Base Sports Day

 The CGA sports team competed in the primary school competitions on Friday.  Once again the girls from CGA shined bright against the other five schools they competed against.  The Mbita Base consists of Nyamanga Primary, Mbita  Primary, Milimani Academy, Mbita Point International School (MPIS), Usare Primary and CGA.  In Term one they compete in the ball-games of boys and girls football, boys and girls volleyball, and girls netball. 

In boys volleyball, CGA managed to win one match and lose one match.  In boys football, the young CGA boys fought valiantly against the best team, Usare Primary, but lost 5-0 to a superior team.  In the second match, they came from behind to draw even at 1-1 on a good individual play by 6^th grader Ronald Ouma.  With a few chances that didn’t produce a goal in the waning minutes, they settled for a draw with Milimani Academy. 

The girls competed favorably in three sports.  In netball they won their only match against Usare Primary 14-3, but were not able to play in the finals because of time.  In Volleyball they reached the finals where they played Nyamanga Primary.  It was a closely contested match with each team taking a set.  In the third and final set it was back and forth, but in the end CGA lost by two points. 

In girls football, CGA has always dominated the local competition, winning it each of the seven years they have been competing.  This year was no different.  In their first match they defeated Milimani Academy by a score of 7-0.  Syprose Akoth scored a hat-trick and Sarah Achieng added two more goals to the total.  In the second match they faced a tough Usare team that had defeated them in a friendly match two weeks ago.  The CGA girls got revenge this time with a convincing 2-0 victory.  They started strong in the first half, getting two penalties in the opening minutes and converting one of them for a goal.  They kept mounting pressure throughout the second half and added to their total on a strong shot from the right wing by Syprose Akoth to add the exclamation point.  In the finals, the girls were tired from three football matches plus the netball and volleyball matches, but they gave a strong effort to defeat Mbita Point International School to take home the title.

Several CGA boys and girls were selected to help form the base team to play in the zonal competition in Kirindo next Tuesday.  The list of selected players includes:

Boys Football- Ronald Ouma, Phillip Onyango, Gordon Ogal and David Ouma

Boys Volleyball- John Okello and Denis Osii

Girls Netball- Winny Adhiambo

Girls Volleyball- Lorna Wanga, Sarah Achieng, Tecla Agutu, Teresa Atieno

Friday was a busy day for me coaching, refereeing and selecting the best players, as well as tryin to oversee all of CGA students at the field. 

I will be coaching the girls football team at zonals on Tuesday, and then at Districts on Thursday and Friday.  After that I will be proceeding with the selected teams to Regionals, Provencals and possibly Nationals.  It will be a busy couple of weeks but my favorite time of the year!