Equity Hawks and Dumas triumphant in Malawi

Equity Hawks and their men counterpart, The Dumas, are the 2022 champions of the Malawi Basketball Association annual tournament dubbed Re-launching The National Teams.

The tournament is an annual event that brings together the players from southern, northern, and central parts of Malawi with the aim of entrenching the country’s sporting culture.

Hawks head coach Sylvia Kamua opines the tournament will be a game changer for her players.

“We have set targets for ourselves this year and we want to retain our premier league and Zone V titles. We want to thank the Bank for this opportunity because were given adequate time to prepare for the tournament and having an opportunity to play beyond our borders. The games were satisfying and won because of the preparation we had. We played the Allstars team from northern part of Malawi and won. For us this is a platform to have the international experience as we look forward to participate in the Zone V,” the tactician said.

Malawi Basketball Association Secretary General Edgar Ng’ong’ola termed the Bankers as the stronger teams in the tournament, noting that basketball has helped forge a partnership between the two countries.

“The tournament takes place annually and the objective is to prepare on upcoming tournaments. Equity were the stronger team and we benefited a lot. Malawi and Kenya now have a great partnership because of basketball. I would love to encourage this partnership to continue because it’s more of building a relationship that will benefit the whole nation because together we are stronger,” Ng’ong’ola said.

After playing teams from different parts of Malawi, the last game of the tournament was between the Equity teams and the Malawian National teams that were being inaugurated. Equity Hawks won their 53-43 while the Dumas won 70-36.

Equity point guard Betty Kananu and the Dumas point guard Titus Musembi were named the most valuable players (MVPs) of the tournament.

Equity Sports coordinator Louise Araka said the teams are in Malawi to play with the best in Africa and prepare for upcoming tournaments.

“Malawi has played most of the best teams in Africa and so for us being here will help us to benchmark ourselves and gauge our level of preparedness. This will l enable us to know at what level we classify ourselves in Africa,” she said.