By FIDELIS SUKINA
The NCD Governors Cup ended yesterday with Erima Wanderers clinching their cup victory to claim K10, 000 in cash after defeating Ex Rocks on January 2nd.
It was with much anticipation the crowd turned up at the Kone Tigers oval in NCD to witness the Cup plate, bowl and women’s final.
The Christmas cup that was supposed to end on New Year’s Eve dragged on to the New Year after heavy rain caused anxiety during the semi finals.
Erima Wonders and Ex Rocks battled the Cup finals in much passion with the teams only given 25 minutes each half for the Cup final.
Both teams had much to prove with the Wanderers using their forwards Tom Manga and Otty John to run at the Rocks defense but the Rocks held solid in their defense and countered their attack through five-eight Mark Tonny.
Rocks managed to pull some good turn over’s after the Wanderers caused a lot of errors earlier on and managed to run their set plays before Rocks captain Gena Samuel crossed over for their first try.
But their conversion wasn’t successful and left them at a 4-0 lead, after heated first quarter of the first half the Wanderers managed to muscle their way into Ex Rocks territory and produced a try to dummy half Nelson Isaro, and after the conversion it was 6-0 in favor of the Wanderers.
Both teams battled hard in the second half but both failed to score again leaving the win to the Erima Wanderers.
Tournament director of the 2016 Governor’s Cup Sengelo Skonga said the tournament went well and grievances were put through to the judiciary committee which handled the decisions.
“We have people on the ground like the judiciary committee and we have worked with the issues and have run the competition well, from the past Governors Cups since 2008 we have changed a lot we are based on a vision that we value the people playing in the tournament and not about the money.
“This initiative is from the Governor’s office and I urge other Governors to take this on board to give something back to the people by hosting this type of Governors Cup in the festive season,” Skonga said
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