Vital lessons, rich experience for Uganda’s school basketball teams from China

The Uganda basketball school teams had an eventful outing at the 2024 ISF World schools basketball championship in Macao city, China.

The boy’s team finished 11^th in a cluster won by Greece whilst the girls team was 12^th overall where hosts China triumphed.

The first batch of the delegation returned home on Thursday, 4^th July 2024 at Entebbe International Airport aboard Ethiopian Airlines.

They were received by Hajji Twahil Kitezaala, the first vice president of Uganda Secondary Schools Sports Association (USSSA).

Team captain Christine Namyalo revealed that every match played at the ISF Championship was worth the experience with vital lessons learnt.

“It was a great learning experience for us the players. Most of the players had never played at such a level. We learnt so many things and definitely our game will improve for the better” Namyalo stated.

The girl’s team won twice against India and Cyprus before bowing out in three games.

“We appreciate the opportunity given to us. Our opponents from Asia and Europe had an edge over us and they prepared better than us not forgetting the basic things as training on rough floors back in Uganda while the competition surfaces we used were all wooden. This posed a big challenge to us” Jonathan Egau, the head coach revealed.

The boys team (Elite High School Entebbe) is expected to return home on Friday, 5^th July 2024 aboard Ethiopian Airlines.

This year alone, Uganda schools sports has been represented in football (China), athletics (Kenya) and volleyball (Serbia) at the global stage.