09 August 2008
KENYA : Juniors leave for Kampala
National under-18 girls’ basketball team left Mombasa on Thursday evening for Kampala to participate in the Africa Zone Five tournament to be held in Kampala in Uganda from Monday.
The 12 players who travelled after a week’s residential training camp at Mombasa Technical Training Institute (MTTI) were expected in Kisumu on Friday and leave Saturday morning morning to Kampala ready for the tournament.
Coach Philip Onyango said all players are fit and that he was satisfied with the team’s preparations and he was optimistic that they will do well.
“We really prepared ourselves for the competition and we are all set to face any opposition and win,” he said.
Captain Margaret Wambui said they were going to Kampala not just to participate but to win the ticket to the Africa finals in Egypt in October.
Kenya will also be represented in the boy’s event. So far the tournament has attracted five countries- Rwanda, Tanzania, Burundi, Somalia and hosts Uganda.
Boys’ category
The winners of the boys’ category will qualify for the 10th Fiba Africa U18 Championship in Tunisia in October while the girls’ winners to play in Egypt the same month in the Africa continent finals..
The winners of the Fiba Africa continental event will book their places for the 2009 U-19 Fiba World Championship.
The focus on this weekend’s basketball Premier League will be on Eagle Wings as they play two critical return leg matches at the Nairobi’s Nyayo National Stadium.
On Saturday, they start favourites against lowly rated University of Nairobi’s Dynamites from 2pm.
On Sunday, Eagle Wings will take on Flames of the United States International University of Africa in a tie expected to be full of fireworks.
The 12 players who travelled after a week’s residential training camp at Mombasa Technical Training Institute (MTTI) were expected in Kisumu on Friday and leave Saturday morning morning to Kampala ready for the tournament.
Coach Philip Onyango said all players are fit and that he was satisfied with the team’s preparations and he was optimistic that they will do well.
“We really prepared ourselves for the competition and we are all set to face any opposition and win,” he said.
Captain Margaret Wambui said they were going to Kampala not just to participate but to win the ticket to the Africa finals in Egypt in October.
Kenya will also be represented in the boy’s event. So far the tournament has attracted five countries- Rwanda, Tanzania, Burundi, Somalia and hosts Uganda.
Boys’ category
The winners of the boys’ category will qualify for the 10th Fiba Africa U18 Championship in Tunisia in October while the girls’ winners to play in Egypt the same month in the Africa continent finals..
The winners of the Fiba Africa continental event will book their places for the 2009 U-19 Fiba World Championship.
The focus on this weekend’s basketball Premier League will be on Eagle Wings as they play two critical return leg matches at the Nairobi’s Nyayo National Stadium.
On Saturday, they start favourites against lowly rated University of Nairobi’s Dynamites from 2pm.
On Sunday, Eagle Wings will take on Flames of the United States International University of Africa in a tie expected to be full of fireworks.
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