2017 Copa schools football championship:
6th – 20th May – Hosted by Masaka S.S
The rumour mill is no more.
Masaka Secondary School ‘Aga Khan’, situated 133KM south of the capital city, Kampala, will host the 24th edition of the Copa schools football tournament.
This was confirmed on Wednesday at the official launch of the event held in Namanve industrial area, Kampala.
Chairperson of the national organizing committee, Raphael Bwiire, the flanked by Ministry of Education and Sports, National Council of Sports made the announcement.
“Why not another place but Masaka?” Dennis Bbosa, a journalist from Daily Monitor pondered.
Bwiire assured the journalists that Masaka S.S was among the applicants best suited with facilities.
There was a binding process which Masaka S.S did and successfully passed through.
Tried and tested venue:
Hajji Mukiibi Ahmed, who represented the host school at the launch noted that Masaka is a tried and tested venue, having successfully hosted the UMEA Muslim Solidarity Games last year and the Copa Games back in the days.
We welcome you and promise a great tournament. The facilities are in place with security well catered for since we expect hundreds of participants
Some of the host grounds:
The treasured Masaka Recreational stadium shall be the main playing field.
Others according to Mukiibi shall include; Kitovu, Masaka Technical, Hill Road, Nyendo and a playing ground in New Cumbo area.
Close to 1700 schools nationwide shall take part in the preliminary rounds of qualifiers before the cream de la cream are chosen to represent the respective regions.
This year round, the Karamoja and Sebei regions have been included as independent zones to be represented at the national finals where 60 schools shall qualify.
Kibuli S.S is the defending champion from last year’s edition that was played in Soroti.
