Lillian Zawedde beat a strong field of over 140 players to claim preliminary leadership in the Beach Woodball Circuit held at Lido Beach, Entebbe last Weekend.
The 2012 USPA Woodballer of the year won the singles title by 47 strokes and the mixed doubles (with Eric Kanyike) by 20 strokes.
“I attribute this success to the excellent mallet, that i acquired from China, but also i put in alot of effort in my training sessions”, the woodball maestro said.
Ndejje University’s Emmanuel Lubega beat off a strong challenge from Julius Agaba and Fazil Kakande as he reigned the men’s category with a net score of 46 strokes.
Bank of Uganda’s duo of Godwin Ssenyondo and Lillian Agwang were the top performers in the corporate category as they returned scores of 61 and 85 respectively.
Several institutions like Ndejje University, Nkumba University, MUBS, Mutesa 1 Royal University and Clubs like Entebbe, Botladz, Ndejje, Bank of Uganda, Stroke, KCCA, Green arches Academy, Ministry of Finance among others attended.
This was the first of the three beach woodball circuits that are organized by the Uganda Woodball Federation. The top winners with consistent results are crowned at the end of the year.
The next event on the calendar is the Kyambogo open Championships to be held on March 16th at Kyambogo University.
1st Beach woodball Circuit Winners
Ladies-Singles
Lillian Zawedde (Ndejje University)-47
Men-Singles
Emmanuel Lubega (Ndejje University)-46
Doubles-men
Namukoye Moses & Musisi El-Muhammed (Entebbe Club)-27
Doubles-Ladies
Nantege Kyolaba Shamsa & Nabukalu Danilah (Ndejje Club)-28
Mixed Double
Lillian Zawedde &Eric Kanyike (Ndejje University)-20
Corporates
Men
Godwin Ssenyondo Nakaana (Bank of Uganda)-61
Women
Lillian Agwang (Bank of Uganda)-85
