Newvision BUY 4 PIRELLI TYRES and GO SPORT to ABU DHABI VISIT ANY CITY TYRES BRANCH PHOTO by JOHNSON WERE Pirates Strike Treble
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68 NEW VISION, Monday, September 3, 2018 % %# &$&% VISION SPORT FORMULA 1 NewVision BUY 4 PIRELLI TYRES AND GO SPORT TO ABU DHABI VISIT ANY CITY TYRES BRANCH PHOTO BY JOHNSON WERE Pirates strike treble By Johnson Were in the fi nal to lift the Turf Rugby fl ood- lights 7s circuit which was the fi nal " # $ %& ! circuit in the Guinness 7s series. % The Black Pirates emerged the over- Kobs 21 Rams 0 all Guinness National '() Adrian Kasito Rugby 7s series cham- *\ pions after tallying 151 Pirates 7 Kobs 24 points from the eight Buffaloes 7 Rams 12 circuits, nine ahead of +, second-placed Kobs 1. Pirates 151 points (142pts) and Buffaloes 2. Kobs 142 emerged third with 137 points. 3. Buffaloes 137 The victory handed Pirates all the three Uganda Rugby Union trophies Kobs won the Turf Rugby at stake in the 2017/2018 season, T equalling Heathens’ 2009 record when Saturday but came short by nine they won all the three trophies which points on defending the Guin- enabled them to be voted the 2009 utl-USPA sports personality of the title. year. Kobs smashed Pirates 24-7 in the Pirates coach Bob Musinguzi attrib- !"#$%&'*+/+0*&OKWI’Ssemi-fi nal before whipping Rams 21-0 uted his team’s victory to team work. JIFFIES By Fred Kaweesi \ Uganda v Tanzania Kenya v Ghana SS10 South Africa v Libya SS4 Seychelles v Nigeria SS9 Namibia v Zambia SS7 Mozambique v G.Bissau SS9 With Geoffrey Sserunkuuma over- #S against Tanzania, Uganda’s Na- tions Cup qualifying prospects will depend on whether Emmanuel Okwi can lead Cranes’ attack with more authority. Okwi, who has been in-and-out of the Cranes fold over the last decade, stands out as the most experienced member in the team’s attack clustered with a number of strikers that are struggling to hit the heights in international football. Yunus Sentamu, Derrick Nsibambi, Allan Kyambadde, Edrisa Lubega, and Patrick Kaddu are still a work in progress. ! Okwi rides a challenge during the Cranes training on Saturday at Lugogo. Photo by Richard Sanya Cuach S. Desabre (left) instructs players Printed and published by The New Vision Printing and Publishing Co. Ltd., PO Box 9815, Kampala. Tel: 0414/312 337000. Registered at the GPO as a newspaper. Advertising Department, Pike House, Plot 17, First Street, Industrial Area next to Vision Group Head Office..