Times Of Swaziland: ‘BIG 3’ RACE TO E100K HEATS UP

‘BIG 3’ RACE TO E100K HEATS UP
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Nimrod Hlophe on 29/09/2022 09:42:00


MBABANE – Will they get it?
The country’s ‘Big three’ in Manzini Wanderers, Mbabane Highlanders and
Swallows are left with only three days to fight for big cash incentives in the
MoMo Cup voting. These three big guns currently seeded in semifinals are
guaranteed of E100 000 participation fee once they are able to amass 20 000
votes. The security forces teams also have a target to reach of 20 000 votes.
Leading the race to the E100 000 ‘carrot’ yesterday were Manzini Wanderers
who were at the summit of the voting charts with 6 753. Highlanders, who were
just second, were almost 17 000 votes away from earning the participation fee,
while it was still a mountain to climb for Swallows. The Birds were at 1 857
votes and in position eight in the overall voting. The uniformed teams of Green
Mamba, Royal Leopard and Young Buffaloes had the latter leading them. Buffaloes
had 1 052 votes, a great improvement from Tuesday’s 68 votes when they were
ranked 25. They were in the 12th position yesterday.
Guaranteed
Meanwhile, four Premier League of Eswatini (PLE) teams were already guaranteed
E10 000 in voting incentives. These teams were  Seven Dreams, Denver Sundowns,
Sea Birds  and Nsingizini Hotspurs who have votes above the 2 000 target.
However, four National First Division (NFD) teams had also reached their 1 000
votes target. These were Ubombo Flyers, Malanti Chiefs, Sisonkhe as well as
Hlatikhulu Tycoons. They were also guaranteed of the E10 000 incentives. The
overall voting statistics had summed up to 39 159, which reflected a deficit of
about 60 000 votes to minimum votes target set by MTN Fintech Eswatini and
Premier League of Eswatini (PLE).