{"id":21741,"date":"2023-08-23T13:04:49","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T13:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/eight-teams-set-to-compete-in-2023-female-football-pre-season-championship"},"modified":"2023-08-23T13:23:23","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T13:23:23","slug":"eight-teams-set-to-compete-in-2023-female-football-pre-season-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/eight-teams-set-to-compete-in-2023-female-football-pre-season-championship","title":{"rendered":"Eight Teams Set to Compete in 2023 Female Football Pre-Season Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Aaron Parker<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Sierra-Leone. <\/strong><\/span>Mahmoud Kargbo, the Chief Coordinator of the female football club owners\u2019 pre-season competition, has unveiled the exciting details of this year\u2019s tournament.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"aswift_1_host\"><\/a>Set to commence on the 2nd of September, the competition will see a total of eight clubs, including two foreign teams, battling it out for supremacy.<\/p>\n<p>Kargbo revealed that the highly anticipated pre-season tournament, taking place in Kenema City, Eastern Sierra Leone, is designed to provide female football clubs with a platform to assess their strengths and weaknesses in preparation for the upcoming league season. This initiative comes on the heels of the successful conclusion of the country\u2019s inaugural female top-flight league in March, which marked a significant milestone for women\u2019s football.<\/p>\n<p>The participating teams have been grouped into two divisions: Group A comprises StagesQueens from Liberia, the reigning champions of the Sierra Leone Women\u2019s Premier League Mogbwemo Queens FC, Malema Queens, and Ram K FC. Meanwhile, Group B features Club Olympique de Ratoma (C.O.R) from Guinea, Kahunla Queens FC, the runner-up of the maiden Sierra Leone Women\u2019s Premier League, FC Kallon Female, and Tulane Queens.<\/p>\n<p>In an exciting revelation, Kargbo shared that the champions of the tournament will be rewarded with a prize of Twenty Thousand Leones (NLe 20,000), a pledge graciously extended by Haja Ramatulai Kamara, an esteemed member of the Sierra Leone Football Association Executive Committee and the Head of Female Football.<\/p>\n<p>The 2023 female football club owners\u2019 pre-season competition promises an action-packed kickoff on the 2nd of September. The opening match will see Ram K Football Club facing off against Stages Queens in a showdown scheduled for 2:30 pm. Subsequently, at 4:30 pm, Mogbwemo Queens FC will go head-to-head with Malema Queens FC. All these exciting encounters will unfold on the hallowed grounds of Kenema City field<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\">Sierra-Leone<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aaron Parker Africa-Press &#8211; Sierra-Leone. Mahmoud Kargbo, the Chief Coordinator of the female football club owners\u2019 pre-season competition, has unveiled the exciting details of this year\u2019s tournament. Set to commence on the 2nd of September, the competition will see a total of eight clubs, including two foreign teams, battling it out for supremacy. 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