Sr. Miriam Duggan maintains unbeaten run in the FIDE ISCF World Schools Team Championship
Coached by Patrick Mukasa, the team has lived up to expectations with four strong wins and two close draws against other top contenders, Moi Nyeri Complex Primary School from Kenya and Instituto Industrial from Angola.
Sr. Miriam Duggan Primary School's team with their coach Patrick Mukasa in South Africa. Courtesy photo
Sr. Miriam Duggan Primary School from Uganda, the top seed in the African Continental Stage of the FIDE ISCF World Schools Team Championship 2026 (WSTC 2026), now leads the standings after six rounds at the FIDE ISCF World Schools Team Championship 2026 African Continental Stage in Cape Town, South Africa.
Coached by Patrick Mukasa, the team has lived up to expectations with four strong wins and two close draws against other top contenders, Moi Nyeri Complex Primary School from Kenya and Instituto Industrial from Angola.
WCM Juliet Asaba and Ronald Wabwire have led Uganda’s strong performance, regularly scoring important points to keep the team unbeaten.
Uganda’s perfect run continued in the third round, where they swept aside Namibia’s Windhoek Afrikaanse Privaatskool’s opponents, winning 4-0 before Kenya’s Moi Nyeri Complex Primary School’s team comprising Davidson Waweru, Trevor Waweru, Irwin Ndegwa, and Nathaniel Itiru shared the spoils with Uganda (2-2) in the fourth round.
Wabwire and Asaba won their matches against Davidson and Nathaniel as Kenya’s Trevor and Ndegwa beat Trevor Tumukunde and Daniel Odokonyero. Uganda then beat Zimbabwe’s Budiriro 4 Primary School 3-1 in the fifth round on Thursday, before drawing 2-2 with Angola’s Instituto Industrial. With two rounds left, Sr. Miriam Duggan Primary School is in a good position to win the continental title and qualify for the FIDE ISCF World Schools Team Championship 2026 Grand Final later this year.
The best teams will qualify directly for the WSTC 2026 Grand Final, where the continental champions will compete for the title of FIDE ISCF World Schools Team Champion 2026. In addition to the tournament itself, participants and guests will take part in a special educational and cultural program organised in line with the Year of Chess in Education 2026 initiative.
The program will include masterclasses and lectures by leading chess players and educators; interactive workshops; and side activities that promote educational exchange and intercultural dialogue.
The Championship aims not only to identify the strongest school team on the continent but also to promote chess as a powerful educational and social development tool.