Royal Giant, Fountain Gate win CAF African Schools Football titles CECAFA Zone

_{Royal Giant High School and Fountain Gate Dodoma Secondary School are the champions of the boys and girls category at the CAF African Schools Football Championship for the CECAFA Zone that climaxed on Sunday in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.}

_{The Uganda Boys team Royal Giant stopped Geda Roble Secondary School (Ethiopia) in penalties 4-2 after the two teams had tied goalless in normal time at the Azam Stadium, Chamazi.}

_{Thomas Ogema, a Royal Giant player praised CAF for starting this tournament which will give students chance to showcase their talent. “We are glad we won the title, but we thank CAF for creating this tournament,” added Ogema.}

_{In the girls category Tanzania’s Fountain Gate Dodoma Secondary School defeated Awaro SS from Ethiopia 3-0 with Mary Aron Siyame, Winifrida Hubert Gerald and Rede Julius Boniphace scoring the goals.}

_{“We deserved to win the title because we prepared well and had good team work,” said a happy Fountain Gate player Siyame who netted one of the goals in the final.}

_{The top three teams in each category received medals and cash prices courtesy of the Motsepe Foundation which will go towards development in their respective schools. The winners in each category got a cash prize of US$100,000, the runners up US$75,000 and the third placed teams US$50,000.}

_{Her Excellency Ambassador Dr. Pindi Chana, the Tanzaian Minister of Culture, Arts and Sports was the guest of honor. The CECAFA President Wallace Karia, his Vice Isayas Jira Bosho and the CAF Director of Member Associations, Sarah Mukuna also presented some of the Awards.}