Boys to compete in Cricket Week
Twelve Schools and an invitational side from Rwanda are set to compete in the Pepsi Boy's Schools Cricket Week tournament due August 15th – 21st in Kampala
By Michael Nsubuga
Twelve Schools and an invitational side from Rwanda are set to compete in the Pepsi Boy's Schools Cricket Week tournament due August 15th – 21st in Kampala
From the Central region; Kololo SS, King's College Budo, Aga Khan High School, Kyambogo College and Mukono Parents High School qualified for the event, while from the Eastern Region; Busoga College Mwiri, Jinja Senior Secondary School, Busoga High School, and St James Senior Secondary School, as St Leo's College Kyegobe and Nyakasura School qualified from the Western Region and Masaka Senior Secondary School from the South Western Region.
The teams shall be hosted at Makerere College School and the tournament games shall be played at 5 Cricket Grounds namely; Lugogo, Kyambogo, Kings College Budo 1 &2 and Gayaza High with a total of Two (2) games per day.
According to UCA CEO Justin Ligyalingi, this year's tournament will see the introduction of quarter finals and classification games. The fixtures will be released after the draws on August 15.
During this tournament, the best players shall be selected to form a schools select team that will travel to Rwanda for a series of build up games.
This competition provides UCA with a platform to select the squad of Under 19 players that shall be involved in the Global under 19 qualifiers due to take place in October including other age group tournaments.
The annual tournament is sponsored by Crown Beverages under Pepsi brand and Bankstown Cricket Club (Australia).
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