The 2023 edition of the Girls’ schools cricket week will be held in Soroti City for the first time. To spread the game away from Kampala, Soroti City will host the girl’s tournament from May 6th-13th.
The 2023 edition will feature 13 schools from six different regions of Uganda.
- Ndejje SSS, St John’s Mukono – Central
- Masaka SSS – Masaka
- Iganga SSS, Lord’s Meade Vocational School, Jinja SSS, Victoria High School – Nile
- Kilembe SSS, Mt Rwenzori Girls – West
- Gulu High School – North
- Olila High School, Light SSS, St Mary’s Madera (Hosts) – East
Olila High School are the defending champions of the tournament and they will be looking at defending the trophy on home soil.
The tournament will be played in the T20 format with the games happening at four different grounds in Soroti. Teso College Aloet has two playing surfaces, Soroti Cricket Academy Ground in the city center and a newly laid surface at St Mary’s Madera.
The teams will arrive in Soroti City on the 6th and the action will get underway on the 7th all the way to the 13th.
The games are free of charge for fans to watch but the organizers seek the support of Soroti City in making this a memorable experience for the players as the girls compete amongst themselves.
Previous Winners:
• 2022-Olila H.S
• 2019-Olila High School
• 2018-Jinja Secondary School
• 2017-Jinja Secondary School
