This was a second meeting for the two teams in a space of five days.

Chigonja, a T37 athlete competed in the 100m event and finished on 18:37 which is his personal best.

MNCS Board Chairperson Dr. Sunduzwayo Madise explained that the donation is not going to DODMA but to Malawians

Mwanyali from Civo athletics club finished the 21 km race in 1:08.04 while Mzuzu based athlete, Chirwa from Forever athletics club dominated the women category as she finished the race in 1:23.44

Council is very grateful for the gesture that MedHealth has shown to support the Mzuzu City Half marathon.

Ministry of Health statistics indicate that they are over 23,000 Cholera cases and over 750 Cholera related deaths in Malawian since Cholera started last year.   

The half marathon has been introduced with the aim of creating a platform for athletes to have many opportunities to compete, develop and improve for better performances.

However, sporting codes such as netball, tennis, swimming and gymnastics did not manage to win any medal at the tournament

In netball the junior queens suffered a surprise 55 – 35 defeat by Zambia at the griffin saenda sports complex.

In basketball, the men basketball team played against one the tournament favorite Mozambique at the Griffin saenda sports complex. The Malawi under 17 boys proved too strong for the Mozambicans as they won the game 69 – 48 baskets.