Excitement as top guns clash in handball top league

NCPB's Oscar Makokha shoots to score past Equity's shot-stopper Teddy Sidai during the handball league clash on Sunday at Nyayo National Stadium handball Court. Photo/ Courtesy - Kenya Handball Federation.
Fireworks are expected
this weekend when top guns clash in one of the most epic weekends of the
handball league at the Nyayo National Stadium handball court, Nairobi..
Already, four teams
are in the mix for the men’s league title that is expected to go down to the
wire and all are leaving nothing to chance as they jostle for the title.
And even as the league
culminates, newbies Equity have sent a warning to title rivals Ulinzi,
signaling their intention of going for a win and nothing less when the two
sides clash in a highly anticipated match in the penultimate leg of the Kenya
Handball Federation men’s league on Saturday.
Equity head coach
Peter Mwathi has rallied his boys to go guns blazing against the league
leaders, to keep their title hopes after giving away an important point to
defending champions National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) in last weekend’s
outing.
The bankers saw a
crunch 29-28 win slip in their hands at the death-bed when Chekai dodged past
Equity shot-stopper Teddy Sidai to nick in an equalizer for NCPB, securing an
important point for the Cereals who remain unbeaten.
“We’ve studied how
Ulinzi play and we know how we will deal with them. They have two deadly
attackers and we’ll be keen to stop them and also hurt them when they make
mistakes.”
The veteran tactician
who also doubles up as the national team head coach says he’s ready to counter
the Soldiers' physicality and outwit them.
“We’ve worked a lot on
our fitness with the help of our strength and conditioning coach to match their
physicality. But then again you have to be intelligent against such sides to
outwit them and that’s exactly what we will do,” noted Mwathi.
Reigning champions
NCPB are also penciled to clash with fourth placed General Service Unit (GSU) in
another mouth-watering clash on Saturday before meeting minnows JKUAT on
Sunday.
NCPB’s head coach
Bryan Matthews knows there should be no room for error in their quest for the
title defense.
Ulinzi top the league
standings on 43 points while NCPB are second on the log on 41 points, level
with Equity who have played a game less. GSU are fourth on 40 points.
An epic showdown is
also expected in the women’s league when Ulinzi Sharks takes on NCPB.
Ulinzi Sharks who are
two points behind league leaders Nairobi Water with a game to play, are aiming to stop the title holders from
bagging their record 12th consecutive title, and knowing it is within their
reach, they will be going full throttle to stop Water Queens’ dominance.
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