Kenya maul Zanzibar, Congo in Nyerere Cup

Kenyan teams yesterday hammered Zanzibar and Congo in the on-going Nyerere Cup handball tournament staged in the Indoor Stadium.

Kenya`s The Heritage hammered Nyuki of Zanzibar 45-17 in the first match played in the morning before another team from Kenya, Cereals, nailed TP-Mazembe of Congo 29-23 in the second match.

In the women category match played on Tuesday, Kenya`s Cereals won 23-21 against Ngome, while Dar Stars were whipped 42-25 by Mikish from Congo.

In the men`s match, JKT-Ruvu won 41-22 against Nyuki of Zanzibar.

Six foreign handball teams are competing in the tournament which aims at commemorating the 8th anniversary of the death of the late Father of Nation Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere.

The teams are The Heritage (men) and Cereals (men and women) from Kenya, and Police (women) from Kinshasa, TP Mazembe (men) and SCOMI -Mikish (women) from Lubumbashi, (DRC).

Zanzibar are represented by Matarumbeta (men and women) and Nyuki (men) while Tanzania Mainland are represented by JKT Ruvu, Dar Stars (women) and Ngome (men).
The Nyerere Handball Cup will now be held annually.