Tabaruka dismisses floodlight worries
Jun 15, 2013
RUGBY Cranes team manager Brian Tabaruka is optimistic that the weather and floodlights conditions will not have an impact on his charges
By Johnson Were in Nairobi
Saturday: Elgon Cup
Men
Kenya v Uganda
Women
Elgon Cup/World Cup qualifier
Kenya v Uganda
RUGBY Cranes team manager Brian Tabaruka is optimistic that the weather and floodlights conditions will not have an impact on his charges in the Elgon Cup first leg on Saturday.
Action will be held at the Moi International Sports Centre Kasarani complex in Nairobi.
The Elgon Cup, will for the first time, be held under floodlights and cold weather.
Tabaruka said shortly after the team arrived in Nairobi on Thursday that his team is prepared for whatever conditions that will prevail.
“It is cold but we have ever played in such conditions in the same competition and the Safari 7s before,” Tabaruka stated.
The official added that he is not worried of the weather.
Tabaruka said some players on the team have competed under floodlights.
The official added that the team will get a feel of the floodlights situation during a training session today.
Meanwhile, Lady Cranes assistant coach Anthony Kinene said the Kenyans will not have an upper hand because of the cold weather.
“We have faced this condition before and are ready for the match,” Kinene remarked.