42 NEW VISION, Thursday, December 6, 2018 VISION SPORT Team ready for NewVision stiff Kenyan challenge in FIM Motocross event SPORT FULL STORY: PAGE 48 Boxers face Mengo faces health test NEW RULES TEST test of might By Johnson Were By Paul Wamala Medical doctors have urged boxing club Uganda Futsal League offi cials to protect AT NKATA EVENT Today their athletes from By Michael Nsubuga of the course like the putting green, they made to strike the ball, a change Yap Stars v Yeak transmission of penalty areas, bunkers, damaged from incurring a one-stroke penalty. Parakeets v Equator diseases by ensuring Ugandan golfers who will compete equipment and clubs and other A new Local Rule will now also be Elephants v Nomad mandatory HIV tests in the 12th edition of the Nkata equipment. available, permitting committees to allow Kabowa Utd v Park and maintaining Memorial tournament at Entebbe Issues to do with playing a ball (advice golfers the option to drop the ball in the Aidenal v Typhoons hygiene during training Club on December 15 will be the and help), as well as when to play vicinity of where the ball is lost or out of Crown v Mengo City and competitions. fi rst to test themselves on the new during a round, pace of play, player bounds (including the nearest fairway Dr. Christopher Mbowa, golf rules that the Royal and Ancient behaviour (standards of conduct) and area), under a two-stroke penalty. Action resumes in the the Africa Zone V Regional (R&A) and the United States Golf integrity is also covered in the new It addresses concerns raised at the 14-team Uganda Futsal Anti –Doping Organisation Association (USGA) will introduce in rules. club level about the negative impact on League, when top of the (RADO) educator and Dr. January 2019. When taking relief (from an abnormal pace of play when a player is required table side, Crown FC carry Allan Ssemwogerere, the The R&A will introduce rules which course condition or penalty area, for to go back under stroke and distance. their prowess to Mengo Infectious Disease are easier to understand and apply for example), golfers will now drop from In the new rules, on the putting green City at the International Institute(IDI) made the all golfers, to make the game more knee height. the ball must always be replaced on its Futsal Courts in Kisenyi, appeal during a Uganda attractive and accessible for newcomers. This will ensure consistency and original spot, even if it was blown by the Mengo today. Boxing Federation (UBF) Some of the new rules will tackle simplicity in the dropping process while wind or moved for no clear reason. Crown bounced back from and UNAIDS HIV training incidences that include ball at rest, ball also preserving the randomness of the The current rule allowed replacement their 4-2 defeat at the hands workshop at Kati-Kati moved, ball replaced and ball in motion. drop. Previously they were dropping only if a player or outside agency caused of Yeak Kabowa in game four Lugogo last week. They will also tackle accidental from any height. it to move; otherwise, the ball is played with a commanding 8-2 The doctors noted deflection, double hit balls as well as The penalty stroke for accidentally from its new location. victory over Equator in game sharing of equipment like taking relief, dropping procedure, lost striking the ball more than once in the The Nkata Memorial tournament also five. gloves, head gears, towels, ball, substituted ball and embedded ball. course of a stroke, has been removed. doubles as the Entebbe club’s Castle Joint top side, Park FC who mouth piece and bandages The new rules will also address areas Golfers will simply count the one stroke Lite grand Mug of Mugs tournament. have scored the most goals as one of the ways that has this season (30) will take on increased spreading the Kabowa United who were HIV, Hepatitis B and skin humbled 9-4 by Dream FC in diseases among athletes. Coach Mugisa promises tough time for Maroons FC the on-going preliminary round last week. By Shafi k Ssenoga previous game. We should be Park will come into the game able to control the game in both from a sounding 10-3 victory Bizimana in StarTimes Uganda Premier halves if we are to win over Yap Stars. League comfortably,” he stated yesterday. Both Crown and Park boast By Faith Kiai Today,4pm, Namboole Bamweyana will be in charge of of 12 points from five stadium his second game at Villa ever matches. Valence Bizimana was SC Vila v Maroons FC since he replaced Moses Basena Meanwhile, former Cranes re-elected as chairman StarTimes FUFA Big League last week. left back Abubaker Tabula will of the Uganda Schools Today,4pm The former Express tactician be seeking a bounce back to Rugby Association Rwenzori guided 16-time champions to winning ways when his side, USRA for his second Group their first victory last week when Equator takes on Parakeets in term with a promise Kansai v Kabale they beat Nyamityobora 1-0 at another tough encounter. to do a better job at Kira united v Proline FC Wankulukuku stadium. Equator suffered a Kyandondo Rugby Kiboga Young v Kitara FC Villa had gone eight games humiliating 8-2 defeat at the Ground recently. Bumate v Ntinda without a win under Basena who hands of log leaders, Crown The Nabisunsa Girls Elgon Group threw in the towel recently. FC in one of last week’s goal teacher beat Makerere Entebbe FC v Amuka B.S SC Villa who are eleventh on drenched fixtures. College’s Ezekiel Musasizi Nebbi v JMC Hippos the log with seven points will by 16 votes to the latter’s 4 Kataka FC v Light SSS need to have strong character if and will take office for an UPDF FC v Bukedea they to go past struggling additional four years. Maroons. “I am happy about my SC Villa coach Douglas The Prisons side who are re-election; it feels good to ❝We should Bamweyana is sweating currently third from bottom on six know that people still have over the absence of his key points, want to get back to their faith in me to do the job,” be able to midfi elder Albert Mugisa winning ways after going two remarked the happy ahead of the StarTimes games without registering any Bizimana. control the victory. The Luzira-based side lost It was also announced game against Maroons today to KCCA 1-0 before playing to during the Annual General game in both at Nelson Mandela National goalless draw with Kirinya Jinja Meeting that USRA had Stadium, Namboole. SS. secured sponsorship from halves if we Mugisa who has been pillar for KCCA who take on Ndejje Kratos Sports Limited to Villa ever since the season started University on Saturday top the the tune of sh20m per year are to win. will miss today’s action after table standings with 21 points for five years. Kratos will cumulating three yellow cards. ahead of Bright Stars and Vipers then broadcast school But Bamweyana is confident who are second and third rugby games by streaming that despite the void left by his respectively at 18 points each. on-line. absence, the Jogoos can pull off a Onduparaka who are under The AGM that doubled decent result. interim coach Simeon Masaba are as an elective assembly “Mugisa is a good player but we fourth with 17 points. had many pertinent issues have a lot of other quality players Meanwhile, there will be eight being brought forward who can replace him. We want to games on card in the Rwenzori including poor attendance improve on the performance and Elgon groups as StarTimes of some tournaments in compared with what we had FUFA Big League resumes at schools. Villa’s Ajab Abdulrahman ready. Photo by R. Sanya against Nyamityobora in our various grounds today.