Douglas Mazune and Johnson Were
13 January 2009
Kampala — RUGBY World Cup-bound Lady Cranes will benefit from the expertise of former Springboks coach Norman Mbiko.
Mbiko, a highly rated sevens coach, is expected in Kampala later this month and will back up the Lady Cranes technical team ahead of the March IRB Sevens World Cup in Dubai.
"In principle Mbiko agreed to be with us. We expect him at the end of this month," Lady Cranes coach David Mutaka said.
Mbiko was in Kampala in October and handled both the women and men sevens teams. Mbiko's stay in Kampala was sponsored by uganda telecom.
The Ugandans who made the Nelson Mandela Sevens final in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, last month hope to feature in another build-up tournament in South Africa in February. Last week, the team resumed daily training sessions at Kyadondo Rugby Club.
Uganda will face off with 15 other teams from America, Europe, Africa, Asia and South America in the inaugural sevens women World Cup.
The three-day tournament that kicks off on March 5 will be played alongside the men's sevens World Cup. The men's competition will feature 24 teams.
The draw will be conducted in Dubai on January 19.
+Buffaloes rugby football club has secured three years sponsorship deal with Toyota Uganda. Toyota is to inject $45,000 (sh87m) in three years and will be remitting $15,000 (sh29m) each year.
Toyota will also dress Buffaloes and the team's names change to Toyota Buffaloes in the next three years. Buffaloes' chairman Jonathan Kamukama confirmed to The New Vision.
He applauded Toyota Uganda for the timely support and called on other companies to emulate Toyota and support rugby development the country.
"We have secured three years sponsorship from Toyota worth US $45000. Toyota will also dress the club and provide $15,000 each year for administration." Kamukama said.
"We thank Toyota Uganda for the timely support; this is a time we needed support to be able to face the competition in this rapid growing sport and I do appeal to all other companies out there to join Toyota towards the development of rugby in the country." added Kamukama.
Union vice president William Blick also applauded Toyota Uganda for the unlimited support it offers to the rugby society.
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What a lucky South African!!! ;-) sorry, I couldn't help the tongue in cheek ...