National baseball league kicks off

Saturday Baseball League results

Youth Sharing Nsambya 8 Kyambogo BB Club 2

Kyambogo BB Club 9 Gayaza Blank foundation 8

Kyambogo Baseball Club had to fight back to salvage their name by beating new comers Gayaza Blank Foundation by 9-8 runs on Saturday.

Kyambogo were the champions of 2013 when the national league was officially last played.

Innocent Opio for Sharing was the man of the match in their encounter against Kyambogo while Tony Opio (for Kyambogo) was best in their encounter against Gayaza Blank Foundation.

Robert Okello of Youth Sharing Nsambya throws the ball in their game against Kyambogo. (Credit: Silvano Kibuuka)

The new chairman of Uganda Baseball and Softball Association (UBASA), Denis Kasozi, has promised to elevate the standard of the game by holding activities throughout the year at all the existing centers.

He said this after the league games that rolled off this weekend at the Uganda-Japan Friendship Ground in Gayaza where Youth Sharing Center beat Kyambogo 8-2 in the first game of the day.

Kasozi thanked the Japanese for sponsoring the league and promised a total change in the image of the sport by the end of the first two years of his term.

It is understood next weekend's games will be played in Lugazi.

The other teams in the league are Lugazi Community, Lugazi Mehta, ARC Mpigi Little League and Shawona in Luwero.