monday 17 march: wet muddy pitch! yuck! we warmed up with fijian hold. instead of touching the ball carrier we had to hold her firmly so that counted as a tackle. we had a blast. i kept out of the mud. i attacked and defended on the dry side. warmed up we switched to set pieces: scrum downs, penalties, free kicks, 22 drop outs and lineouts. boda boda was doing her usual chicken run – i say chicken run ‘cos have you tried chasing after a chicken when you are about to slaughter it? the bird can sidestep and leave you flat footed. same thing with joan. she was also nicknamed boda boda ‘cos she dodges opponents the same way boda bodas dodge through kampala traffic and create mayhem. boda boda is so chaotic she confuses her own teammates: poor asha and ann who were both on her team ended up tackling each other – in the mud. aaii ya ya ya ya!!! all in all a good session. our defence is starting to work the way it should and in attack we are starting to click. still more work to do but we are definitely making progress.
we wound up with 5 metre one minute shuttle sprints then went down for our usual. 60 pressups abd sit-ups in 2 sets then the bridge. i was so proud of myself. i did 30 pressups at a go! that was the first set. the second set was not so good. i managed 20 then rested then went for the final 10. situps were all good (they’re becoming too easy) then the dreaded bridge.
training done we stretched and jero came to give us bad news while ambrose hovered in the background in case anyone fainted or something. the tunisia trip was off – despite their best efforts our union was unable to fund it. the good news was that we had a elite 7’s tournament in south africa in august to look forward to and uganda would be hosting the qualifiers in either july or september. we were all disappointed of course but in the ugandan (or should I say african) women’s world of sports such disappointments are part and parcel of our lives. there is never enough funding for our activities, so life goes on …
we wound up with 5 metre one minute shuttle sprints then went down for our usual. 60 pressups abd sit-ups in 2 sets then the bridge. i was so proud of myself. i did 30 pressups at a go! that was the first set. the second set was not so good. i managed 20 then rested then went for the final 10. situps were all good (they’re becoming too easy) then the dreaded bridge.
training done we stretched and jero came to give us bad news while ambrose hovered in the background in case anyone fainted or something. the tunisia trip was off – despite their best efforts our union was unable to fund it. the good news was that we had a elite 7’s tournament in south africa in august to look forward to and uganda would be hosting the qualifiers in either july or september. we were all disappointed of course but in the ugandan (or should I say african) women’s world of sports such disappointments are part and parcel of our lives. there is never enough funding for our activities, so life goes on …
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