Rwenzori High School secured a historic debut qualification for the nationals, marking a breakthrough moment what will be their first appearance at the Sky View Girls Schools Cricket Week Qualifiers, while Nyakasura School were crowned Western Region champions after a dominant campaign.
Nyakasura displayed consistency with both bat and ball set them apart in a competitive field of seven schools.
The seven teams featured in the qualifiers: Nyakasura School, Kasese Secondary School, Rwenzori High School, Standard High Nyamwamba, Kilembe Secondary School, Mt. Rwenzori, and Kyebambe Girls.
From these, Nyakasura, Kasese Secondary School, and Rwenzori High secured qualification for the national championship.
Rwenzori High School’s qualification was particularly historic, as they sealed a debut appearance at the nationals after an impressive campaign.
Their batting was spearheaded by Lynnete Kabugho, who finished as the tournament’s top scorer, while teammate Lilian Nabiryo was also in the runs column.
With the ball, Robinah Mbambu claimed wickets, underlining their all-round strength.
Across the tournament, 16 matches were played involving 133 players, producing 816 runs and 49 wickets.
Norah Nyakato of Standard High Nyamwamba stood out with the best bowling figures of 3/6 and topped the overall player rankings with 134 points.
Speaking after the qualifiers, Western Region Development Officer Ivan Kakande highlighted the competitiveness of the event:
This was a tough tournament since some of the schools were aiming at qualifying for the second time while others were looking at going for nationals for the first time.Since the Western Region now has three slots, this made Rwenzori High qualify for the first time ever.
We do not take this lightly, and we are going to make sure Western schools represent us well at nationals.
Thank you, Cricket Uganda.
The qualified trio will now turn their focus to the Sky View Girls Schools Cricket Week, set to take place in Gulu from May 2nd to 9th, with an expanded lineup of 20 teams.