Uganda Christians University Angels’Linda Muzigo, SOMMET Basketball club’s Frank Nyembo Fataki and Short distance runner Peruth Chemutai win Fortebet Really Stars Sports monthly awards.
Netball
Linda Muzigo is a defender currently playing for UCU Netball club the Uganda netball Super League where she performed brighter in June to become the best play of the month.
Her defensive performances handed UCU a 48-37 win over UPDF and her side continue to beat Busia 60-42.
Despite falling to defending champions NIC 37-33, but she was also the eye catching player in the losing side.
By her Extra performances beyond teammates, UCU is Currently on top the league table with 16 points.”
To win the Acolede, she out performed her teammate Alice Isoto and KCCA’s Shafie Nalwanja.
While receiving the accolade”Am glad to win this award and the entire team are winners. It is a motivation factor, I appreciate the organizers for their efforts in pushing us to pull up our performances. For my team we are having a fantastic season where we have only lost one game to the defending NIC and to which was a good game despite losing” Muzigo said.
In Basketball, Frank Nyembo Fatak of SOMMET Basketball Club won the award after out smaeting JKL Lady Dolphins’ Hope Akello and Peter Akok of KIU Titans. His wonderful performance in June drove SOMMET Basketball Club past KIU Titans 92-73, beat Kampala Rockets 85-81 and humbling down dictator City Oilers 90-87, winning over JKL Dolphins Men 68- 64 before winding up the month with a 55-52 loss to KCCA.
Out of the five games SOMMET Basketball Club played, Nyembo averaged 21 points, picking up a combined 57 rebounds and 26 turnovers which saw SOMMET Basketball Club climbing the table to 6th place with 27 points in 17 games.
In Athletics Peruth Chemutai was the best runner in the month after
Winning a silver medal at Paris Diamond League in her renown 3,000m steeplechase race clocking a seasonal best 8:54.41.
She was harshly beaten to the gold by her Kenya rival Faith Cherotich who finished the race at 8:53.37.
The Iconic award this time went to Golf with Deo Akope being the of the day, he was appreciated with the life time achievement award for his longevity in the sport which tracks back for over three decades.
Member of Parliament for Nakawa East who is also an aspirant for Kampala Lord Mayor Honorable Ronald Nsubuga Balimwezo was the special guest at the function and handed over the accolade to the legend. In his remarks, Balimwezo called Government for more support into sports and also protect open speces that can devoloped into sports ground.”It is very absad you see government selling off open spaces cheaply and go on to buy expensive lands to put up sports facilities”
At the event held on 1st July at Lazio restaurant Kololo, the legislator aplouded the organizers Real Star sports age and the sponsors Fortebet and Jude Colours Solutions for the efforts in the awards and also called upon more private companies to invest in these awards
