Africa-Press – Kenya. Moi Airbase emerged overall champions of the Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) Taekwondo Challenge Cup held at the Embakasi Garrison in Nairobi on Thursday.
The annual competition was staged to select players who will hold down the fort for the forces on both the national and international stages.
Kenya Navy Base, Mtongwe and Isiolo wrapped up in second and third places respectively behind MAB.
MAB men’s team finished first ahead of Nairobi Region and KN Base Mtongwe respectively.
MAB also bagged the women’s trophy after topping the standings to edge out Isiolo and Kahawa Garrison in that order.
The Chief of the Kenya Defence Forces General (Dr) Robert Kariuki Kibochi commended the organizers and participants for making the event a success.
In a speech read on his behalf by the deputy commander of the Moi Air Base, Herbert Wafula, Kibochi said the competition had lived up to its spirit.
“I’m excited to join you for this tournament. The competition has brought together all the Kenya Defense Forces formations. This is a remarkable development in the forces,” Kibicho said.
“Your presence here today is a clear manifestation of significant achievements in the sporting arena and great milestone towards building the spirit of togetherness in the taekwondo sport,” he added.
“The idea is to enable our athletes to feature in international championships.”
He asked the coaches and the teams to prepare adequately for the tasks ahead so as to make the country proud.
“I thank all the competitors for putting up a brilliant performance and exhibiting a good spirit throughout the competition,” he said.
Kibochi extolled the organisers for laying the ground for a successful event.
“I sincerely thank the organizing committee for working tirelessly and dedicating your time to make this event a success.
“I wish to thank the service commanders for their timely provision of personnel and support towards the success of this event.
On his part, Wafula said he was generally impressed with the level of performance exhibited by the participants.
“I’m not particularly familiar with the rules of the game but the passion and the zeal some participants displayed kept me entertained throughout,” he said.
“We are all winners regardless of the results. So I hope that you will all leave this championship proud even if you didn’t win a single medal.”
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