Express’s Bonny Beingana and Masaka LC’s Ronald Lukungu, will go into tomorrow’s Bell Lager Uganda Super League, on a high after claiming the inaugural monthly football awards for the month of September and October.
The two players where announced this morning at Uganda Breweries head office at the unveiling of the first monthly awards Bell Lager’s Rukushana Nayimba and Grace Namutebi together with chairman
of the USL Kavuma Kabenge and USL manager Paul Kabaikaramu.
Express‘s Ibrahim Jingo and SC Villa’s Isaac Muleme, where runner-up and third for the month of September while Joseph Bukenya of Water FC and Robert Ssentongo URA FC where runner-up and third for the month’s of October.
According to Rukushana Namuyimba, Corporate Affairs manager,“There will be an independent team composed of coaching experts, football journalists, experts and scouts assigned to every single league game throughout the season to analyze and assess the performance of the players.
“At the end of each month, the technical team will meet to analyze the ratings and afterwards vote on the most outstanding performers. The team will then choose the monthly winners, who will ultimately qualify to contest for the Footballer of the year award”, she said.
The winners will receive their awards tomorrow at Mandela stadium before the kick-off the games. The Bell Super League awards will, this year, run under the theme, “Let’s raise the esteem of our footballers.”
The award categories include Footballer of the year, Golden boot winner, Team of the season and Fair play award among others.