Uganda registers victory in African netball championships
Peace Proscovia of the She Cranes in action during the Africa Netball Championship at the MTN Arena, Lugogo.
Photo by Ismail Kezaala
Uganda's netball team, She Cranes has registered their first victory of 72-29 against Zimbabwe in the ongoing African Netball Championships at MTN Arena Lugogo.
The opening match that attracted a sizable crowd was graced by Vice President, Edward Ssekandi, who assured the netball fraternity of government support in whatever they do.
Netball ace, Peace Proscovia, Uganda's captain, scored the first goal in only 13 seconds of the match. She followed with continuous scores and by the time she was replaced by Martha Soigi in the second quarter, she had scored 37 goals.
"Team Uganda needs as many scores as possible. We are very happy about the victory but we need to better our performance because these teams are not easy," said Proscovia.
Vice President Edward Kiwanuka Sekandi congratulates the She Cranes players after defeating Botswana during the Africa Netball Championship at the MTN Arena, Lugogo on June 24, 2017. Photo by Ismail Kezaala
Martha Soigi, Rachael Nanyonga and Hadija Nakabuye scored 16, 15 and 5 goals respectively to add onto Proscovia's impressive score.
She Cranes head coach, Vicent Kiwanuka said: "Switching Proscovia for other shooters annoys some fans but I only do it to give other shooters a chance on the national team because Proscovia is not around all the time."
Kiwanuka also lauded the government for supporting the team although he expressed concern over the delayed assistance.
Today's Results
Uganda 72 Botswana 29
Tomorrow's fixtures
Malawi vs Zimbabwe 2:00pm
Uganda vs Namibia 4:00pm
Botswana vsZambia 6:00pm
