BANTU Rovers Football Club will send two players, goalkeeper, Nkosiphile Dube and midfielder Marvin Sibanda to the US on a football scholarship on August 19.
BY FORTUNE MBELE
The two play for Tshintsha Guluva’s Under-18s and the first team in the Zifa Southern Region Division One Soccer League, respectively.
Dube and Sibanda are Lower Six students at St Columba’s in Makokoba and Northlea high schools, respectively. Dube will study at Kimball Union Academy in New Hampshire, while Sibanda is heading to Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut State.
This was announced at the club’s stakeholders’ dinner at a local hotel on Monday eveningDube and Sibanda join Percival Sibanda and Mthabisi Tshuma, who are already studying in the US.
Speaking at the function, Bantu Rovers co-owner, Peter Grieve said it was the club’s main ojective to provide opportunities for its players.
Grieve co-owns the club with founder, Methembe Ndlovu.
“We think of the three Ss that is soccer, scholastic and service. The soccer part is obvious; every club tries to teach boys how to play soccer better,” he said.
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“In terms of scholastic, we have the same boys, who want to pursue an academic course. So, we try to recruit good players and good students.
“Not every player is going to be a professional and not every player is a great student. We want to provide an opportunity, no matter what their passion is. And the last part is service, which is all about giving back.
“We are all given opportunities in life and feel a commitment to give back to others. Our boys, who go over to schools in the US, we want them to give back and come to speak to their schools and recruit others into that programme.”
Grieve is in Zimbabwe together with Bantu Rovers directors, Michael Wilson from New Zealand, and Tom Fray based in the US, as well as members of the management committee, Tulio Landlin and Naoki Toyomura.
They are with their guests scot Geron of Boston University, Jeremiah jameson of Berkshire High School in the US.
