The Airtel Rising Stars Eastern and North Eastern regional qualifier games were held in Mbale town over the weekend. The games were played at different venues in Mbale with the finals being held at Mbale Municipal Stadium.
The regional games took place on Friday 29thand
Saturday 30thof August with Pallisa United (boys from Eastern region),
Highway High School, Sironko (girls from Eastern region) and Light High School
(boys from North Eastern region), Olila High School (girls from North Eastern
region) emerging as the regions’ champions.
The Winning teams for both boys and girls from the East and
North Eastern regions, won trophies, certificates, balls, kits and cash prize
of UGX 1,000,000 each. While the boys’ and girls’ first runners up, took home
trophies, certificates, and a cash of UGX 500,000 each.
The boys and girls that exhibited remarkable talent were
selected from the different regional teams to represent their regions in the
national championships to take place in Mbarara inOctober.
Speaking at the games in Mbale, Airtel Uganda Brands Assets
and Properties Executive, Musa Mayanja, said; “Airtel is dedicated to nurturing
young talent through the Under 17 grassroots football initiative that enables
us to reach out to the youth. It is our desire to see young people live their
dream and soccer is one of our major platforms in doing so .This soccer
tournament provides this opportunity to the youngsters and creates a great
opportunity for the players to engage more in the game.”
The Airtel Rising Stars football initiative is the the
biggest Under-17 grassroots tournament on the African continent and aims at
identifying talent and nurturing upcoming footballers. This is one of the few
football equal opportunity initiatives that targets boys and girls. Over the
years, the Airtel Rising Stars initiative has yielded many success stories and
has enabled several upcoming soccer talents to join Africa Premier League clubs
and their countries’ national teams.
The final regional games will be in
Gulu on the 10th and 11th of September, 2015. Airtel,
currently the largest supporter of youth football on the continent, has
partnered with FUFA to ensure that football regulations are followed in Uganda.
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