Dear Esteemed basketball lovers, On Saturday, 23rd May 2009, we had a meeting to discuss how as CEZOBAL we can wake up from our slumber and carry on playing ball. Present at this well attended meeting were the following basketball die hards:
Herbert Chidaya, Daud Suleman Rocky Kaunda Jacob Chikoya George Phiri Barlett Mafuleka Paul Kamlongera Wales Mvula Dan Khomba Adama Kara Kingsley Gwaza Mwayi from Alliance one Sten Chakanika and Clement Masangano sent a note about their failure to attend due to personal commitments. However they are supporting the efforts being made all the way. Without wasting much of your time, here are some of the important points that were discussed and agreed during the meeting. By the way, Rocky opened the meeting with a prayer and Adam closed it with the same. I just thought it's important that I mention that too. 1. We have a new interim committee which will run basketball affairs in the central region until elections are held. It is being headed by either King Gwaza or Barlett Mafuleka (These too gentlemen will agree who will be the chair and who will be vice). The secretary is Mr Paul Kamlongera. These three guys will be running CEZOBAL until elections are held. Let's give them support and understanding, otherwise, with these guys at the helm, things really look promising. Without trying to patronise anyone, what we have here are guys with a lot of experience in running stuff, well respected, passionate about basketball, qualified in many aspects and will surely bring back the lost glory basketball in the central region used to enjoy. But, as I said, they will need our support, respect and understanding. The rest of the guys those that were part of the meeting, (see the names above) will be the foot soldiers. Anyamata othamangathamnga. We will be at the beck and call of these three gentlemen carrying out their instructions. King, Barlett and Paul will do the strategical work and making sure that things are being run with order and purpose. They will make sure that there is discipline at all levels. The rest of us will be implementing their plans and working hard to move things on the ground 2. On presidential prize money the meeting agreed that George should follow up with the secondary school teams and find out whether they received their prize monies. He should report back on his findings particularly giving names of people that received the prize money on behalf of the schools. George also informed the meeting that teams that won during the president's cup could and should go and cash their cheques. The money is now available in Basmal account. If cheques were referred to drawer by the banks, contact George or Jacob so that he can issue you with fresh cheques. 3. The meeting also agreed dates when the new CEZOBAL basketball season should start. There will be a tournament for purposes of publicity on the 13th of June 09 while the league itself will start in 27th June 09. Teams that want to take part please start your preparations now. Teams will be required to register, (registration fees) and commit by signing to adhere to rules and regulations of the league at all times. Daud Suleman will in due course circulate these rules and regulation. 4. On sponsorship for both the tournament and league, king and Barlett will be working on it and will provide feedback to the forum by Wednesday 27th May 2009. Please check your e-mails regularly for updates. We will be also sending information through phones, so if you are one of the people that would like to be informed through telephones (inu amene e-mail simmaikonda; team captains/owners) please indicate. However, the information won't be as detailed as it is on this forum 5. On infrastructure, the only available court that we have is Silver. The meeting agreed that the interim and committee and the foot soldiers should have look at it on Sunday 24th and Tuesday 26th May 2009. So if you went, can we hear your views and suggestions for improvement on this forum before the end of this week. I hope this is all I can report for now. If I have forgotten something, please feel free to add. On the sidelines of the meeting though, Rocky and Wales agreed to have their own working committee on Area 12 basketball court. They might be calling us one of these days to assist in one way or the other. Thanks Guys. -------------------------------------------------------- Any opinions expressed in this message and any attachments are those of the sender only and do not necessarily represent the views of Plan. Internet communications are not secure and Plan accepts no responsibility for the content of this e-mail. The information contained in this message and any attachments is intended solely for the use of the person(s) to whom the message is addressed. 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