The NCD Governor’s Cup round- robin matches will end today after the tournament kicked off in the nation’s capital on Tuesday 27th December.
The tournament has about 48 teams participating with all matches played out at the Ipi Park at Hohola.
Hohola Ipi Park Pool C Venue Coordinator Mr. Alex Kis said there are 4 pools with 12 teams in each of the pools.
He said after the third round- robin games today, they will pick the top 16 teams to go into the knock-outs.
“After the knock out matches, they will then go into the quarter finals, semis and then the grand final match which is likely to end during the first or second week of 2023 with a total cash prize of K20, 000.”
He added that the purpose of the tournament is to deliver good games for the people living within NCD.
“Security is an issue that we are currently dealing with because it’s an open space and anyone can do anything. Apart from that, we are also working on the timing for all games. ”
The initial starting time for each day of matches is 8:30am, but due to administrative delays and the weather condition, the games started off later during the day.
“The main purpose of the game is to bring together youths or young talented men into the competition and train them to be self-disciplined rugby players who are committed to go further through sports.”
“This is another way of helping our young rugby players to stay away from trouble and do something useful like staying fit and healthy as it is one health benefit.”
He also mentioned that there are only 2 female teams who registered for this year’s NCD Governors tournament.
“Because we only have 2 female teams they will play the curtain-racer game for the grand final and both teams will be awarded some consolation prizes.”