DAR ES SALAAM: THE next Junior Swimming Championship, which will take place next month at the International School of Tanganyika (IST) in Dar es Salaam, is expected to draw a large number of participants.
Speaking to the ‘Daily News’ on Tuesday, Tanzania Swimming Association (TSA) Chairman David Mwasyoge stated that they expect a large number of swimmers to participate in the tournament.
“All swimming clubs in Tanzania that are members of TSA are eligible to participate, and this is a good platform for junior swimmers to showcase their potential.
“It will involve Under-12 swimmers and as you know, this is a development stage of swimming, meaning that they ought to work hard to improve their best time. “I call upon many swimmers to compete, because as the association, we want to produce many competitive swimmers, so that they can be trained well and be ready to fly high the national flag in major competitions,” he said.
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He further pointed out that the qualification mark for the competition has been simplified, purposely in order to attract more swimmers. “We hope that for those who will participate, they will manage to improve their best times because in order to facilitate competition in the country, it is a must to have many swimmers.
“We therefore call upon swimming clubs to continue registering more young swimmers and ensure that they are properly groomed for them to be the best in near future. “If we excel to produce many swimmers, definitely we should expect to uplift the level of competition within the country and if this happens, then we can be guaranteed to do much better internationally,” he said.
He emphasized on the need to have competitive swimming clubs in all regions of the country saying time is here to uplift the sport of swimming.
“The good thing is that most international schools in different regions have swimming pools hence we need to urge them to establish swimming clubs and we can help to support them with technical issues. “As TSA, we will be on frontline to make sure that we advance swimming in the country so that we should be able to do well in major competitions,” Mwasyoge said.
