Marine Base Primary School was crowned Entebbe Municipality Mama Becca Women’s Day football Champions on Tuesday after they defeated Nsamizi Primary School 2-1 in the finals. Catherine Nagadya and Peace Adong guided Marine Base Primary School to their 2-1 victory. Marine Base beat Lake Victoria School 2-1 in penalty shootouts in the semi-finals after they played to a goalless draw. Nsamizi defeated Uganda Airforce Primary School 2-1 in penalty shootouts in the semi-finals after they played to a 2-2 draw.
Fufa Women’s Development officer Hadija Namuyanja congratulated all the 15 schools that participated in the Mama Becca football tournament and urged all the teams not to give up and continue participating in Women football tournaments adding that so many benefits will come their way including Scholarships and bursaries in secondary Schools and other tertiary institutions. She urged the Entebbe Games Sports Organizing committee to work closely with Fufa to ensure that all the challenges facing women’s football development in Entebbe Municipality are addressed.
Other schools that participated in the football tournament include St. Agnes, St. Thereza, St. John parish Primary School, Bugonga, Entebbe Education Center, Joy Infant Primary School, Nakiwogo and Chadwick Namate. All the matches were played at lake Victoria School football pitch.
Marine Base Primary School, Nsamizi, Lake Victoria School, Uganda Airforce and St. Joseph’s Katabi will represent Entebbe Municipality in the National Mama Becca Women’s Day Cup that will be hosted in Entebbe Municipality starting Saturday (March 11, 2017) and will conclude on Sunday (March 12, 2017). Other districts that will participate in the football tournament include Jinja, Iganga, Mukono, Mityana, Mubende, Nakawa, Kawempe, Kampala Central, Makindye, Rubaga, Wakiso and Kakira.
Mama Becca Women’s Day Football tournament now in it’s fifth year is held annually in memory of Kazibwe Becca “Mama Becca” who founded women’s football in Uganda.
