Boxing boss suspends Bombers camp after strike
May 15, 2007
THE national boxing team — The Bombers — yesterday went on strike, forcing local amateur boxing federation president Roger Ddungu to disband the squad.
By Norman Katende
THE national boxing team — The Bombers — yesterday went on strike, forcing local amateur boxing federation president Roger Ddungu to disband the squad.
The team was due to depart for the Africa Boxing Championship in Madagascar on Saturday.
Ddungu’s impromptu decision came after the Bombers’ rejected breakfast and stormed out of camp, demanding that their cook be sacked. Only Sharif Bogere, who was not in camp, was allowed to stay.
Ddungu, who called the act ‘indiscipline’, had wanted only the ring leader identified and punished but failed to net any.
He immediately summoned his executive committee members for a crisis meeting yesterday evening.
“All of you should go home. We shall communicate to you the outcome of the executive meeting,†the body’s publicist, Sande Musoke, announced to the boxers.
Ddungu insisted he was not going to tolerate indiscipline among national boxers.
“This is what I promised to fight in my manifesto. We shall not tolerate indiscipline anymore. The boxers’ work is to train and put up a good performance in the ring.
“In case they have a problem, they should talk it over with their coach and he reports it to the technical committee. What if we get another cook and they do the same? We cannot tolerate this,†Ddungu said.
Meanwhile, Maganjo Grain Millers has donated an assortment of their products to the federation to feed the team.
THE national boxing team — The Bombers — yesterday went on strike, forcing local amateur boxing federation president Roger Ddungu to disband the squad.
The team was due to depart for the Africa Boxing Championship in Madagascar on Saturday.
Ddungu’s impromptu decision came after the Bombers’ rejected breakfast and stormed out of camp, demanding that their cook be sacked. Only Sharif Bogere, who was not in camp, was allowed to stay.
Ddungu, who called the act ‘indiscipline’, had wanted only the ring leader identified and punished but failed to net any.
He immediately summoned his executive committee members for a crisis meeting yesterday evening.
“All of you should go home. We shall communicate to you the outcome of the executive meeting,†the body’s publicist, Sande Musoke, announced to the boxers.
Ddungu insisted he was not going to tolerate indiscipline among national boxers.
“This is what I promised to fight in my manifesto. We shall not tolerate indiscipline anymore. The boxers’ work is to train and put up a good performance in the ring.
“In case they have a problem, they should talk it over with their coach and he reports it to the technical committee. What if we get another cook and they do the same? We cannot tolerate this,†Ddungu said.
Meanwhile, Maganjo Grain Millers has donated an assortment of their products to the federation to feed the team.