VICE-PRESIDENT Joice Mujuru, motor racing sensation Axel Jefferies, football legends George Shaya and Peter Ndlovu are expected to tee off in the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) golf tournament at the Elephant Hills Hotel and Golf Resort in Victoria Falls this morning.
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The tournament will be played in the four-ball better-ball format. According to golfzone, more than 20 teams of four golfers each drawn from the Zimbabwean business community have entered the tournament.
They include Liquid Telecoms, Zimplats, Marange Diamonds, TelOne, NetOne, Mbada Diamonds, Croco Motors and Zimbabwe Tourism Authority. The thrust of the tournament will be to showcase and draw the attention of the world to Victoria Falls being a must-visit tourist destination.
“This tournament seeks to provide delegates with highlights on the leisure facilities that are available. It is a fact that Victoria Falls has more than 50 leisure activities other than golf,” the statement reads.
Mujuru, patron of the tournament is expected to preside over the prize presentation in the evening. Tourism minister Walter Mzembi and retired Colonel Christian Katsande, deputy chief secretary to President Robert Mugabe, will also grace the occasion.
The organisers said Mujuru wished to turn the Vic Falls Invitational into an annual pro-am event on the Zambezi Tour. Sportspersons like Hamilton Masakadza, Eliot Mujaji and artistes Sulumani Chimbetu and Sandra Ndebele will also be expected in the resort town. The golf tournament will be aimed at marketing Victoria Falls as a tourist destination of choice ahead of the UNWTO and is expected to attract more than 100 golfers.
