CANA Zone 3 continues to grow in depth and scope. To this end in 2018, the 4TH CANA Zone 3 Swimming Championship was held in Khartoum Sudan from 14-17 November 2018. Teams from Kenya, Tanzania, Djibouti, Uganda, South Sudan,, South Africa and the hosts Sudan took part in the event that was held at the Police club Khartoum. Over 80 swimmers took part in the three day event with an average of 150 spectators in attendance daily. The inaugural open water event was held as well. The final point’s positions were as follows:
1. Sudan – 1,548 points
2. Republic of South Africa –1248 points
3. Tanzania -1125 points
4. Kenya – 1037 points
5. Uganda -976 points
6. South Sudan-191
7. Djibouti - 78
Swimmers in action in the pool and open water in the River Nile
Uganda hosted the inaugural zone 3 masters championships in Kampala on August11th 2018 at GEMS Cambridge International School. Ten clubs/teams and over 80 swimmers took part including a team from Tanzania. The event was successful with several zone records set across the various age groups. It is envisaged that this will become a regular fixture on the zone calendar. We anticipate having zonal master’s events in Tanzania and Uganda in 2019.
Zone 3 teams from Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda participated in the CANA Zone 4 championships in February that were held in Malawi. Zone 3 continues to enjoy excellent collaborative links with zone 4.
Masters swimmers in action.
The zonal bureau held a meeting in Khartoum Sudan during the championships in 2018. The next CANA Zone 3 Championships will be hosted in Nairobi Kenya in November 2019. More about the zone can be found at www.canazone3.org
Dr. Donald Rukare
President CANA Zone 3
April 12 2019
