KSSSA: Why Ibubi Girls missed nationals ticket - Coach Felix

Ibubi Girls Secondary School head coach Oscar Felix has blamed lack of endurance for their failed to reach the Western Region Secondary Schools Sports Association finals.

Felix says lack of proper training facilities at Ibubi dealt a blow to their dream to outshine competition's favourites and play at the national stage.

"Ibubi Girls has a small pitch. Yet in Mumias the pitch was big making it difficult for my team to endure the pressure of the game," Felix said.

"We tried our best to return to the western semi-final stage this year and despite the 2-2 stalemate during the regulation time luck was not on our side and so Madira Soccer Assassins edged us out on 3-2," he added.

In 2024 the Maroon Queens exited the competitions at the semifinal stage  as Bishop Njenga got too better of them earning 1-0 victory hence Mr Oscar believes that this year his charges improved by holding experienced Madira to a 2-2 draw only for post-match spot kicks to decide the fate of the two teams later.

"Ibubi Girls are novices in the regional school games compared to Madira whose players feature in the national team. Most of our players are in form two hence we are working to build the team to compete comfortably in the future," Oscar Felix stated. 

At the moment, Madira Girls are flying the Vihiga County flag in the ladies soccer having qualified as first runners up for the nationals after falling 1-0 to Butere Girls.

Tigoi Girls also qualified as first runners up in the basketball 3x3 category and will also present a player for badminton while Goibei's Kamene Everlyn and Annita Kalekye will proceed to the nationals to play Lawn Tennis.