By Isaac Akugizibwe,
NATIONAL
The inaugural season of the highly anticipated Nyakasura School Alumni league will finally kickoff this Sunday 5th February 2023 and all the matches will be played at Henry’s sports center in Kabalagala, Kampala.
Nyakasura school Alumni will now be able to boast for they are now able to be included in the lineup of several other traditional schools’ Alumni with corporate league’s especially in Football.These leagues have been running for some years.Ntare School Alumni league, Budo, SMACK, St George and so many others have inspired the old boys and girls of Nyakasura school to finally get their league underway.
The league comprises of over 12 teams and according to the fixture released by the technical committee,each team will atleast play two matches on day one and all matches will be played between 10 am and 4pm.
Nyakasura school Alumni league features teams made up of former students who studied at the school in different years between 1990 and 2021. These teams like Enkaito, Engogo,Amaraidi,Banyunye,Byaro,Blast furnace,Nyanda,Bankusa among others are named after some of the most popular jagons used in the school at the time.
The other teams are named after prominent icons of the school,to mention SC Rugumayo and Manyindo Football club named after Professor Edward Rugumayo and former Head master Frank Manyindo.
During the launch of this league on 8th October,2022 an event that took place at the Nyakasura school grounds in Fortportal, Several Alumni turned up to give the occasion a deserved spectacle yet that wasn’t even half of what is expected starting this Sunday when real action gets underway.
Sports Club Rugumayo who won the launch gala will be a team to beat though the legendary Banyunye FC has been impressive in the build up to the inaugural season.Both teams have already attracted sponsorship from Raj Gas limited and will look to impress to avoid anything beyond speculation.
Though the Launch gala losing finalists, Amaraidi have struggled in the build up,they still have the potential to stun everyone given their young and fresh squad that can only be challenged by the incredible SC Rugumayo. Engogo ,Byaro and Enkaito FC will need to defy the odds but Nyanda and Bankusa bear the greatest potential of becoming surprise packages.
