Bandari Youth, KNCP Queens crowned BingwaFest coast edition champions

Bandari Youth and KNCP Queens got crowned the football champions as the Coast Edition of the Betika BingwaFest came to a close at the KPA Mbaraki Sports Club.

Earlier in the day, Hunters Hill Women and Mombasa Sports Club emerged the rugby men’s and women’s champions respectively, winning Ksh 1,000,000 each as well.

Hunters Hill hammered Mazera’s Starlets 51-0 in the women’s final as Mombasa Sports Club narrowly edged out TUM Marines 5-0, the only try in the game coming in the first half. Before that, Migodi Leigh beat TUM Women 10-7 to take third place in the women’s category as Hunters Hill Men edged Kilifi Titans 13-0 to round up the awards bracket.

Winners in the football and rugby disciplines, pocketed Ksh 1 million each while the winning teams in the 3×3 basketball went home Ksh 500,000 richer. The first runners-up for football and rugby were awarded Ksh 500,000 while the second runners-up rounded off the prize category and received Ksh 250,000. In basketball, the teams that finished second and third took home Ksh 250,000 and Ksh 100,000 respectively.

Yusuf Ali ‘China’ scored the only goal for Bandari in the 26th minute of the game as the home team beat Simba Apparel 1-0, with Phoebe Baraza scoring the lone goal in the ladies’ final for KNCP against Changamwe’s Destiny Ladies.

Denmak FC had to settle for third place after edging Congo Boyz 3-2 in the men’s playoff as Ocean D Ladies beat Madrid Queens 5-0 to finish third in the women’s category.

In the 3×3 basketball, The Money Team lived to their name to pocket Ksh 500,000 after edging out The Unicorns 12-11 in the women’s final. The Unicorns put up a brilliant display towards the end of the game despite going down 10-5 at some point in the game, and almost grabbed a last minute winner but they squandered a series of free throws awarded to them. In the men’s final, Free Nation whitewashed KNCP to win on the 21-point rule, the game ending 22-10.