U19 Girls ISAZ Qual

Friday 4th March, Amano under 19 girls travelled to Ndola trust school for ISAZ qualifiers football tournament. Yet again I had the privilege of being the girl’s captain. Our first game commenced against Chengelo around 14:30 and this was immediately after the game in netball against Chengelo. The team was not adequately prepared for the game. Hence Chengelo scored against us. Our defence was a little weak, despite this; we still kept our heads high, in the hope to beat our opponents. To our disappointment, the game ended in a 3-0 win to Chengelo.

After Chengelo, we played against Simba. Either Simba was less challenging or we were more challenging. We played the game so much better. Our defence was a lot stronger and we took the ball up a lot more. To our dismay, each time we got the opportunity to make a goal, we struck the ball in all different directions, but the goal. None of the two teams won that game. It was a 0-0 draw game.

Our third game was played against Mpelembe. The girls are known to have beaten us in our previous meets, and this time around we set the ball rolling. They scored one goal in the first half and so did we. The goal was scored by Diana. The second half was rough for both Amano and Mpelembe. Although I should make mention; that during the second half, Mpelembe did make shots that were threatening. Gladly, they never scored again. This game ended in a 1-1 draw.

Our next game was against Nsansa, and we started off in a low spirit, which made us less active. Later on during that first half we picked up our pace, and picked up the game quite impressively. We gave the game our best to play hard as a team, but each time we tried to score, we missed the goal. The game turned out to be a 1-0 win game to Nsansa.

Despite us not qualifying [to the nationals], we did not let this demoralise our spirits, we kept up the ability to pursue our goals and we persevered with every effort. Hence forth I would like to thank the girls for the effort and hard work they’ve put in as a team. With out their positive attitudes during the games we wouldn’t have played as well as we did.

Lastly I’d like to pass on my gratitude to the people that have been supporting us through out our games and Mr Grove for coaching us and always keeping us in high spirits through out the day; even though we did not perform as well as we could. He kept on encouraging us to keep up a positive attitude which boosted our moral. Most importantly, we give our thanks to our heavenly Father for making it possible for us to travel and participate in these games.


 Report by Bisa Bwalya.