Mako Sharks Masters Swimming Competition 2023 1st Edition
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The one-day Masters/Adults swimming competition organized by the Mako Sharks Swim Club Kigali was aimed at encouraging more people living in Rwanda to practice the swimming sport.
The club was delighted to see different clubs and individuals sign-up for this tournament with About 47 athletes participated in the gala, competing in various age groups and events.
Sakufi Rumongi Kagenza, a lecturer at African Leadership University (ALU), is one of the athletes who bagged most medals at the competition. He won four medals including one in butterfly 25m, two in freestyle 25m and 50m respectively and one more in backstroke 25m.
The 37-year-old, who swims at Nyarutarama Tennis Club for fitness purposes, welcomed the initiative to organize a special swimming competition for amateurs before calling on organisers to bring more competitions that bring people together.
“This is a great initiative. We need to have more competitions because there is a big number of adults who are interested in these kinds of competitions,” Rumongi said.
Mako Sharks SC President James Bazatsinda said that they are happy with how the competition went down and that they organized a special competition for amateurs to show Rwandans that the game is not just for young people.
"You see that there are 50-year-old people who played and finished, this shows that they started playing long ago," Bazatsinda said.
"We are going to find sponsors to make this event even more popular. We will encourage more companies to bring their staff to compete," he added.
Mako sharks swim club will organise other swimming competition in December 2023 and we hope to have more participants
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