Western Jaquars tackle Mombasa Sports Club in their league opener

By Erick Ochieng

Western Jaguars open their Kenya Hockey Union (KHU) league season today against Mombasa Sports Club (MSC) before taking on former national champions Kenya Police tomorrow at City Park Stadium in Nairobi.

It is Western Jaguar’s hope that Saturday’s match will materialise following postponement of their game against 2007 Africa club bronze medalist Kisumu Simba last weekend.

Kisumu Simba and defending champions Nairobi Simba will be resting this weekend as they wait for their turns next weekend.

According to Western Jaguars officials, the team is out to rake in all the six important points to get a boost in the season that is still large.

But Police are saying the visitors will have to fight it to the letter atleast to reap a point in the encounter.

“This is a must win for us, we don’t know how well our opponents have prepared but we are sure on winning this one,” Police top scorer Moses Cheplaiti told FeverPitch.

Good run

Cheplaiti has had a good run this year emerging both most valuable player and top scorer in the Top Eight, Nairobi Association and Vaisakhi tournaments that curtain raised the KHU league.

Just like the Jaguars, MSC have also travelled all the way to forage for six vital points with another match pitting them against Greensharks in the same category.

MSC will also be battling hard for another six points against Kenyatta University and United States International University-Africa (Usiu-A) in the women National League.

Usiu-A also has a date against Strathmore University in the men’s Premier League.

Weekend’s Fixture

On Saturday-Premier men: MSC  vs  Western Jaguars   2pm, USIU  Vs Strathmore university  6pm. National Women: USIU-A vs MSC 4pm.

On Sunday- Premier men: Kenya Police  vs Western Jaguars 11am, Greensharks vs MSC 1pm. National men: Multimedia vs NYS 3pm, Kenyatta University  vs Technical University 9am. National men: MSC vs Kenyatta University.