04 December 2008

TANZANIA : TBF appoints coaches for regional championship

The Tanzania Basketball Federation (TBF) has appointed coaches for national men's and women's teams ahead of next month's regional tournament in Rwanda.

The coaches are Bahati Mgunda and Evarist Mapunda for the men�s team; and Salehe Zonga and Paschal Nkuba for the women�s side.
TBF Secretary General, Lawrence Cheyo said that the teams were yet to start residential camp training as they were busy on club duties.

The players are due to compete in the Dar es Salaam basketball league known as RBA Kili League before traveling to Kigali for the East and Central Africa Challenge Cup.
"We do expect the selected players will be fit for the tournament and the coaches' tasks will therefore be to create playing cohesion ," said Cheyo. Most of the selected players featured in this year�s Barrick Taifa Gold Cup national basketball tournament.
"We have the confidence in the proven abilities of these four individuals and we trust that their experience will lead to good performance by our teams.
We are fully aware of how important this upcoming tournament is and we can only do our country justice if we return triumphant," he said.

The announcement of the national team coaches comes right on the back of this year�s Taifa Gold Cup which for the second year running was sponsored Barrick Gold Tanzania.

Barrick Tanzania Public Relations and Communications Manager Teweli Teweli expressed optimism in the new coaches and the national teams as a whole.
"This is an exciting moment for Barrick Tanzania as the sponsor of the Taifa Gold Cup which produced the two national sides. The experience that our new coaches have will go a long way to ensure national success in basketball, " said Cheyo.

The players who have been selected to form provisional squad are: (men) Frank Kusiga, Ashfar Harun, Edward Robert, Pascal Nsana, Abdallah "Dulla" Ramadhan, Francis Mselwa and Frank Augustino.
Others are Sudi Razak, Mohamed "Dibo" Ally, Oswald Maboko, Amon Mberya. Kafashe Abdallah, George Tarimo, Juma Kissoky, Mgindi Mkumbo, Amir Muhidin, Gilbert Batungi, Alhonce Msekwa, Jije Makani, Hasheem Thabit and Alex George.

The women's side is made of Annosiata Anthony, Agnes Simkonda, Jabu Shaaban, Grace Peter, Fraja Malaki, Evodia Kazinja, Elizabeth Masenyi, Naima Boli, Mary Meshack, Nipaeli Kessy, Amina Ahmed, Neema Emmanuel, Monica Aloyce and Zakia Kondo.

Also in the women's side are Dajda Ahmed, Dolita Mbunda, Hadija Kalambo, Lucy Sangu and Lucy Augustino.

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