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    New station, same old story as former Kamusinga Hockey Team coach guides little known Eshitari Secondary to triumph over Butere

    ByHillary Kangwana

    Dec 13, 2024
    Eshitari Secondary school's hockey team. The newbies are the Butere Sub- county girls' hockey champs after condemning regulars, Butere Girls, to a 3-1 defeat in a hotly contested final played over the weekend at Butere Girls.Eshitari Secondary school's hockey team. The newbies are the Butere Sub- county girls' hockey champs after condemning regulars, Butere Girls, to a 3-1 defeat in a hotly contested final played over the weekend at Butere Girls.

    A transfer may have moved Mr Sanya from a hockey power house, Friends School Kamusinga, to little known ACK Eshitari Secondary school in Butere Sub- county but, the winning mentality is still rooted in him. Mr Sanya, now heading Eshitari Secondary, pulled a surprise by guiding his team to a sweet victory over perennial National Hockey Girls’ contenders, Buetere Girls, to win the Butere Sub- county finals held over this past weekend.

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    At the Sub- county Girls’ hockey final; played yesterday, Eshitari surprised Butere 3-1 in a pulsating encounter. Other results saw Butere boys clinch 4 titles in: Handball, Rugby 15’s, Basketball and Hockey.

    The term one games take a one week break as schools are on half term break. Action resumes next week with the games culminating at the National stage to be held in April; at Shimo La Tewa High School- Mombasa.

    Butere Sub- County 2019 Term One Games Winners:

    Handball Boys
    Winners: Butere Boys
    Runners up: St. Stephens Shiatsala

    Handball Girls
    Winners: Shinamwenyuli
    Runners up: St. Stephens Shiatsala

    Rugby 15s
    Winners: Butere Boys
    Runners up: Mabole boys

    Basketball Boys
    Winners: Butere Boys

    Basketball Girls
    Winners: Butere Girls

    Hockey Boys
    Winners: Butere Boys

    Hockey Girls
    Winners: ACK Eshitari Sec
    Runners up: Butere Girls

    Elsewhere, in the Trans- Nzoia East Sub- county games, Friends School Bwake Boys Wiyeta and Suwerwa each bagged 2 titles to storm the Trans- Nzoia county games slated after the mid- term break. Here is the full list of qualifiers:

    Trans- Nzoia East Sub- County term one games’ Finalists and Qualifiers to the County Championship:


    Handball- boys
    1. Friends Bwake
    2. Moi high kaplamai

    Bwake qualifies for counties


    Handball- girls
    1. Wiyeta
    2. Friends Bwake girls

    Wiyeta qualifies for counties

    Basketball- boys
    1. Moi kaplamai
    2. A.IC boys kipkeikei

    Kaplamai qualifies for counties

    Basketball- girls
    1. Kesogon
    2. St Christopher’s

    Kesogon qualifies for counties

    Hockey- boys
    1. Friends Bwake
    2. St. Marks boys

    Bwake boys qualifies for counties

    Hockey- girls
    1. Wiyeta girls
    2. St. Marks girls.

    Wiyeta qualifies for counties

    Rugby- 15s
    1. Suwerwa
    2. Bwake boys

    Suwerwa qualifies for counties

    Rugby 7s
    1. Suwerwa.
    2. Sinoko.

    Suwerwa qualifies for counties

    Ikolomani Sub- county 2019 Term one Championship

    In Ikolomani Sub- county Musingu boys were in a class of their own, clinching a total of four gold medals. Musingu, the 2018 Kenya Secondary Schools Sports Association National Hockey Boys Silver finalists, had an easy walk in the park as there were no challengers for the hockey crown at the Sub- county last week. Here are the selected Ikolomani Sub- county results (for boys) and qualifiers to the Kakamega County finals to be held later this month:

    Handball- Boys

    1. Musingu 25 vs Bushungala 04

    Final
    Musingu 26 v Shikokho 02.

    Basketball Final- Boys
    Musingu 84 vs 36 Shikunga

    Rugby
    1.Musingu 43 vs 07 burendwa
    2.Musingu 27 vs 00 shikunga

    Semis

    1. Musingu 43 vs 07 shikokho

    Finals
    Musingu 22 vs 03 makhokho

    Hockey- Boys

    1. Musingu had no competitor.