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‘KOFI’ IS NEW DARTS PRESIDENT

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MBABANE – Phumlani ‘Kofi’ Ndwandwe is the new Eswatini National Darts Association (ENDA) President.

The former secretary in the association faced tough competition for the position from the likes of former Acting President, Sibusiso Baartjies,  who plays for Ecowater Darts Club and Michael Gama from Scaras Darts Club to name but a few. According to the outgoing Acting President, Sibusiso Baartjies, the elections were fair and transparent. Ndwandwe took over from Bheki Nkonyane, who stepped down before their time in office ended.  “The elections went according to plan as there was no foul play and all candidates were happy about the elections outcome.

None of the candidates suspect any foul play. In short, the elections were fair,” he said. Sithembiso Tsabedze, who plays for Mbabane City Darts Club, was nominated the new Vice President of ENDA and he won against five candidates.  The former Acting President, Sibusiso Baartjies, from Ecowater Darts Club, was voted into the Secretary General position out-voting Bafana Nkambule from Sivutsa Bhe Darts Club.The ENDA monies will be looked after by Siphesihle Mndzebele from Sivutsa Bhe Darts Club, he faced a tough competition from Elvis Shongwe, who plays for Remnants Darts Club. The members of the new ENDA Executive Committee are Thandeka Mkhonta from Elangeni Vipers Darts Club and Jethro Ndzingane, who plays for Correctional Darts Club.

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“The new president has been serving as the secretary general for quite some time and he has vast knowledge on darts and the vice president is a consistent and much disciplined player. We hope that the two will improve the standard of darts league in the country,” he said. The ENDA new Public Relations Officer (PRO) is Flag Nxumalo, who has been involved in darts for many years and he is a sportsperson who also plays pool. The former president said as an association, they hoped that he would be a very good asset to the committee. On another note, Baartjies said Thandeka Mkhonta was the only female in the new executive committee. “She is a teacher by profession at Elangeni High School and founder of Elangeni Vipers. We hope that she will encourage more ladies to join the sport,” he said.

Baartjies then thanked the outgoing committee for the good work that they have done in promoting the sport. “I salute them for the effort they put in developing darts in the country.  Had it not been COVID-19, they were going to achieve more. The old committee also secured venues to host the sports,” he said. He further said that the old committee maintained a good working relationship with the Eswatini Sports and Recreation Council (ESRC) and the sponsor, Eswatini Royal Insurance Corporation (ESRIC). He then said that the new committee was expected to host many games and expand the darts games to other regions in the country.

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