CLEVELAND PISTOL CLUB

For the gun and rifle fanatics out there!

Cleveland Pistol Club, which is the only gun club in Zimbabwe offers a chance for you to give it a shot on the range. Location: Arcturus Road, Harare, Zimbabwe 

Boasting an amazing seventeen range complex, the club offers a variety of shooting range practices, Pistol and Sniper practices amongst them.

They also have two teams that i know of, The Practical Pistol Team and the Siniper Team, who compete internationally events such as the World shoot competitions where shooters from around the world gather and show their shooting skills in a bid to be the best.

The club offers a safety and firearm handling course on the first Saturday of every month.

Note: The Clevelend Pistol Club is only open on Saturdays from 9:00 hrs to 17:00 hrs.

DONNYBROOK RACEWAY - PART 2

From 4 x 4 Jamboree's, Drag Racing, two and four wheel racing and Go Carts, these are some of the events hosted at the Donnybrook race track.

Local motor racing teams Sables DragPro Club which is the resident team and organizers of the events never disappoint as they enlist racers of top quality in the many different events held at the race track.


List of Events

1. Drag Racing
2. 4x4 Jamboree
3. Main Circuit Racing
4. Drifting
5. Endurance Races
e.t.c



There are 8 Car Classes and 2 Bike classes and if you are confident enough in your car well why don't you visit Donnybrooke and sign it up on one of the races.



(Sundays) Gates open at 9am races start at 11am
 Admission fee is $5.00 per head and children under 12 years enter for free.

Cars spotted at Donnybrook RaceWay

1. Subaru Forester
2. Subaru impreza
3. Nissan Skyline 1994
4. Corvettes
5. Mercedes Benz CLK class
6. BMW MSeries
7. Ford Focus
8. Toyota Corrolla 1600
9. Audi A4
10. Methanol-fuelled V8 Chevy Chevair
11. V8 AC Cobra
12.  Turbocharged Honda S2000

e.t.c



The cars you spot here are sure to have your eyes watering with gleee!!!

I personally own a Mazda 6 with a 2litre engine, buuut well its not nearly as fast as the cars one sees at this raceway, it time well spents and the environment is good enough to bring the whole family with full bar and catering on site you definitely won't go hungry or thirsty.

Here is the link to their Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Donnybrook-Motor-Race-Track/155581581195857

DONNYBROOK RACEWAY - PART 1

For the motor heads out there, i bring to you Donnybrooke Raceway, the best racing circuit in Zimbabwe.

A bit of its History first courtesy of  http://www.racingcircuits.info

Donnybrook Raceway is one of Zimbabwe's few permanent racing facilities, built towards the end of the colonial years when the country was still known as Rhodesia. Today, the facility still survives as a hub for local racing, though any aspirations it may once have had to gain international status look likely to remain unfulfilled given the country's political standing with the rest of the world.

The track was conceived as a replacement for the Marlborough Circuit, which in turn had replaced the Belvedere Circuit, which had been laid out on the on the runways and access roads of an airport which served the national capital. 

The new track was laid out within 326 hectares of land near Harare from January 1972. Double world champion Graham Hill was brought in as a consultant for the circuit design, which eventually settled on an eight-corner layout. The circuit was due to host the Rhodesian Grand Prix - a round of the South African Formula One Championship, featuring as its name implied some rather exotic machinery. Problems with getting the circuit certified by the FIA for the Formula One cars meant that the circuit did not host its inaugural race until April 1974. Ian Scheckter duly took the spoils in Team Gunston's Lotus-Cosworth.

There was no Grand Prix in 1975 and, by the time the race returned the following year, it was for Formula Atlantic machinery. The political instability and subsequent emergence of the state of Zimbabwe saw the country's motorsport scene fade in status, through racing continued at a national and club level throughout, with the circuit hosting several Zimbabwean Grands Prix during the 1980s.

Today, the circuit continues to host a regular schedule of two and four-wheeled racing and drag events, while the entire 2.78km track was resurfaced prior to the 2016 season. The facility also has a homologated kart track and popular motocross course.

ZimFun

Fun is a word that everyone wants to hear, especially on a Friday, just knowing that the weekend draws near is a delight to many.

However, very few people actually know how and where to go to have plain clean fun. To most Zimbabweans fun is meeting up with your mates, look for a couple or more bars to hop and skip to, drink until you are senseless, make noise with your car engine until, well your car breaks down or something, braaing etc.

What most of my colleagues do not know is that there are plenty of places in Zimbabwe where one can have clean fun without compromising your integrity or humanity.

Below i am going to list about two (2) places (more to come) you can go to have fun with the guys or as a family:

1. Raintree venue

This venue is known to most as one of the most expensive wedding venues in Zimbabwe, but its actually a pretty good picnic venue as well.

Situated in the leafy neighborhood of Umwinsdale in Harare, Raintree is the perfect place to just chill and breathe the fresh air of the countryside. Its so quiet with the music of the river, the birds and the wind serenading you whilst yo relax.

Visit their website : http://www.raintreevenue.com/

2. Paintball Blitz

If you are looking for rapid fast fun, shooting at your friends, your friends shooting at you. Its located at the Helenics Sports Club just next to Chapman Golf Club.

These guys are also in the process of building a putt-putt field, so looking forward to that.

Its awesome, but be warned, paintball is very physical, exercise before you go, otherwise you will pass out.

Its a matter of Life and Fun, ZiiimFuun, You caan have fun in Zimbabwe!!! ;-)