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Tanzania: Eight Cities Register for East And Central African Tourney
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The Citizen (Dar es Salaam)
16 May 2008
Posted to the web 16 May 2008
Majuto Omary
Eight cities have confirmed playing in the East and Central African inter-cities basketball championships scheduled to take place from June 24 at Dar es Salaam's National Indoor Stadium.
The President of the East and Central Africa Inter Cities Basketball Federation, Simon Msoffe named the cities as Nairobi, Kampala, Bujumbura, Kisumu, Kinshasa, Lubumbashi, Lusaka and Mombasa.
Msoffe said more teams were expected to enter the championships before the deadline set for the end of this month.
"There are several more cities that have expressed their interest in competing in the championships and we expect them to confirm their participation in the next few days," he said.
Dar es Salaam and Nairobi are the only cities that have confirmed competing in both the men's and women's events.
The rest of the cities will send their men's teams.
Msoffe said, however, that the organisers expected more teams to enter their women's teams as well before the entry deadline.
He added that the inter-cities tournament had grown over the years to be one of the most important basketball events in the region.
Basketball Dar es Salaam (BD) has selected its provisional men's and women's teams for the championships.
The men's squad includes Frank Kusiga, Mohamed Yusuf, Gerald Baru, Filbert Mwaipungu, Ashraf Haroun , Frank Majura , Francis Mlewa , Jacob Marenga, Edmund Pastory, and Mohamed Ally "Dibo".
Others are Abdallah Ramadhani, Charles Makene, Frank Simkoko, Alfonce Kusekwa, George Tarimo, Mkumbo Mgendi, Claudia Kisanko, Godfrey Chrisant, Tumsifu Apollo, Obote Mwambongo, Gilbert Batungi and Alex George.
The team will prepare for the championships under coaches Bahati Mgunda and Dais Makula.
The women's team's comprises Lucy Augustino, Evodia Kazinja, Khadija Kalambo, Amina Ahmed, Elizabeth Masenyi, Zakia Kondo, Mary Kimiti and Faraja Malawi.
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Others are Ester Nelson, Lulu Joseph, Dolita Mbunda, Neema
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