Eastern Region (Boys):
Day One Results:
- Taalimu 1-2 Works
- Nove 1-1 CRO
- Hill View 0-0 True Vine
- Hill View (Walk-over) CRO
- True Vine 3-0 Nove
- Taalimu 1-0 Mbale Tigers
- CRO 1-2 True Vine
- Galaxy 0-0 Sky Sports
- Nyangole Rangers 0-0 St Stephens
- St Benedict 1-1 Kataka
- Great Thinkers 2-0 Sironko High Way
- St Stephen 0-1 Kataka
- Galaxy Academy 0-0 Great Thinkers
- Nyangole Rangers 0-1 St Benedict
Tororo Municipality is the place to be this weekend as the 2018 Airtel Rising Stars Eastern and North Eastern region qualifiers take center stage.
This is continuation for the qualifiers following the successful completion of the Kampala and Buganda qualifiers hosted at Wankulukuku and Masaka venues respectively over the past fortnight.
As day one of the Eastern and North Eastern regional qualifiers kicked off at the historical St George V Stadium behind the gigantic famous Tororo rock, there were a couple of mixed results recorded, as well as scintillating action.
Under the boys’ catergory, True, St Benedict and Great Thinkers registered key note victories, granting them the early advantage and an impetus to qualify for the knock out stage.
True Vine overcame Nove, CRO with 3-0 and 2-1 score lines respectively, Great Thinkers were 2-0 winners against Sironko Highway and St Benedict managed a 1-0 slim victory against Nyangole Rangers.
There were three goal-less stalemates registered. Galaxy Academy and Great Thinkers both failed to find the back of the net, Nyangole Rangers and St Stephens did not also score as so was Hill View and True Vine.
The games continue on Saturday and will climax on Sunday with the finals.
Prize giving and medal presentation ceremonies will then follow suit.
Regional winners are given gold medals and Shs 1M as prize money.
The runners up get silver medals and Shs 500,000 in cash prize.
After the Eastern and North Eastern qualifiers, there will be regional qualifiers in Western, Northern, West Nile and Kitara regions.
The national finals shall take place in Fort Portal between 24th – -27th August 2018.
The Airtel Rising Stars U-17 youth programme was started in 2011 with the prime objective of identifying raw talents in the regions.
Established players as Kezironi Kizito, Faruku Miya, Martin Kizza Lubwama, Bashir Asiku, Pius Obuya, Fazila Ikwaput have all played this tournament.
Day Two Fixtures:
- Sironko Highway Vs Galaxy Academy
- Kataka Vs Nyangole Rangers Academy
- Great Thinkers Vs Sky Sports
- St Benedict Vs St Stephens
Groups:
- Group A: Galaxy Academy, Sky Sports, Great Thinkers High School, Sironko Highway
- Group B: Nyangole Rangers, St Stephens, St Benedict High School, Kataka
- Group C: Works, Taciimu Modern, Mbale Tigers
- Group D: Nove, CRO, True Vine Academy, Hill View S.S
