Champions...Again

On Saturday we were forced to split up our senior team and travel to Homa Bay to compete in the inter-constituency games. As the champions, we were representing Mbita constituency against three other constituencies. We arrived very early at the venue, but ended up waiting a long time before playing. When we took the field, it was perfect timing as all four Members of Parliament arrived on the scene shortly thereafter. The crowd grew drastically during our game until the field was surrounded with several thousand people. The girls began a little lethargic after waiting for so long to play, but very quickly that changed with a good cross by Phenny Akoth and a powerful goal by Pauline Aoko. By the end of the first half, the Lakers were leading 4 to 0 and the crowd was all smiles and giggles as they enjoyed seeing our young girls dribbling through defenders and forcing them to run in circles. Our own MP, the Honourable Minister Otieno Kajwang was feeling very proud of his constituency and their success. The 5-0 victory put us in the driver’s seat, needing only a draw in our final match to give us the championship. The game ended late on Saturday night which forced us to return two hours to Kisumu and then travel back to Homa Bay again on Sunday morning for the finale. We faced the hometown Homa Bay team comprised of High School girls and others that have finished High School. The game was very entertaining with a lot of aggressive play back and forth. We forced a 0-0 draw and took another trophy back home to Mbita, much to the delight of the local chiefs, leaders and the Mbita community. As the champions we have been asked to proceed with our club to the Provencial Tournament in Kisumu at the end of the month!