NNewew VVisionision 62 Monday, July 1, 2013 NNewew VVisionisionSPORT SPORTSPORTCranes focus in mixed on strength and fitness fortunes Mangat set By JOHNSON WERE By NORMAN KATENDE By DOUGLAS MAZUNE ing to chance ahead of the ferent from Dar es Salaam. championship and will take KCB Safari Rally in We have got to be there the lead if he finishes on the Division 1A Semi-final: July 9-14 ICC Global Cricket Academy ARC standings: . Mangat coming off early to prepare and hope- podium and ahead of the victory in the fully perform Zambian. Uganda v Kenya Twenty20 tour Jassy Singh 48 points Madagascar v Zimbabwe U-19: Uganda 127/6, Jas Mangat 40 Puma Energy well,” Mangat Reigning Africa champion Rally of told New Vision. Mohammed Essa of Zambia 2014 World cup qualifier ICCGA 99/5 D. Giancarlo 33 August 3, 2013 (Uganda wins by 28 runs) M. Essa 25 will tomorrow dis- Mangat whose is most unlikely to compete patch his new car has won in Kenya having crashed his Uganda v Africa U-15: Kenya 94/4, Eric Page 25 Uganda 87/8 Jan Habig 25 Mitsubishi Evo x two races in a car in Tanzania. R4 to Nairobi. He row at home After Kenya contenders for With the Rugby Cranes still (Kenya wins by 7 runs) NRC standings healing from the wounds of last Today Jas Mangat 285 points will join his serv- (Martyrs Day the continental title will ice team on Rally) and away head to for the weekend’ s 19-13 defeat against U-19: ICC GCA v Uganda R.Ssebuguza 236 Kenya and the eventual loss of Kenya v Uganda Arthur Blick 177 Sunday for map- in Tanzania will Pearl of Africa Rally in ping of the car to be out to clinch August and then the the , the technical U-15: ICC GCA v Kenya Duncan Mubiru 166 bench is now focusing on Uganda v Tanzania Christakis Fitidis116 suit conditions in appears good for Mountain Gorilla Rwanda Kenya. a third straight Rally in September. strength and fitness as they pre- pare for the Confederation of UCA Women Cricket League National champion Jas “I will be there victory. Mangat The championship will on Sunday so we do the with 40 points is just eight wind up with the Africa Rugby (CAR Cup) semi- Hope Toun 67, Mangat (inset), a hot con- final due next month in Wanderers 71/7 tender for the 2013 Africa mapping of the car because points behind Zambian Madagascar International the altitude in Kenya is dif- Jassy Singh in the Africa Rally in November. Madagascar. (Wanderers win by 3 wickets) championship has left noth- Well aware of the strength and Charity 162, JACC 120 conditioning of the team (Charity wins by 42 runs) PICTURE BY DENNIS OJWEE (Kenya) they will face in the semi-final, Players’ strength and Arnold Otwani led Uganda’s fitness was the tone of Coach U-19 team to a good start as Peter Magona since they the ICC Global Cricket resumed training on Tuesday. Academy (ICC GCA) tour to Butambala, Gulu retain titles “We are back to the drawing East Africa started on board, working more on Saturday in Nairobi. The strength and conditioning as Ugandan side beat the ICC well as set pieces with more GCA team by 28 runs on a emphasis on our game situa- day when the U-15 went tions,” a player stated after train- down fighting, losing to ing yesterday. Kenya by 7 runs. Lock Joel Anguyo who missed Otwani managed 32 runs off the Elgon Cup due to ankle 41 balls and was boosted by strain is back on the team and Dhaval Patel (31) and started training yesterday. Varinder Singh (27) as the The Rugby Cranes’ looked Uganda U-19 side set 127 weaker in mauls and rucks dur- runs for the Dubai based ing the Elgon Cup in which the team to chase. team suffered a 19-13 defeat ICC GCA’s Jay Shah, who against Kenya the same team had picked a wicket as they face in Madagascar next Uganda tried to set the tar- month. get, was on top of the chase