (SOCGA) Alliance.
The money was deducted from the association’s annual allocatiion of E30 000.
Painful
The association’s Secretary, Makhosini Makhubu, lamented the situation. Speaking through an interpreter Mbongwa Dube, Makhubu said it was painful to note that their sports programmes were not getting the necessary assistance.
“The annual allocation is just too little to cover all our programmes. According to our plans, we had set aside E9 000 for administration, E12 000 for local development and E9 000 for international participation.
This means that we will now have serious problems with our operations because we have already exhausted a bigger fraction of our resources,” he said.
Makhubu said they were optimistic that sponsors will save them from this predicament.
The team will participate in sporting disciplines that include soccer, netball, athletics, chess and table tennis.
The games will be held under the auspices of the South African Deaf Schools Sports Federation.
Swaziland last participated in such games in 2002 in Bloemfontein after experiencing serious problems with securing funds.
However, quick intervention by the former Prime Minister, Sibusiso ‘Barnabas’ Dlamini who issued an order that the team be given money to honour the games as it was their legitimate right saved the team.
The team failed to honour the 2004 games, which were held in Durban.
A team of 32 athletes and officials left yesterday to represent the country in the Summer Games for the deaf in Limpopo, South Africa.
The games will start on Monday through Friday. The team is made out of 22 athletes, most of whom are from the School for the Deaf in Siteki and 10 officials.
The team is led by Manager Frank ‘The Horse’ Maziya.
Yesterday, the team was running from pillar to post trying to raise about E21 000 to cater for the trip.
With the assistance of the Swaziland National Association of Sports for the Deaf, the team managed to acquire about E10 000 from the Swaziland National Sports Council (SNSC) and Swaziland Olympic and Commonwealth Games (SOCGA) Alliance.
The money was deducted from the association’s annual allocatiion of E30 000.
Painful
The association’s Secretary, Makhosini Makhubu, lamented the situation. Speaking through an interpreter Mbongwa Dube, Makhubu said it was painful to note that their sports programmes were not getting the necessary assistance.
“The annual allocation is just too little to cover all our programmes. According to our plans, we had set aside E9 000 for administration, E12 000 for local development and E9 000 for international participation.
This means that we will now have serious problems with our operations because we have already exhausted a bigger fraction of our resources,” he said.
Makhubu said they were optimistic that sponsors will save them from this predicament.
The team will participate in sporting disciplines that include soccer, netball, athletics, chess and table tennis.
The games will be held under the auspices of the South African Deaf Schools Sports Federation.
Swaziland last participated in such games in 2002 in Bloemfontein after experiencing serious problems with securing funds.
However, quick intervention by the former Prime Minister, Sibusiso ‘Barnabas’ Dlamini who issued an order that the team be given money to honour the games as it was their legitimate right saved the team.
The team failed to honour the 2004 games, which were held in Durban.