Uganda humble Malawi Queens 66-43 in Africa Championship

In the ongoing t six-nation African Championship being held at Lugogo in Kampala, hosts Uganda’s netball team on Monday stunned the top ranked team in the competition Malawi Queens (ranked 6th in the world)  by 66-43.

Malawi’s Joyce Mvula (left) beats Uganda’s Stella Nafuka to a pass during an African Netball Championship match at the MTN Arena. Photo by Michael Nsubuga – New Vision/ Uganda

The New Vision of Uganda reports that;   the heavily charged match was evenly poised from the word go but Uganda managed to pull ahead of the Malawians and led the first quarter by 13-11.

The two point gap became a five point gap in the second quarter with helped steady the nerves that were on show early on.

Malawi’s defensive partnership of Joanna Kichilika and Alinafe Kamwala found themselves in trouble and were each sent to the sin bin for two minutes.

Captain Kachilika was the first to sit out her two minutes but goal keeper Alinafe Kamwala followed closely.

While Kachilika toned down her aggression, Kamwala continued and took no heed, she ended up being ordered off by the umpire for her foul play.

The goalkeeper took her time to get off the court but left after a few words from teammates and the coaching staff.

These fouls came at a point when the Cranes went on a scoring spree of which Malawi had no reply.

Uganda then stretched their lead by 21 points leaving the Malawians with all the work to do when they came back in for the final quarter.

For Malawi, all the damage was done in this quarter and losing a player a few minutes to the end of the quarter, left a gaping hole that Peace Proscovia totally exploited.

The atmosphere at the Lugogo arena was electric and that alone put enough pressure on the queens who were heckled whenever they touched the ball.

The fourth quarter was by far Malawi’s best quarter even if they were playing with a player short. Joyce Mvula and Thandi Galeta tried to keep their team in the match although it was too little too late.

Mvula was kept quiet by 20 year old goal keeper Stella Nanfuka who has been impeccable since she joined the senior team.

With the win, Uganda’s ‘She Cranes’  have picked up three straight wins and  and leads the table with six points.

Meanwhile, Malawi Queens coach Grffin Saenda said there is  no losing hope  for his players to win the title, saying there are more games to go.

“We have lost a game but not the ttitle,” Saenda told Nyasa Times.

The Malawi Queens registered a 55-45 win over Zimbabwe on Sunday before the defeat on Monday

Each team will play against each other twice on a round robin basis and awards will take place on the last day on June 29th..

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MGULU
MGULU
6 years ago

NOT SURPRISED, RE-VISIT UGANDA’S LAST GAME WITH MALAWI, FOLLOW THEIR RECEINT GAMES AND U WILL BE CONVINCED THAT UGANDA DESERVEDLY WON THIS GAME.
UNLIKE IN MALAWI (SAVE FOR THEIR PRESIDENT), THE FOOTBALL ADMINSTARTORS ARE NOT WAMUYAYA’s. UGANDA WILL SOON TOPPLE MALAWI AND NEXT IS SA!!!

Zinenani Zoona
Zinenani Zoona
6 years ago

This loss is due to one or two players being RED CARDED. Couch should work on descipline

JOHN GOOD
JOHN GOOD
6 years ago
Reply to  Zinenani Zoona

THE COACH IS TO BLAME . HE IS BIG HEADED. HE WAS FORE WARNED BEFORE HE LEFT OF HIS CHOICE OF PLAYERS

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