The annual Easter Hockey tournament will be on this weekend at the National Hockey Stadium – Lugogo.
The 3 days event will kick off tomorrow, Friday April, 3 and conclude on Sunday.
Thirteen teams have confirmed participation, of which 8 are local and 5 foreign.
The eight local teams include; Kampala (Men and Women), Weatherhead (Men and Women), Wanaichi (Men and Women), Deliverance Church and Rockets. Foreign teams are Simba, Wazalendo, United States International University (Men and Women) and GreenSharks.
The eight men’s teams will be pooled while the women will play on a round robin basis. The games schedule will be released later today.
United States International University (USIU) women’s team returns to the tournament after skipping the last three editions. USIU who are 2014 Kenya National League second runners up, participated in the Easter Cup in 2009 and 2011 and won the trophies on both occasions.
Last year’s tournament was swept by Ugandan sides Kampala (Women) and Wanaichi (Men) and will be looking at retaining their titles.
The foreign teams are expected to arrive in the country tonight and tomorrow morning.