The top three teams will be with 36 runs and Ethan joined by one from Division 1B Holmes adding 22 runs- to play the rugby World Cup though it was not enough to qualifiers next year. chase the target, ending on 99 runs for a loss of five wickets Women World Cup qualifier in the allotted twenty overs. date Set: But the U-15 team were not Lady Cranes Coach Brian that lucky despite Siraje Makalama has summoned his Nsubuga’s unbeaten 32 runs team to resume training effec- and Gaddafi Junju (21) as tive next Monday at Kyadondo Kenyan Sachin Budia (3 for 11 rugby Club. runs) saw them end their bat- Teams join hands to celebrate the Uganda Secondary Schools Athletics Championship that ended in Lira on Saturday The call comes after the ting at 87/8 in their chase at International governing body Kenya’s 94 runs set target. By DENNIS OJWEE Kapchorwa 48 poits. Gulu’s chances worsened has set August 3r this year as Gulu who were favourites, when nit failed collect any the date for the Women world Overall results : Top 10 Butambala district has because of being hosts points in shot-put, triple cup qualifier game between Latigo beaten in Butambala 191 retained the overall crown complained of foul plays as jump and also dropped off Uganda and South Africa. Gulu 184 of the just concluded they managed only the sec- burton in the boys’ 4x100 The Ladies Rugby Cranes that Kabale show Kitgum 161 Uganda Senior Secondary ond spot. meters relays. These cost eliminated Kenya last weekend ATHLETICS Serere 91 Schools Athletics champi- Gulu district sports offic- the team over 20 points. after 18-13 win will travel to Iganga 78 onships held in Gulu. er, Aldo Otto Okot also Districts that greatly South Africa East London town Western Region meet Soroti 62 Butambala cokllected a complained of constant use improved in this year’s Men,100m: Kassim Latigo to face Lady boks for the only Arua 54 total of 191 points beating of ineligible athletes by meet were Serere and Africa slot at stake. 200m: Brian Nuwamanya second placed Gulu by 13 other districts. Kitgum boys. 400m: Herbert Agaba Wakiso 50 800m: Seith Atukunda 1500m: Bruce Tindyebwa 5000m: Bruce Tindyebwa Women, 100m: B.Ayebale 200m: Brenda Ayebale 400m: Lucy Oyella 800m: Prim Twikirize Uganda emerges top of regional junior envent 1500m: Prim Twikirize By NORMAN KATENDE L/Jump: Shida Leni (gold) This was the first time Scovia Ayikoru (100m), Shida tries that entered athlete in Little known Brian 4 X100m: Uganda (gold) Uganda was winning the Leni and Felix Watmon (long the biennial event that was Nuwamanya shocked Medals: Women regional event outside jump) together with the short pushed forward from May by Kampala based Kassim 100m: Scovia Ayikoru (gold) A five man junior athletics Uganda as they have not relay team saw Uganda fin- the hosts- two days to the Latigo, one of the seasoned Maureen Banura (silver) team from Uganda has lifted always been performing well ish top of the eight countries event. Eritrea and Burundi sprinters, after he beat him in 200m: M. Banura (silver) the overall Eastern Africa jun- save when they are hosting. that participated in the region did not send athletes to the the 200m at the Western Scovia Ayikoru (bronze) ior championships trophy. A double gold medal haul event. competition that is aimed at region athletics champion- 400m: Suzan Aneno (gold), The competition ended over from Suzan Aneno in the Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, helping the regional athletes ships held at Fort Portal on Shida Leni (silver) the weekend in Arusha, 400m and 800m , boosted by Rwanda, Eritrea, Zanzibar and build on their junior athletes Saturday. 800m: Suzan Aneno (gold) Tanzania. more gold medals from Djibouti are the other coun- to competition.