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Zim, China in Table Tennis Tournament

 

All is set for the Chinese Ambassador Cup ,a  Zimbabwe  and China table tennis friendly match which is set  to take place on the 17 – 18 of September  at Belvedere Technical Teachers College in Harare.

By Owami Sithole.

The tournament is  hosted by the Embassy of People‘s Republic of China  and co-organized by The Zimbabwe, Chinese Table Tennis Union (ZCTTU) together with Zimbabwe Table Tennis Union (ZTTU).

Speaking during a press conference at a local restaurant Deputy Chinese Ambassador Zhao Baogang said they are committed to continue strengthening bilateral friendship and promoting cultural exchange with Zimbabwe through sport and cultural actives.

“This match is meant to strengthen the bilateral friendship and promoting bilateral sports exchange   between China and Zimbabwe, Local companies are to sponsor and both the Chinese communities in Zimbabwe,” he said.

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He went on to say the traditional friendship between China and Zimbabwe goes back to the days of liberation struggle as well as the adoption of Look East Policy by President of Republic of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe  which injects new momentum to the development of friendship and cooperation.

Zimbabwe Table Tennis Union president, Mr John Muringani also applauded the gesture saying it will help boost the sport.

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“Though as a nation we face various challenges in terms of finance, resources we are doing very well in terms of development of table tennis,

“We have managed to expose our players in different competitions like  the All Africa games we hosted in 1995, 2007 in Algeria, 2011 we took our team to Maputo and in our team qualified for  2012 world championships in Germany , this all gave our players a chance of  playing in high level of competition ,”  said Muringani

“This relationship brings light,   making tennis one of the most developing  sport in the country , our vision is to see our team qualifying for  Olympics 2020  we have a team of youngster that we train after every forty night  and we created a center for  these youngster  for experience ,” he said .

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