Bridgwater College Sports Tournament

On the 31 March 2011, the New Brighton Oval hosted the Bridgwater Umzingisi Tournament organized and run by Bridgwater College. Bridgwater College from the UK has sent 40 of their Sports HMS students to South Africa. In conjunction with Umzingisi Foundation, they organized the sports tournament as a final event for their two week stay. The tournament consisted of 6 of the local previously disadvantaged schools in New Brighton and Zwide in Port Elizabeth.

Each school sent an U12 and U13 team for Rugby, Soccer, Hockey and Netball. The schools included Charles Duna, Molefe, Inkqubela, Ben Nyathi, Issac Booi and Emzomncane Primary Schools. On the day of the event there were more than the estimated 480 children present and the students from both Umzingisi and Bridgwater were present. The sports teams were treated to an extremely well organized and fun tournament. Regardless of the light rain, both the pupils and the students had a lot of fun and each team played their best to win their games.

 Overall Winners:

Rugby: U12: Issac Booi

            U 13: Inkqubela

Soccer: U12: Inkqubela

            U 13: Molefe

Netball: U12: Charles Duna

             U 13: Issac Booi

Hockey: U12: Charles Duna

              U 13: Ben Nyathi

On behalf of Umzingisi and the schools involved, we would just like to thank Bridgwater College for being so amazing and for hosting such a wonderful and successful tournament. The students brought so much joy to all the children involved and definitely made an impact on the youth at Umzingisi and all the organizations they visited. Thank you!