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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>That was the feeling at Imperial Royale Hotel, Kampala on Friday as the Uganda Secondary School Sports Association (USSSA) celebrated its members for success at last month\u2019s International Schools Federation (ISF) Football World Cup in China and the Caf Schools Championship in Nairobi.<\/b><\/p>\n

Amus College\u2019s boys won ISF silver at the Games after losing 5-3 on penalties to the hosts\u2019 China\u2019s main side while Bukedea Comprehensive School\u2019s boys also bagged bronze after beating the hosts\u2019 other side 1-0 in the third place playoffs.<\/p>\n

Amus\u2019 girls\u2019 side also finished eighth out of 17 schools while St. Mary\u2019s College Kisubi (Smack) were ranked 31st out of 36 boys\u2019 schools.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur project has been running for 10 years and it started without stars,\u201d Amus coach Nimrod Kintu, said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat allowed us to create a style of play that was also well appreciated by our opponents. Most of them believe that if we can play like that given our challenges, then we could do even far better with more support,\u201d Kintu said.<\/p>\n

The challenges of school sports include the poor state of the pitches, human resource and a tight time table that gives more time for classwork.<\/p>\n

USSSA has tried to bridge the gap in human resource through capcity building programmes and sent referees to the ISF and Caf games.<\/p>\n

For the captains of the school, the message on improving facilities was re-echoed throughout their speeches at an event that was skipped by Bukedea Comprehensive School as they had travelled back home.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe thank the government and USSSA for the opportunities to make our schools known. We saw that we need to improve our facilities so that we keep pushing our careers,\u201d Amus captain Toto Majobe, said.<\/p>\n

Smack captain and defender Mark Kazaire said they tried their best \u201cbut it was not the best that came out of it. It was not up to standard but we beat India, China Taipei and Hungary out of six games and scored 21 goals. That reminded us that even in the face of adversity, the spirit of football can help one overcome.\u201d<\/p>\n

Amus girls\u2019 captain Shafiga Tamisi, also a utility player with the U-17 national team Teen Cranes, said they were happy to return home with at least the top scorer\u2019s award won by teammate Edna Wanda.<\/p>\n

Adjust<\/b><\/p>\n

In Zanzibar, St. Mary\u2019s College Kisubi (Smack) stopped in the boys\u2019 group stage while Kawempe Muslim won girls\u2019 bronze worth $150,000 (about Shs570m) at the Caf competition.<\/p>\n

The latter\u2019s captain and tournament top scorer with three goals Shadia Nabirye \u2013 also a Teen Crane \u2013 said they started winning right from departure at Entebbe Airport \u201cbecause most of my teammates had never been on flights. We thank USSSA for granting us these special things to grow our talents.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Caf competition, according to the head of delegation Hussein Lwembawo, posed its own challenges as the pitches and times were shorter unlike the U-16 USSSA championship from which Kawempe started this journey before the December zonal competition in Nairobi.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to adjust our home tournament to ensure the girls get the right practice,\u201d Lwembawo said.<\/p>\n

USSSA president Justus Mugisha said there is a plan for them to replicate what they saw in China \u2013 a games\u2019 village with 16 pitches, swimming pools, provisions for other sports and accommodation for over thousands.<\/p>\n

Three pillars<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you look at the pitches there, you think that maybe ours are not fit to host any competitions but fortunately, ours produce these winners too. But we are going to look for land to create our own centre then also push the government to create facilities in every zone,\u201d Mugisha said.<\/p>\n

USSSA wanted to take five representatives to the games but due to financial constraints St. Noa girls pulled out. Smack and Kawempe also preferred travelling to Zanzibar than Dalian as the former came with a chance of winning prize money.<\/p>\n

Mugisha put Uganda\u2019s increasing success in schools\u2019 competition to three things; capacity building, cost sharing and starting competitions at the grassroots. Apparently only East Africa has regional schools\u2019 games in the entire world.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are into mass participation because for every 1,000 students that start a game, only two become professionals. So you need a big pool to get the few at the top. That is why we have many schools in our games.<\/p>\n

We have had the argument that we should send one school to the ISF games and sponsor it fully but if we put in and the schools also put in, we get more participants,\u201d Mugisha explained.<\/p>\n

School Sports<\/b>
\nHow They Finished<\/b>
\nISF Football World Cup<\/b>
\nBoys<\/b><\/p>\n

Amus College \u2013 silver<\/p>\n

Bukedea Comprehensive \u2013 bronze<\/p>\n

Smack \u2013 31st out of 36<\/p>\n

Girls<\/b><\/p>\n

Amus College \u2013 8th out of 17<\/p>\n

Caf Schools Championship (U-15)<\/b>
\nGirls<\/b><\/p>\n

Kawempe Muslim \u2013 bronze<\/p>\n

Boys<\/b><\/p>\n

Smack \u2013 Group stages<\/p>\n

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