Times Of Swaziland: HEFTY E230 000  UP FOR GRABS!

HEFTY E230 000  UP FOR GRABS!
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BY NTOKOZO MAGONGO on 09/01/2018 01:24:00


MBABANE – A hefty E230 000 awaits the winner between National First Division
League sides Mbabane Citizen and Milling Hot Spurs on Saturday.
The two teams have all the reasons to buckle up as they do battle in the
quarter-finals of the Ingwenyama Cup as qualification to the semi-finals has a
sweetener of E200 000 plus an extra E30 000 for being the best finisher from the
First Division League.
The game is billed for Somhlolo National Stadium on Saturday; kick-off 1:30pm.
This is the biggest prize money to be pocketed by a First Division League side
and it is higher than the E120 000 first prize money for winning the MTN
National First Division League. MTN National First Division league first round
winners receive E60 000.
According to the Ingwenyama Cup prize breakdown, the losing quarter-finalists
will still pocket E75 000.
In the SwaziBank Cup, the National First Division best finishers pockets E10 000
and semi-finalists get E100 000.
Citizen’s Public Relations Officer (PRO) Sifiso Hlatjwako said despite that
they have to part ways with their coach Herbert Maruwa, they will be ready for
the clash on Saturday.
He said their Zimbabwean coach, Ikabort Masocha, will arrive in the country and
start working with the team as soon as possible.
“Masocha knows the team very well because he was part of us at the start of
the season. He knows all the players and he had to go back home after three
games due to family issues. He will be back now and continue the work he started
with the club,” he said.
Hlatjwako said they were much aware of the incentive they stand to win if they
reach the semi-finals. He said they were now taking each game as it comes.