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Umutoza w’ikipe ya Espoir Basketball Club John Bahufite, aratangaza ko afite icyizere cyinshi cyo kuzegukana igikombe cya Play – off uyu mwaka, nyuma yo gutsinda APR BBC mu mikino ibiri ku busa mu mpera z’icyumweru  gishize.

Mu mukino wa mbere wabaye ku wa gatandatu tariki ya 9/3/2013, Espoir BBC yari yatsinze APR BBC amanota 89-63, maze ku mukino wa kabiri wabaye bucyeye bwaho ku cyumweru, Espoir BBC inyagira APR BBC amanota 106 kuri 54.

Kugirango ikipe itware igikombe cya Play Offs, igomba gutsinda imikino itatu. Kuba Espoir BBC yaramaze gutsinda imikino ibiri, ngo bibaha icyizere ntakuka ko n’igikombe bazacyegukana.

Bahufite yagize ati, “Urebye navuga ko twamaze kwizera gutwara igikombe, kuko APR BBC twamaze kuyitsinda mu mikino ibiri kandi tuyirusha, gusa ntitwakwirara tutarakina uwo mukino, tugomba kuwukinana imbaraga uko bisanzwe, kuko si byiza gutangira kwishima kandi hari umukino dusigaje”.

Bahufite warangije shampiyona y’umwaka ushize ikipe ye iri ku mwanya wa mbere kandi  idatsinzwe umukino n’umwe, avuga ko icyatumye barangiza shampiyona nta kipe n’imwe ibatsinze ndetse ubu bakaba baratsinze APR BBC biterwa  n’ubuyobozi bubaba hafi kandi nabo bagakinana ubwitange n’ishyaka.

“Ubundi nta banga ridasanzwe dukoresha kugirango dutsinda amakipe, uretse ikinyabupfura kiranga abakinnyi bacu. Bakina bashyize hamwe kandi n’Ubuyobozi bukatuba hafi muri byose. Ku bijyanye no gutsinda APR BBC byo, icyo twayishoboje ni ugufata umukinnyi witwa Lionel Hakizimana igenderaho, hanyuma tugakinana ubwisanzure”.

Espoir BBC ifitanye umukino wa gatatu na APR BBC ku wa gatandatu tariki ya 16/3/2013, maze Espoir BC yawutsinda igahita itwara igikombe.

N’ubwo Espoir BBC yamaze kwizera kugitwara, umutoza wa APR BBC Cliff Owour ukomoka muri Kenya avuga ko bazakomeza kwitoza neza ku buryo bashobora gutungura Espoir BBC.

“Nibyo koko Espoir BBC yaraturushije mu mikino ibiri yarangiye,  kuko mu by’ukuru yaturushije imbaraga kandi ifite abakinnyi bafite inararibonye, ariko ntabwo turatakaza icyizere, kuko tugiye gukora imyitozo ku buryo dushobora gutungura Espoir BBC mu mukino wa gatatu”.

Mu guhatanira umwanya wa gatatu, ikipe ye Kigali Basketball Club (KBC) yamaze kuwegukana, nyuma yo gutsinda Cercle Sportif de Kigali  (CSk), imikino ibiri ku busa. Umukino wa mbere KBC yawutsinze ku manota 72 kuri 62, naho umukino wa kabiri CSK yatewe mpaga y’amanota 20 ku busa nyuma yo kwanga kuza ku kibuga.

 

The Rwanda boys U-18 basketball team on Sunday thrashed their Kenyan counterparts 94-38 to qualify for the African Youth Championships that will be staged in Mozambique. The boys had also beaten the Kenyans 68-29 on Saturday to deservedly book a place in the finals of the championships.

 

Luck, however was not on the ladies side as they lost to Kenya 71-58 on Sunday, after winning 54-50 the day before. The Kenyan ladies went to win the tie on better points.

 

 

Only two teams -Kenya and Rwanda- took part in the Zone 5 championships played in Kigali and as such played each other twice.

The winner of the African championships will qualify to represent Africa at the U-19 world Youth championships to be held next year.

 

 

 

 

 

Rwanda’s U-18 team is leaving no stone unturned to enable them stage a successful Zone Five U-18 qualifiers from July 17-22 in Kigali.

 

The national team is leaving for Burundi’s town Bujumbura to fine tune and take part in a regional tournament dubbed as Great Lakes regional basketball tournament which is also set to attract teams from Burundi and DRC.

 

The Rwanda basketball federation president Desire Mugwiza said on Friday that Rwanda will use the event to access the level of the players before head coach Nenad Amanovic desires his final team for the zonal qualifiers.

 

“We want to test our players in this tournament because we believe there is great opposition and challenge that can help them get used ahead of the zonal qualifiers,”

 

In a related development, the local basketball federation has been boasted with a Rwf. 120million package to organise the zonal qualifiers competition.

 

The week-long competition will attract six teams which include Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Sudan and Ethiopia.

 

The men’s team will be bolstered by foreign based players who jet in next month and they include: Adronis Rwabigwi, Ngenzi Eric, Manzi Danny, Karenzi Ronald, Twagirayezu Patrice, Ishimwe Norbert, Rutare Jonathan, and Shyaka Scifon.

 

 

Rwanda’s U-18 team is leaving no stone unturned to enable them stage a successful Zone Five U-18 qualifiers from July 17-22 in Kigali.

The national team is leaving for Burundi’s town Bujumbura to fine tune and take part in a regional tournament dubbed as Great Lakes regional basketball tournament which is also set to attract teams from Burundi and DRC.

The Rwanda basketball federation president Desire Mugwiza said on Friday that Rwanda will use the event to access the level of the players before head coach Nenad Amanovic desires his final team for the zonal qualifiers.

“We want to test our players in this tournament because we believe there is great opposition and challenge that can help them get used ahead of the zonal qualifiers,”

In a related development, the local basketball federation has been boasted with a Rwf. 120million package to organise the zonal qualifiers competition.

The week-long competition will attract six teams which include Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Sudan and Ethiopia.

The men’s team will be bolstered by foreign based players who jet in next month and they include: Adronis Rwabigwi, Ngenzi Eric, Manzi Danny, Karenzi Ronald, Twagirayezu Patrice, Ishimwe Norbert, Rutare Jonathan, and Shyaka Scifon.

 

 

Preparations of Gisembe basketball tournament organized by Espoir Basketball club in memory of Emmanuel Ntarugera “Gisembe” are in high gear. The tournament will kick off on 18^th January this year in Kigali.

Emmanuel Ntarugera ‘Gisembe’ was two meters tall and among the best players of Espoir Basketball Club.

He was killed during the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi. In an interview with the Executive Secretary of Espoir BC Richard Mutabazi, he said that they invited foreign clubs to participate in the annual tournament that will be taking place for the 5^th time.

 

The invited clubs include one from Burundi and another one from Congo. Teams from Burundi are; New stars, Muzinga and Urunani.  But Urunani the defending champion of this competition confirmed that they won’t be able to participate because the players were tired after taking part in the African basketball championship.

 

Virunga team from the Democratic Republic of Congo hasn’t yet confirmed its participation.

Rwandan clubs have not yet been invited because they want to first confirm with foreign clubs that will be attending in the one day competition.

Mutabazi says they hope for the games to be successful because preparations are so far going well.

Gisembe Memorial competition started in 1996 and Espoir the organizers of the competition won the first trophy. APR BBC has also taken it several times ever since it began.