By Dorothy Nekesa.
The 2022 East Africa Netball Championship saw NIC triumph, defending their crown with a 44-35 score against arch rivals Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA).
National Insurance Corporation (NIC) and Kampala University (KU) won the female and male 2022 East Africa Netball Clubs championship respectively on home turf. NIC successfully defended their crown with a 44-35 victory over rivals Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) this month at the Kamwokya Community Sports Grounds, Kampala.
With the special touch of the duo in sharp goal shooter Stella Oyella and goal attacker Rachael Nanyonga their opponent in KCCA was destroyed. NIC took lead throughout a move they capitalized on to cover their tracks to the final whistle.
National Insurance Corporation’s Stella Oyella finished as top scorer in the women’s category with 244 goals out smarting Prisons’ Christine Kango Namulumba with 218 goals. Lillian J. Ndenzako of Tamisemi had 180 goals, JKT Bweni’s Fatma Mafulu finished with 130 goals as the KCCA duo of Shadiah Ssegujja Nassanga and Muhameed M. Hanisha finished with 108 and 84 goals respectively.
In the men’s competition, Kampala University (KU) won the championship unbeaten in three matches while runners up WOB came second after garnering two wins and a single loss on four points. Chayah fetched a win with two points and two loses as Tanzanian side KJU lost all their three matches.
KJU’s consolation was fielding the championship top scorer in Anana M.Y (JKU) with 83 goals while KU’s Moses Mugisha came second on the score card with 80 goals and Santino Madut Fonsecah (WOB) was third with 66 goals. Remmy Nanyonjo (Chayah) 62, Joseph Senfuka (KU) 54, Maber Domkooc D (Chayah) 53 and WOB player Frank Kaboggoza followed suit with 38 goals.
During the closing ceremony, National Council of Sports (NCS) chairman Ambrose Tashobya, Uganda Olympic Committee (UOC) president Dr. Donald Rukare pledged to continuously support Netball growth and excellence.
Women:
Final: NIC (Uganda) 44-35 KCCA (Uganda)
Third-place: Tamisemi (Tanzania) 37-51 Prisons (Uganda)
Men:
Kampala University (Uganda) 32-31 WOB (Uganda)
Top scorers:
Women:
Stella Oyella (NIC) – 244
Christine Kango Namulumba – 218
Lilian J. Ndenzako (Tamisemi) – 180
Fatma Mafulu (JKT Bweni) – 130
Shadiah Ssegujja Nassanga – 108
Muhameed M. Hanisha (KCCA) – 84
Men:
Anana M.Y (JKU) – 83
Moses Mugisha (KU) – 80
Santino Madut Fonsecah (WOB) – 66
Remmy Nnyonjo (Chayah) – 62
Joseph Senfuka (KU) – 54
Maber Domkooc D (Chayah) – 53
• Frank Kaboggoza (WOB) – 38■
