Provisional team of 25 players selected ahead of All Para Games in Ghana
By Emmanuel.Masinde, August 1, 2023
Football Amputee Federation of Kenya has selected a provisional team of 25 players ahead of the All Para Games that will be staged in Accra, Ghana in September.
Two days event, national trials held at the Eldoret National Polytechnic, the technical director Hashim Kamau said that the 25 will be heading into the training camp from 3rd to 26th August and they will be trimmed to 15 that will travel to Ghana to fly the Kenyan flag.
He added that the team selection was made easier due to the majority of the players are seasonal and have been in the national team for long.
“The national trials were good in search of a way that top players like five of them are professionals who play outside this country especially in Turkey while others have been in the national team and playing across the country. With such players, it was easy to select was easy,” said Kamau.
He added that this year’s team will be the greatest after the trials which are rarely done. “we have a solid team and a strong. With the trials, each player was determined to earn a slot that gave us a good chance to get the best,” he added.
During the trials, Nairobi County emerged victorious after beating Kakamega County 1-0 during the finals on Sunday afternoon.
Sammy Kariuki scored the solitary goal to hand Joshua Simiyu’s side the match-needed victory.
Simiyu said they travelled with the sole purpose of winning.
“We had a mission and the mission was to win. We have achieved it and that will make us earn more slots into the national team,” said Simiyu.
The unbeaten side were 3-0 winners over hosts Uasin Gishu in the semifinals with a brace from Brian Oroka and a goal from Muhammed Munga.
With six counties in the competition, Nairobi recorded 100 per cent victories starting with a 1-0 win over Kaimbu and a 4-0 beating of Bungoma in pool A.
In other pool A matches, Kiambu beat Bungoma 1-0.
Kakamega defeated Kiambu 4-3 in post-match penalties following a barren draw in the normal time in the first semifinal.
In pools, Kakamega garnered four points with a 1-1 draw against Uasin Gishu and a 1-0 win over Bomet.