Zimbabwean import Eric Banda grabbed MVP-honors in the 'LNB Vodacom' - the Mozambiquean national championship.
Banda, who is playing for Maxaquene Maputo, was also voted to the 'Ideal Five' of the season altogether with U.S. American-teammate Jason Hartford (206-F/C-85). Other players include Andre Velasco of Ferroviario Beira, David Canivete (193-F-89) of Desportivo Maputo and Octavio Magolico (200-C-84) of Ferroviario Maputo. [read more]
Basketball Transfer Rules Tighten - Aug 3, 2009 (by Kristian Santiago)
(By The Standard)
Amendments to the player transfer system will curtail the movement of talented basketball players abroad.
The new amendments made by the Federation of International Basketball (Fiba), stipulate that Fiba agents should issue all the players with letters of clearance in all international transfers.
Fiba secretary general, Patrick Baumann said the regulations are effective from July 1, in a memorandum to the Basketball Union of Zimbabwe (BUZ) [read more]
(By The Standard)
Amendments to the player transfer system will curtail the movement of talented basketball players abroad.
The new amendments made by the Federation of International Basketball (Fiba), stipulate that Fiba agents should issue all the players with letters of clearance in all international transfers.
Fiba secretary general, Patrick Baumann said the regulations are effective from July 1, in a memorandum to the Basketball Union of Zimbabwe (BUZ).
Addison Chiware, the BUZ interim president, believes these new regulations are likely to threaten the livelihood of domestic league players as the country is not yet in a position to adhere to the new amendments.
'We have about 30 basketball players who are playing basketball in foreign lands mostly at college level. They will encounter problems when they graduate and decide to join the local clubs at which point the new regulations are likely to come into play,' Chiware said.
Due to financial constraints basketball in the country is predominately a social sport, in which the local bodies and teams are self financed or rely on goodwill.
This has led to a rising number of players crossing over to far and neighbouring countries in search for better remuneration.
With the introduction of these new regulations basketball players cannot join the foreign leagues without representation by Fiba player agents nor can they afford to acquire the services of one.
The players who will be affected by the draconian law are five national team players namely -- Fadzai Mabasa (170-G-83), Isobel Tengende (172-G-85), Charity Chigumba (-86), Christopher Karambamachero and, Mpumelelo Hlabangani -- who are playing college basketball in South Africa and the United States.
Fiba has also introduced stricter control in the transfer of young players (Under 18).
The new regulations stipulate that the 'transfer of young players will not be approved if they disrupt the players' schooling'.
Fiba also implemented new coaching regulations in which all national team coaches must be in possession of a Fiba level 2 coaching certificate in order to lead a team in Fiba competition.
Failure to comply with this regulation will result in a US$5 000 fine.
'The new coaching regulations are probably going to affect us the most as the country currently has two coaches, Ronald Garura and Ngoni Mukukula , who are the highest qualified coaches with a BUZ level two certificate.
'We are making efforts to contact Zone Six basketball to find out were the next courses are going to be held so we can send a few of our local coaches there. We are in race against time as we have fully loaded schedule next year where we will be playing some Fiba games, Chiware said.
Have Faith in Jammers.........! - Apr 15, 2009 (by Roderick Takawira)
Faith Wear Jammers tore the form book to beat HBA A league runner-up Sigauke 51-49 in the HBA Easter Tournament. Jammers coming in with their two foreign based players Michael Makanda who is based South Africa and Michael Koffe based in Botswana showed intent early in the tournament. They were top of their group after a 3-way tie between them, Stanbic Mavericks and Stormers. Their 58-64 loss to newly promoted Stanbic Mavericks in the preliminary rounds was a good wake-up call for Jammers [read more]
Faith Wear Jammers tore the form book to beat HBA A league runner-up Sigauke 51-49 in the HBA Easter Tournament. Jammers coming in with their two foreign based players Michael Makanda who is based South Africa and Michael Koffe based in Botswana showed intent early in the tournament. They were top of their group after a 3-way tie between them, Stanbic Mavericks and Stormers. Their 58-64 loss to newly promoted Stanbic Mavericks in the preliminary rounds was a good wake-up call for Jammers. From then on Jammers never looked back going through the opposition like a warm knife through butter.
In the final against highly fancied Sigauke, Jammers Michael Koffe and Michael Makanda shared top-scoring honours with 16 points apiece. Koffe was hot in the first 2 quarters but down the stretch in crunch time Makanda took over and Sigauke could not stop him. In the absence of Baldwin Bodza Mazango and Tawanda Yanga Chitsinde, Sigauke were a pale shadow of themselves and never really looked in it.
Stanbic Mavericks reversed the preliminary stage defeat to JBC when they beat JBC 49-36 in the final with Dorcas Marondera and Regina Chisale unstoppable. Marondera top-scored with 15 points and Chisale added 11 points. Chisale came up really big down the stretch as she made free throw after free throw as JBC tried to come back. JBC had beaten Stanbic 35-32 in the preliminary rounds but even then Stanbic showed intent.
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