Soroti City will host this year’s edition of the Girls’ Schools Cricket Week from May 5th – 11th. The tournament will feature sixteen schools from six different regions. The tournament will be hosted by Soroti Cricket Academy with the schools hosted by St Mary’s Girls Secondary School Madera.
The schools that will feature in the tournament include:
Eastern Region: Light SS, St Mary’s Girls SS Madera, Olila High School
Northern Region: Masindi Secondary School, Sacred Hearts Secondary School
Nile Region (Jinja): St James SS, Good Heart SS, Iganga SS, Jinja SSS
Central Region: Ndejje SSS, Mukono Kings High School, St John’s SS Mukono, Gayaza High
Western Region: Kasese SS, Kilembe SS
South Western Region: Masaka SSS
“This is another opportunity to see the cream of our future women cricketers in action. We honestly hope they light up the occasion. Our gratitude goes out to UCA for making this possible yet again despite the growing number of participating schools. I would also like to thank SCA together with St. Mary’s Girl’s SS, Madera for hosting us for a second year running, and also to the participating schools that have preferred to turn up for this event over others. Hopefully at the end of this much anticipated week, cricket will prevail” Davis Turinawe – Development Officer Uganda Cricket Association noted.
“We are delighted to host the Girls Cricket Week 2024 in Soroti. This prestigious event provides an opportunity for the community in Soroti to watch their own in action, promote the popularity of the support among key stakeholders and also provides an opportunity for the cricket community in Uganda to understand the cricket culture that has enabled many female cricketers thrive. We look forward to welcoming the teams, their supporters, and the media to Soroti for what promises to be an exciting and memorable event.” Felix Musana – Chairman, Soroti Cricket Academy.
Olila High School will be chasing a fourth title in a row at home, but they face competition from Light SSS, Jinja SS, Masaka SS, and Ndejje SS for the title.
Jinja SS are the record winners of the tournament with eight titles followed by Gayaza High School with four titles.
CAST OF PAST WINNERS:
(YEAR SCHOOL) 2001 Gayaza HS 2002 Gayaza HS 2003 City HS 2004 City HS 2005 Gayaza HS 2006 City HS 2007 Not held 2008 Jinja SS 2009 Not held 2010 Jinja SS 2011 Gayaza HS 2012 Jinja SS 2013 Jinja SS 2014 Jinja SS 2015 Kololo SS 2016 Jinja SS 2017 Jinja SS 2018 Jinja 2019 Olila SS 2020 Not held 2021 Not held 2022 Olila SS 2023 Olila SS.
