By ERICK OCHIENG’ and ERNEST NDUNDA
Calary Bernard and Thomas Junior won episode six of Guinness Football Challenge to go home with Sh50, 000.
A great combination of a freelance journalist and a comedian saw the green team sail with confidence to the finals to emerge winners of what had appeared as a game for the black team.
Apart from the cheque, the two youths from Kisumu also went home with limited editions of Guinness soccer balls signed by Mathare United player Anthony Kimani. This was a great moment for yet another winner, Albernas Muthwii Kitivo, who was announced the sixth millionaire of One Million Shillings consumer promotion by Guinness.
An upcoming comedian with Lakny’iero theatre group in Kisumu, Bernard thrilled the audience at the show with his witty antics that worked well with the brawn challenge he was tackling. Skills from his teammate, Junior, earned them a berth in the finals.
Junior, who seemed to have good knowledge of football, trounced opposing black team in the finals by answering all questions about celebrity guest Kimani popularly known as ‘Kimodo’.
Elsewhere, the race for the nation-wide league title widened at the weekend after Nairobi Stima joined the top three as the title favorites, addss Ernest Ndunda.
League Contenders
Nairobi Stima defeated Oserian 1-0 in Naivasha to improve their tally to 50 and remain among the contenders for promotion.
Congo United beat Strathmore University 3-2 to raise their tally to 55 while Bandari increased their points to 51 after beating Strathmore University 2-0. Both matches were played at the weekend at the Mombasa Municipal Stadium.
Kenya Revenue Authority, who had a free weekend leads the league with 56 points.
The four teams would be engaged this weekend where Congo United host Opera on Saturday before Bandari face the latter on Sunday at the Mombasa Municipal Stadium.
KRA will be in Nairobi to play Nairobi Stima in another match.
