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Bantu Rovers Under 18 send their Highlanders to the cleaners

by Siphambaniso Dube
05 Jul 2011 at 18:30hrs | Views
Bantu Rovers Football Club's Under 18s tore the form-book apart on Saturday when they beat Highlanders at the lions den 1-0 to seize the opportunity of catching up with Bosso in the points tally. In an eagerly awaited match that was the talk of the town throughout the week,

Sherpard Mabaleka's Rovers maintained their dominance over their more fancied counterparts who are yet to beat them since their formation. However Bantu Rovers had lady luck on their side as Highlanders scored an own goal which was to prove decisive at the end of the day. In the under 14s and 16s the two teams drew 0-0 and 1-1 respectively.

The draw in lower ages allowed Makhadeni City Pirates's under 14s to shoot to the top after their 1-0 win over Magwegwe Youngstars and Ajax Hotspurs Under 16s to open up a three point lead in a tightly contested Bulawayo Metropolitan Province Serie A junior league. Ajax Hotspurs School of Soccer Excellence won their under 14s match 1-0 against Pumula East Academy. They went on to thrash the hapless Pumula east side 3-0 in the under 16s before the East boys put a stop to the Hotspurs roller-coaster with a polished display twice coming from behind to deny their more fancied opponents a full set of point.

Indeed it was a commendable display as the young East guys in the process got their first point of the season and their celebrated wildly for their never say die attitude.

Exciting F.M.H Academy got a rude awakening this weekend as they succumbed to the drumstick boys Chicken Inn at Njube's Desert Stadium. The Famona based boys who are having a dream season with their under 18s drew 1-1 with Chicken Inn in the under 14s before losing by the identical scoreline of 1-0 in the under 16s and 18s.

BSE Academy of Magwegwe North made a bold statement when they beat Eddie Mukahanana bankrolled E.M Sports 1-0 and 2-1 in the under 14s and 16s. They however failed to register a clean sweep as they succumbed to a 2-0 nil loss to E.M Sports in the under 18s.

Magwegwe Young Stars lost 1-0 to Makhandeni City Pirates in the under 14s before restoring parity in the under 16s with a 2-1 win. It was a stalemate in the under 18s as Youngstars had to come from behind to draw level with City Pirates who had taken an early first half lead.


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