Adam Mohamed goes unbeaten in TZ open

By Joyce Macha
Adam Mohamed of Morogoro was the overall winner of the 72-hole Tanzania Open
Golf Championship that ended over the weekend at the Dar es Salaam Gymkhana
Club.
 Tanzania Open champion for more than three years now, Mohamed carded six
over par total gross 286 strokes to beat the 80 golfers who participated in the
three-day championship.
 Mohamed opened the first-day score with 69 gross and went on to make 71
gross score in the second day before completing the course with 74 gross.
The overall runner-up position went to Stanley Sanga of Dar es Salaam Gymkhana
Club who fired 15 over par 295 gross. Sanga’s incredible score in the last day tee
off dealt a big blow to Stephen Kasaija of  Uganda, who was set to clinch the
runner-up spot prior to last day’s competition.
 Hassan Mwanyenza and Kasaija tied on the 16 over par gross 296, before the
count back rule worked in favour of the former. Mwanyenza ended third overall,
forcing the Ugandan to settle for the fourth position.
Making his debut in Tanzania Open Golf Championship, teenage golfer Manraj
Bharya could have managed one of the top positions if it were not for the third
flop. The youngest player of the tournament, Bharya managed to fire 73 gross in
the first day before making it 76, 77 and the ugliest score of 83 strokes.
The player was fifth overall, tied with Godfrey Leverin of Morogoro on 299 gross
while veteran Olais Mollel of Arusha and Rajab Iddi of Morogoro tied on sixth
position with 306 gross each.
Tanzania’s Salim Mwanyenza tied with D. Indiza of Kenya in the professional
golfers’ category. Both players bagged five over par total 215 gross in the
54-hole tournament.
New Africa Hotel sponsored this year’s edition of Tanzania Open Golf
Championship.

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Oilers, UDSM Outsiders qualify for Kili Super Cup

By Burton Brown
UDSM Outsiders and Oilers have won tickets to play in the 2005 edition of Kili
Super Cup tournament after winning their qualifying matches held over the
weekend at the National Indoor Stadium.
 The teams now join JKT, Savio, Vijana and Chang’ombe Boys in next year’s
competition, which normally features six teams.
 Oilers qualified for Super Cup after scoring 233 baskets and conceding 214. They
beat Pazi 79-76 and thrashed Magone.
 UDSM, on the other hand, claimed the second position after beating Magone
80-64, then beat Pazi 77-55 before bowing to Oilers.
 UDSM Outsiders scored 225 baskets and conceded 207 in the three matches
they played.
 Kili Super Cup basketball championship involves six teams that played in the
quarter-final stage, where the four losers play to get two teams that qualify for
the Super Cup.

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Makoye turns down Yanga’s offer

By Burton Brown
APR midfield star, Ephraim Makoye left Dar es Salaam for Kigali Rwanda after the
deal to register for Dar es Salaam Young Africans failed to strike gold.
Makoye, the former Young Africans player won a call to register for his former
club, but the club did not meet his demand.
Talking to The Express this week, Makoye said he had to leave immediately after
his current employers, APR called him.
“I have to report there immediately since they need me urgently,” he said.
It was learnt that Makoye wanted Tsh. three million from Young Africans as a fee
to play for the Dar es Salaam Club and leave the Rwandan Club.
Since conducting talks Young Africans have not given him any response hence
forcing the player to rule out the club as it was not ready to meet his demand.

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Abdallah steers TCA to victory

By Boogie Juma
Hamisi Abadallah starred in the Tanzania Cricket Association Development team’s win over Ekta Dynamo in the Nyerere Cup Cricket Tournament match held at Dar es Salaam Gymkhana Club ground last Sunday.
 Partnered by Hussein Shani, Hamis Abdallah scored 49 runs out of 136 runs the TCA team scored.
TCA won the event after successfully chasing the 135 run score posed by Ekta, who batted first.
 Meanwhile, the chairman of Tanzania Cricket Association (TCA), Zully Rehemtulla, said the Under 19 National cricket team has started intensive training prior to the East African Cricket Championship scheduled to be held in the Kenyan capital Nairobi from December 11 to 19. 
“We are the defending champions in both girls and boys categories hence we have to work extra hard to retain our titles,” he declared. 
However, according to Zully, the problem of inadequate funds to facilitate the teams’ trip needed to be addressed, and urged companies and individuals to offer their support for the Nairobi trip.
 

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Mtibwa vows not to sell its players

By Express Correspondent
Mtibwa Sugar is yet to lose a player as the registration campaign ahead of the 2005 league continues to hit the headlines. 
It was widely circulated that the best scorer of the Super Eight Stage of the Premier League, Abubakar Mkangwa, and other key players like Kassim Issa, have crossed over to Simba and Moro United, and will play for the teams in next year’s league season. 
Refuting the news, the coordinator of Mtibwa, Jamal Baysar, said until this week, his club had not received any transfer letter requesting to relieve the named players. 
“We have received no official indication that there are teams interested to recruit some of our players for next year’s league.  We don’t understand how the news of their transfers reached the media,” he said.
 Baysar said Mkangwa was the team’s longest serving player. Keen and determined to end his career in the club, makes him a potential player for assistant coach’s job. 
Mkangwa won soccer fans’ approval in the late nineties when he partnered with Saidi Mhando to mark the teams’ flying start in the then first division league before taking premiership title in later years. 
Bayser said Mtibwa Sugar would be able to play in the East African Club Championship early next year if Dar es Salaam decides to host it. 
Still as Baysar explained, the players will start residential training ahead of the regional championship and next year’s league season.

