Well done to Falcon house for turning up the heat in the track events, leading to a surge from 4^th position after the field events, to win the 2020 Interhouse Athletics competition on Saturday 29 February.

As the Falcon Captains Tadiwa Mwayera and George Mutavayi proudly hoisted the Hillcrest Relay Cup and Suleman Overall Winner’s Trophy, the Falcon Mums lifting their coffee mugs after winning the mum’s fun relay, you couldn’t help but wonder were such a comeback ranks in the history of Interhouse events at Hillcrest.

This was certainly a unique event, with an exciting relay that saw the other 3 houses tied on 40 points apiece, whilst Falcon claimed the Hillcrest Relay Cup with 48 points!

Numerous records were smashed, hopefully heralding a new breed of athletes in the new decade. New records include:

• Abigail Byatwike – U11 Girls 75m (11.06s) [old rec. Tanatswa Chikotosa, 2013,11.84s]
• Abigail Byatwike – U11 Girls 400m (1m14.35s) [old rec. Tanatswa Chikotosa, 2013, 1m16.95s]
• Neel Malde – U11 Boys 75m (11.06s) [old rec. Lloyd Musasa, 2018, 11.25s]
• Panashe Kabungaidze – U12 Girls 100m (14.41s) [old rec. Anesu Zvinoira, 2017, 14.60s]
• Tawananyasha Chakonda – U12 Boys Hurdles (14.62s) [old rec. Tafara Nyadundu, 2008, 15.12s]
• Munashe Masamha – U13 Boys Hurdles (13.44s) [old rec. H. Macheke, 2007, 13.56s]
• Munashe Masamha – U13 Boys 100m (13.56s) [old rec. Takudzwa Damba, 2019, 13.66s]
• Tabeel Phiri – O13 Girls 100m (14.09s) [old rec. Divine Gwatura, 2019, 14.19s]
• Tabeel Phiri – O13 Girls 400m (1m10.34s) [old rec. Ashingue Mtee, 2017, 1m18.73s]
• Takudzwa Damba – O13 Boys Hurdles (12.43s) [old rec. K. Mtisi, 2002, 13.22s]
• Takudzwa Damba – O13 Boys Long Jump (4.9m) [old rec. Shane Zangel, 1991, 4.81m]
• Takudzwa Damba – O13 Boys High Jump (1.4m, equalled the record) [old rec. T. Marufu, 2014, 1.4m]

Overall, the results were as follows:

1^st – Falcon – 213pts

2^nd – Eagle – 209pts

3^rd – Kestrel – 203pts

4^th – Harrier – 173pts