Rwanda: Pair Intensifies Preps for Military Games

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Ostine Arinaitwe 30 May 2011 AFTER finishing a distant eighth in the just ended KCB East Africa Golf tour-Kigali leg, Jean Baptiste Hakizimana has switched his attention to the Bujumbura Open that tees off this Wednesday. The 23-year-old won last year's event and is confident his knowledge of the par-71 Bujumbura golf course will work in his favour. "I have played on the course for the last five years and have never finished outside the top two," he confidently said

The New Times (Kigali)

Bonnie Mugabe

30 May 2011

SLYVAIN Rukundo and Jean Baptista Simuceka are in Italy intensifying preparations for this year’s East African Military Games and Culture Week due in Burundi from August 14 to 28.

Simuceka told Times Sport from his training base in Italy that, “We are training hard for the competition and we hope to win honours.”

Rukundo will also use the competition to seek minimum qualifications for next year’s London Olympic Games. The event will also feature handball, football, netball, cross-country (men and women) and basketball among others.

The East African Military Sports and Culture Week was first held in 2005 in Kampala, Uganda. Subsequent editions were held in Nairobi (2006), Zanzibar (2007), Kampala (2008) and Kigali (2009),” he said.

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Rwanda: Pair Intensifies Preps for Military Games