Taking the Trophy

The Suba Lakers competed in their first tournament since their official registration as a Sports Association with the Kenyan government a few weeks ago. The divisional officials asked the team to represent the Gembe location in the Constituency Football tournament at Mbita High School Saturday. Usually the choose the best players in the area that are under the age of 30 and put them together to compete against the other locations. This time, they decided to ask our club to represent them.

The Laker Girls took home the trophy with a resounding 2-0 win in front of a large throng of hometown faithfuls who had their first chance at seeing a strong girls football team. The fans were impressed at the way the girls controlled the ball, passed and played a game they are only accustomed to seeing boys play. Their performance drew many praises and accolades as they controlled the ball virtually the entire match.

Keta Corazon opened the scoring towards the end of the first half with a superb strike. Second Half subsitute, Irine Achieng from CGA, put the game out of reach with a long range bomb that sailed into the top right corner of the net beyond the goalkeepers reach. The girls had many more chances to score, including a penalty shot, but they had to settle for the two goal victory.