Category: Sports

By Duncan Mlanjira Malawi’s international mountain trail running (Ultra marathon) specialist, Edson Kumwamba says he is set to organising the 30km trail trail race to be held in Mulanje on June 21 but he just short of securing sponsorship for the winners cash prizes. Kumwamba said the preparations for the race he solely initiated are on course as he has sponsorship for water, instant energy drink, T-shirts, caps and sanitizers in response to the COVID-19 preventive measures. “But we are…

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By Duncan Mlanjira After being outsmarted by Candidate Master (CM) Petros ‘Razorblade’ Mfune in the second edition of CHESSAM’s online MyBucks Blitz Challenge that was played on May 31, Malawi’s highest rated player, Joseph Mwale rose above the occasion by clinching the inaugural Southern Region League (SRCL) online tournament. The South Africa-based Fide Master chess professional with a Blitz rating of 2203, scored 13 points in the 15-round tournament on Sunday beating a field of 64 players. His runner-up…

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By Duncan Mlanjira Malawi’s international mountain trail running (Ultra marathon) specialist, Edson Kumwamba has taken a step further by organising his own race — a 30km trail course to be held in his home district of Mulanje on June 21. It’s been named Legend Trail Challenge Series as the race will be in three legs, first leg in Mulanje, second in Thyolo while the third’s logistics will be communicated later. “Those that shall run and finish all the series will…

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By Duncan Mlanjira Southern Region Chess League (SRCL) has secured K200,000 sponsorship from two individuals, Godwin Ulaya and Wasoka Chirwa, for three online chess tournaments, which as open for participation for Centre and Northern leagues SRCL chairperson Steve Mpighu said the first tournament will be on Sunday, June 7, the second on June 21 and the third on July 5, to be played from 20:00hours.  The chess tournaments on lichess.com, an open-source internet chess server run by Lichess. “The…

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By Duncan Mlanjira Chess Association of Malawi (CHESSAM) has decided to promote an online international chess tournaments initiative which has been launched by the world chess governing body, FIDE as one way of supporting players as they spend long hours at home due to the preventive measures set to control the spread of Coronavirus. CHESSAM president Susan Namangale said FIDE has taken cognizance that the Coronavirus pandemic has caused an unprecedented global crisis and thus decided to support governments’…

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