Beach soccer will make its debut alongside Lacrosse and beach volleyball at the 2023 USSSA Ball Games II to be hosted by St Mary’s College, Rushoroza in Kabale district.
Over 8 Beach Soccer playing schools will make their debut at the 2023 Uganda Secondary Schools Sports Association (USSSA) Ball Games II at the St Mary’s College Rushorooza in Kabale, Western Uganda.
Schools like Munta Royal, Nkoba Islamic ss, Tagy High School, London College of St. Lawrence, Namagabi SS, Wampewo Ntake SS, St. Lawrence Crown City Academy, Uganda Martyrs High School, Kibibi Muslim SS, Nakatonya Islamic School, Standard High School Zzana, London College Nansana, Aidan College Ndejje are some of the schools that are expected to play at the 2023 USSSA Ball games II.
The other games at USSSA Ball games II include football (U-14), netball, volleyball, handball, basketball (3×3), Dancesport, woodball, rugby 7’s, cross country and athletics.
For athletics, every zone presents one team with a maximum of 40 participants (20 boys and 20 girls).
The USSSA secretariat has already opened up the online registration of athletes and will close on 12th June 2023.
The district qualifiers are expected to end by 22nd June 2023 and the zonals by 30th June 2023.
There will be a coordination meeting on 3rd July 2023 with the deadline for payments on 4th July 2023 ahead of the official launch and draws for the following day in Kampala city.
The 2023 USSSA Ball games II will take place between 9th to 18th July 2023 at St Mary’s College Rushorooza, Kabale.
According to the USSSA Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Christopher Mugisha Banage, there is a given number of teams per sport.
Netball has 64 teams in total with Wakiso Region having (7), followed by Kampala (5), Mpigi, Mukono, Masaka, Acholi, Lango and Kigezi Regions each have 4 slots.
Football (U-14) has 64 teams (32 teams for boys and girls apiece). There are 96 Volleyball teams (48 per gender), 64 Handball teams (32 per gender), 64 teams for Basketball 3X3, 24 for Rugby 7’s, 24 for woodball, 24 for Dance Sport, 16 for Beach Soccer, 16 for Beach Volleyball and 16 for Lacrosse (8 per gender).
Slots par Sports discipline to competed for are as follows:
Netball (64 )girls.
Football U14 (32 )per gender.
Volleyball (48) per Gender.
Handball (32) per gender.
Basketball 3×3 (32) per gender.
Rugby 7s (12) per Gender.
Woodball( 12 )per Gender.
Dance Sport (12 )per gender.
Beach Soccer (8) per gender.
Beach Volleyball (8) per gender.
Lacrosse (8) per Gender.
