By Grace Wangui
The tournament has been organized to
avoid idleness among the youths in Ol-Moran ward, increase competitiveness
among soccer clubs in Ol-Moran, to identify and develop soccer talents in
Ol-Moran and to promote club development in the ward. The tournament was sponsored
by Ol-moran Member of County Assembly.
He called for the football players to
form one strong team that can represent the ward in the national tournament. He
promised to organize for a friendly match between the winner of Ol-Moran ward
and Igwamiti ward once they conclude their tournament.
Football enthusiasts turned up in large
numbers on November 2, 2014 at Sipili Football Stadium to witness the final of
Ol-Moran Member of County Assembly (MCA) football tournament.
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| The MCA with Super eleven FC players |
Five teams participated namely:
Sipili Secondary school, Lariak Secondary school, Kio FC, Charlton United and
Super eleven FC.
The final was between Chalton United
and Super eleven FC. Super eleven FC emerged victorious with a 1-0 margin. The
solitary goal was scored by Francis Macharia.
Speaking during the prize giving
ceremony, Ol-Moran Member of County Assembly Hon Duncan Ndegwa said that he was
impressed by the quality of the tournament this year. He urged the teams to
continue training in order to improve during the next tournament.
He said that the winner of Sipili
tournament will face either Kijito FC or Ol-Moran FC in three weeks time once
their tournament concludes on November 16, 2014. He promised to organize for
transportation for more than one hundred (100) football supporters to travel to
Ol-Moran on November 16, 2014 to witness the final of Ol-Moran tournament.
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| Ol-Moran MCA addressing football fans |
He said that the county government is
keen on promoting football and that once the Governors Football Tournament ends
he will organize for the winners to play against teams from Sipili.
“Harambee Stars coach should come to
Ol-Moran Ward in search of talents. We have talents fit for Harambee Stars,”
said Hon Ndegwa.
Super eleven FC was issued with a
trophy as well as ten thousand Kenya Shillings (10,000) for winning the tournament.
Charlton FC who were the runners up got five thousand Kenya shillings (5,000),
Sipili Secondary School received Ksh 3,000 while Kio received Ksh 2,000. Super
eleven FC also received football kits.
The MCA has called upon teams to
start registering for the next tournament which will start in January 2015. So
far the MCA has spent more than Ksh 100,000 in organizing the football tournaments.
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