The 4th Beach Woodball World Cup started yesterday at Laem Charoen Beach with Uganda’s men storming the semifinal after beating India 3-0 in the Quarterfinals of the championship.
The win booked Uganda a semi-final against Hongkong in the Fairway team category today.
Eight countries including Taipei, Indonesia, Korea, Singapore, India, Hong Kong, Nepal, and hosts, Thailand, had stormed the quarter finals.
Coach Onesimus Atamba was impressed by the performance of the team, saying that despite the harsh weather playing under rain, the team was posting good results and is optimistic the team will perform better.
“So far not bad. We started in the morning under rain which we are not used to, but the scores were impressive and we shall start from there tomorrow (today),” Atamba said.
Uganda Woodball Federation President Paul Mark Kayongo urged the players to put aside the negatives of the day and focus on today’s games.
“Yes, it is not good results for the women losing at the semi-final, but there are categories we should look at to win medals,” Kayongo told the players.
Dr. Bernard Ogwel urged players to stay disciplined and focused on their game because winning medals will earn them not only government recognition, but also money.
“As government, we are committed to the development of sports and woodball is among them,” Dr. Ogwel tipped the players before giving them USD1000 as appreciation to their resilience in the tournament.
In the Stroke opening games team captain Thomas Khedi and Darry Gilles Amanyire hit 22/23 to post each 55 strokes in the pool stages.
