NCPB win adds to Rangers’ drive for Super Cup glory

Giant slayers, Rangers Women HC are training their guns on military side Ulinzi Sharks in their last fixture of the Kenya Handball Federation (KHF) Super Cup.

The Musa Munyasia-coached side shocked National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) last weekend, picking a 27-24 victory that puts them in a position to content for a podium place on their debut in the pre-season tournament.

With the competition concluding this weekend at the Nyayo Handball Court, the Kimilili-based side is looking to build on their win against the millers when they take on the military side.

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Despite losing two of their best players in Martha Lavendah and Naomi Muyoka to Sharks and NCPB respectively, the youngsters held their own in their opening matches of the four-team competition to go down 45-30 to holders Nairobi Water Queens before their victory against NCPB.

“We started the match against Water well and were only trailing by four at 19-15 at half time but fatigue set in in the second half, as the girls had arrived in Nairobi the same day. We also had not trained as a unit for some time and that first match gave us the opportunity to identify a few weakness areas that we corrected on before facing off with NCPB and there was a huge difference in the two performances," Munyasia opened up,

"Winning the second match has the girls motivated and we are hoping to carry the same fighting spirit to the final match against Sharks. We will fight for a win. This is anyone’s title and we are not writing ourselves off despite being considered underdogs,” he added.

When the two sides last clashed on 19 February in the second leg of the last season, the soldiers who had won the first leg by four goals received a 32-29 beating that effectively complicated their title chances.

All four teams in the women’s competition have won one match and this weekend’s results carry all the weight in the quest for a title defense for Water who play NCPB while Sharks, who ended Water’s 12-year unbeaten run last weekend play Rangers.