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Zimbabwe: School of Excellence Boosts Mighty Warriors

todayOctober 23, 2024 2

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The National Foods School of Excellence initiative is gradually taking off as a national teams’ feeder channel after three of their players made it onto the squad set to participate in this year’s COSAFA tournament.

Prolific Heart League striker Morelife Nyagumbo who turns out for Faith Drive, Nadia Semba of Correctional Queens, and Maningi Youth Soccer Academy’s Tanyaradzwa Chihoro are products of the SOE project. They are part of the team that departs today for Gqeberha, South Africa where they will get an opportunity to showcase their football skills.

The competition runs between October 22 and November 2 as a 14-team contest and the largest women’s international football competition. “We are pleased as the National Foods School Of Excellence to have our players making it to the final squad; it shows that we are in the right direction,” said Northern Region Women Soccer League chair Peter Gonyora.

“When we started this project, our main aim was for it to become the main feeder channel into our national teams and we believe this a perfect start for good times ahead.

“SOE develops you girls into complete athletes, national team material so this is why our cut-off age is 18 years.”

At last year’s edition of the women’s COSAFA, the Mighty Warriors’ youngest player 17-year-old Patience Ndlovu was a product of the school.

The budding midfielder was handed her debut by former gaffer Shadreck Mlauzi when the Mighty Warriors slumped to a heartbreaking 0-2 defeat at the hands of Mozambique.