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Uganda Little League Baseball Newsletter May 2008
Construction has begun and is
proceeding at a rapid rate on the six ball fields. The schedule for the 2008
Uganda Championships is listed on the homepage. Teams that will be competing
for their respective National Championships need to contact Uganda Little League
representatives listed below in the last paragraph of this newsletter so that
all the games' starting times and opponents can be scheduled. The winner of the
boys age 12 and under tournament will be traveling to Poland to play in the
Middle East/Africa tournament. They will leave from Entebbe Airport on July
20,2008 and return on July 30, 2008. They are currently scheduled to compete
against Dubai, Kuwait, and a team from Saudi Arabia. The winner will travel to
the U.S. during the middle of August to play for the Little League World
Championship at Williamsport, Pennsylvania. This trip to Poland will be the
first time an African team has played in Europe for the right to go to the U.S.
The cost to get to Poland has always been a problem for African teams and Uganda
is the only African country, at this time, that will represented. We are now
working very hard to obtain the $25,000US that it will take to get the 14
players and three adults to Poland.
In 2009, Uganda Little League expects to be the host of the above tournament and
several of the seven other European/Middle East/Africa tournaments for the girls
softball and boys baseball, provided the dormitories and fields are finished at
our home about 20 kilometers from Kampala. Little League International will
come and inspect the facilities in January 2009. The winners of these
tournaments will go to the U.S. in August of every year, with all there expenses
paid, to compete for their respective World Championships. We are working to
make sure Ugandan teams will be winners of their fair share of these tournaments
and will be strong competitors in the World Championship Tournaments.
Construction of the facilities, school and maintenance of the fields all take
substantial funds. We continue to work at trying to get sponsorships and grants
to build first class facilities for the future development of baseball in Uganda
both in Uganda and the United States.
Uganda Little League Baseball has scheduled
several other tournaments during the March-April period and October-November
period in Jinja with our Primary and Secondary school leagues. We hope to do
the same for our leagues in the North (Lira, Luwero) and in Mbarara. Mr. Paul
Kataregga should be contacted at 0712372294 to schedule your tournaments. Mr.
Owarra Deusdedit at 0775231828 or Mr. George Mukhobe at 077422708 should be
contacted to arrange training programs at your schools. They only ask that you
pay for the transport and house and feed them while they are working at your
schools.
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