The Entebbe Chang Sha Model Primary School emerged winners of the 2017 Entebbe Primary Schools Football Championship that was held at the Lake Victoria School football pitch on Friday. Chang Sha emerged Champions both in the under-14 and under-16 categories after it defeated Hilgard and Marine Base Primary School 1-0 respectively in the finals.
In the Netball category, Kigungu Primary School was crowned Champion after it defeated Nsamizi 09-06 in the under-14 finals while Uganda Airforce also defeated Nsamizi 11-06 in the under-16 finals. All the winning schools walked away with trophies and will represent Entebbe Municipality at the National Ball games Championship slated to take place on August 24, 2017 in Luweero District.
Archilles Lukyamuzi, the Entebbe Sports Committee Chairperson hailed all the 30 schools that turned up for the football and netball champions and thanked all the head teachers in their respective schools for funding the ball games.
I’m very happy that out of the 45 schools we planned for, 30 schools managed to turn up for the ball games and I’m grateful that government schools have dominated this year’s edition. I would like to thank all the head teachers for funding the ball games and I’m confident that we will compete fiercely at the National Ball games slated for August 24, 2017 in Luweero District. We have black listed two schools namely EWA and Entebbe Modern primary School after they fielded ‘mercenaries’/ ‘Bacuba’ in the games. We shall take appropriate disciplinary measures against the two schools, Lukyamuzi Archilles stated.
Entebbe Municipality Deputy Mayor Richard Ssekyondo thanked the head teachers, sports committee and the participants for gracing the ball games and called on schools to desist from using ‘Bacuba’ in the games. Ssekyondo backed the Sports Committee to discipline EWA and Entebbe Modern for the malpractice adding that there should be fairness and transparency in the games.