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Cash prizes to colour Uhuru Basketball Cup

By Express Correspondent
Cash prizes to be given to the winners of the Uhuru Cup basketball tournament will colour the event which takes off from December 4 to 9 at the National Indoor Stadium in Dar es Salaam.
The secondary school basketball tournament features teams from Dar es Salaam which qualified during Kili Secondary School League ended in October, 2004.
Mbaga Mwamboma, the Publicity Secretary for the Dar es Salaam Basketball Association (DARBA) told The Express that the tournament attracted ten teams which qualified in the Kili school league.
According to Mbaga the boys’ teams are divided into two groups of J.K. Nyerere and Rashid Kawawa, while girls’ sides will constitute one group.
The winners in Kawawa Group will play the second winner of the Nyerere group, and winners of each group will meet in the final, the organiser explained.
The winners in the boys’ teams will be awarded a trophy and 200,000/-, the second winners 100,000/- and third winners 75,000/-.

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Addis cleared to host Challenge Cup

By Burton Brown
The Council of East and Central African Football Association (CECAFA) has now cleared Ethiopia as the venue of the East and Central African Challenge Cup set for a kick off in Addis Ababa next month.
The decision came after CECAFA officials went to Ethiopia this week to try and find out if the Ethiopian football federation was ready to host the big tournament.
 Earlier, CECAFA proposed Ethiopia host the Challenge Cup after peace was restored in the Ethiopia Football Federation (EFF). 
“The Secretary General of CECAFA, Nicholas Musonye was satisfied with the situation in the Ethiopian soccer body and okayed the country to win a hosting ticket from Rwanda,” sources said. 
The unrest in EFF put Ethiopia in trouble with the Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA) who threatened to ban the country from participating or staging international matches in the country. 
The threat forced CECAFA to shift the Challenge Cup to Rwanda which CECAFA thought had a better playing environment than Ethiopia. 
Ethiopia requested CECAFA to return the tournament in Addis Ababa after Ethiopian Billionaire Hussein Alamu proposed a sponsorship package of US$ 500,000 for the winners of the tournament Defending champions Uganda Cranes who beat Rwanda last year in Sudan. Other nations expected to take part in the tournament this year include: Ethiopia, Sudan, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Somalia, Djibouti and Burundi.

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TOC preparatory meeting Sat

By Boogie Juma
A meeting of the executive panel of the Tanzania Olympic Committee(TOC) is scheduled to take place this Saturday at Peacock Hotel in Dar es Salaam. 
The Secretary General of TOC, Filbert Bayi, said the meeting was part of the preparations of TOC General Meeting, to be held in Bagamoyo on December 11 this year. 
According to Bayi, the Saturday meeting will focus on the financial report of TOC and Tanzania’s participation in the Olympic games. 
“The meeting will also plan effective preparation for the Commonwealth Games in 2006 and strategies to prepare better athletes and sportsmen of world standard.” 
Meanwhile, Suleiman Nyambui was elected president of Tanzania Olympians Association (TOA) in a meeting held in Bagamoyo last Saturday.
 Other members of the executive committee are Islam Mohamed, Peter Mwita and Habib Kinyogoli.

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Vijana slam Chang’ombe Boys in Kili RBA semi

By Burton Brown
Experience and determination clinched a hard-fought win for Vijana basketball over Chang’ombe Boys in the second semi-final match of Kili RBA League held at the National Indoor Stadium over the weekend. 
Determined to avenge their defeat in the first of their three semi-final matches, Vijana fought hard to win the match 81-64 and revive hope to meet JKT in the final stage of the League at the end of this month.
 Chang’ombe Boys stunned Vijana with 78-76 win in the first match held a fortnight ago. Vijana were leading 28-15 in the first quarter and extended their lead to 46-31 until breather.
 The third quarter saw Mohamed Ally Dibo And John Mcharo posting more baskets for Vijana to take the score to 65-40 in favour of Vijana. 
In that match, Dibo was the best scorer of the match after bagging 34 points converting six from rebounds followed by Adam Jegame of Chang’ombe Boys, who won 20 points, while John Mcharo managed twice to fire three points. 
The Dar es Salaam Regional Amateur Basketball Association (DARBA)has organised the league, backed by Tanzania Breweries Limited under the Kilimanjaro Lager banner.

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Otula favourite in Shell Tennis Open

By Express Reporter
Shell Tanzania Open Tennis Championship officially took off at the Dar es Salaam Gymkhana Club Course, taking aboard players from Kenya, Zambia and Tanzanians from all regions. 
Waziri Rajabu bagged the first win of the tournament beating Godwin Mdangu in two straight sets in a one-sided opening match held at Dar Gymkhana Club courts.
 Also recording early wins were Salehe Hamisi, who beat Charles Kyando
7/5, 7/5, while Hassan Dibo advanced to the next stage on walk over. 
Also with a walkover ticket was Omar Abdallah, whose opponent Poni Poni failed to appear at the court.
 Among the hottest contenders for this year’s title is Evelyni Otula of Kenya, who is among the best tennis players in East Africa.
 Others to feature in this year’s championship include Omolo Saulo from Kenya, El Mano Carmelin and Edgar Kazembe from Zambia. 
Tanzania’s most dependable players in the tournament are Kinswaga brothers, Shani and Paul. The boys have become a force to reckon with in various tennis tournaments the club staged.

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