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Deririck Juma (right) of Friends School Kamusinga breaks away from Ntare School (Uganda) during their East Afrca Secondary School Games hockey match at Eldoret Polytechnics, Uasin Gishu County on August 30, 2016.[PHOTO:DENNIS OKEYO/STANDARD]
The notion that Kenya is a hockey powerhouse was in no doubt yesterday when East Africa girls’ champions Sinyolo and Friends School Kamusinga whitewashed their Ugandan counterparts here in Eldoret.
The Kenyan girls and boys showered their out of this world pedigree with their on the ball skills and velocity leaving the Ugandans gasping for breath. The East African queens were in a class of their own from the onset as Melda Awour baffled the Ugandan defense and goalkeeper with her second minute goal.
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