36 NEW VISION, Friday, January 2, 2015 VISION SPORT KCCA begin Mapinduzi NewVision Cup defence against Tanzanian side Azam SPORT FULL STORY: PAGE 40 S IN T B R R I E O F P S ByIT’S Charles Mutebi side as the CricketA BIGthe rest of the He said:TEST “They will never For instance, at last year’s Cranes battle in the side that had represent Uganda again. Their ICC World Cricket League As a national team crick- ICC World Cricket taken part in talent is now wasted”. Division 2 in New Zealand, eter, Patrick Ochan has League Division 2 in the ICC World But fast forward to 2015 Ochan managed seven wick- SC Villa out of been to the grave and Namibia. Cricket League and Ochan, still only 26, is ets and 41 runs in six games. back. The competition Division 3, not only back to the national In other words, Uganda will Yet Ochan’s second coming will have six teams. the then UCA ranks but he more impor- need the fast bowler to be Mapinduzi Cup is yet to have the impact many As you may recall, chairman Wil- tantly has a chance to rewrite a whole different player in Sport Club Villa have turned expected. when Ochan and liam Kibuu- his cricket story. Namibia to have a chance of down an invitation to com- In two weeks time, Ochan Jimmy Okello opted kaMusoke Ochan’s performance’s since success. pete in the 2015 Mapinduzi will get another chance to to stay in Australia pronounced returning to the Cranes in And for someone who al- Cup that started in Zanzibar show why it was worth bring- seven years ago rath- life bans on 2013 have been modest to say ready died and come back to yesterday. Villa were due ing him back to the national er than return to Uganda with the duo. the least. life, it’s not too much to ask. to join cup holders KCCA at the two-week event. But coach Sam Ssimbwa said Scouting that they had turned down the invitation.“We received the invitation on Tuesday Kasagga and should have been in Ntare top actors in East Africa scouts show Zanzibar by Thursday. It was too short a time for us to honour the invitation,” deal on Ssimbwa stated. Mean- while, KCCA will open their By Swalley Kenyi title defence against Tanzanian side Azam Kira Young Football today. Club owner Jimmy Lukwago has recalled Richard Kasagga who is on Ntambi to battle loan in KCCA for a Mude Ntambi will take on professional deal in Sony Kalule in a non-title Lebanon. professional fight scheduled Lukwago is of the for the Fire Base boxing veiw that the defender gym in Kamwokya tomor- can have a bright row. It is the first fight this future as a profes- year to be sanctioned by sional player. Uganda Professional Box- Kasagga is lined up ing Commission. Ntambi for Lebanese Premier beat his opponent twice League club Salam before. The new fight Zgharta. presents an opportunity for Lukwago said that Kalule to get victory. “This Kasagga, who had man cannot believe that travelled with KCCA I am better than him. He for the Mapinduzi wants another fight,” Ntambi Cup in Zanzibar, could said after a training session earn the equivalent of in Kampala yesterday. sh8.3m every month at Zgharta. Key move By Michael Nsubuga Ntare School celebrate their victory at the East Africa zonal scouts competition held in Rwanda. Photo by Aloysius Byamukama Joseph Mawejje By Aloysius Byamukama 15 students and 8 officials, Speaking at the welcome boys for a spirited perfor- has his eyes set returned home on Wednes- ceremony for Ntare, the mance. He said that team on becoming a day. school’s scouts master and always wants to win and not professional after Ntare School emerged The contingent was treated also Mbarara District Scouts merely to participate in com- a successful 2014 winners of this year’s to a warm welcome by the Commissioner Reverand petitions either on the local season that saw edition of the East Africa school head teacher Jimmy Bernard Mushabe, hailed the or international stage. him winning zonal scouts competition Turyagyenda and members of team for the achievement. Turyagyenda thanked the several events. at the Ndera Seminary in The handicap 1 golfer Rwanda on Tuesday. the school’s board. The official noted that it was parents for allowing their crowned the season The Mbarara-based school, Lira’s Dr Obote and St. not easy beating the rest of children to be away from their by winning the End of more known for academic Mary’s Rushoroza from the schools in the region. families during Christmas. Year Club Nite tourna- excellence, was among the Kabale won the boys’ and “It’s our belief that we shall The competition attracted ment after returning teams that represented girls’ titles in the seniors do well wherever we go,” 212 participants from seven 39 stableford points at Uganda at the event. category respectively. Mushabe told New Vision. countries. the Uganda Golf Club The team won a title in the Uganda’s other representa- Mushabe added: “But it was Other teams were from Kitante on Wednesday. juniors category after collect- tives St. Cecilia Girls Bush- not easy as the competition Kenya, Tanzania, Burundi, ing 251 points. enyi also participated in the was very tough.” Ethiopia, South Sudan and The victorious contingent of juniors event. Turyagyenda saluted the hosts Rwanda..