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BASKET HOUNDS BASKET HOUNDS
is a basketball team and a program that supports girls in the community of Mbare. It is for all young girls who love basketball and who wants to learn the sport. It was founded by coach, Freddy Kachakwara, in 2014, along with 2 girls Duduzile and Ashley. By then, netball was the sport for girls in Mbare Basket Hounds wanted to offer a new sport for the girls in the community.
school. By coaching in different schools, Kachakwara managed to spot talented basket ball players and who could join the Basket Hounds. Today, Basket Hounds has over 47 registered players and over 30 individuals who come for fitness classes. Over the years the Basket hounds have participated in many tournaments and friendly matches with other teams, most of them victorious. These are the Christian Basketball Tournament, The Great Harare Tournament, The Preachers Tournament, The Faith Ministeries Tournament and The Great Pride Tournament. Every year, the Basket Hounds host the International Day of the Girl Child basketball tournament, where the girls compete with other teams as a way of celebrating the day.
In 2015 Basket Hounds had seven girls in the team. As a way of recruiting new members into the team, coach Kachakwara began coaching basket ball in different high schools in Mbare. In 2015 he coached the basket ball team at Mbare high school, 2016-2017 he coached the St Peters’ Secondary school basket ball team and 2018 -2019 he coached at Harare high
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