{"id":448136,"date":"2011-06-27T06:31:42","date_gmt":"2011-06-27T06:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/27\/uganda-arua-scoops-guinness-football-challenge\/"},"modified":"2011-06-27T06:31:42","modified_gmt":"2011-06-27T06:31:42","slug":"uganda-arua-scoops-guinness-football-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/27\/uganda-arua-scoops-guinness-football-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Uganda: Arua Scoops Guinness Football Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"32.3555424528\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.monitor.co.ug\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/monitor180.jpg\" alt=\"The Monitor (Kampala)\" title=\"Visit The Monitor (Kampala)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Abdu Wasike<\/p>\n<p>24 June 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Guinness United are the winners of the Guinness Football Challenge. The group that led the competition from the very start, beat nine other groups to the Shs20 million cash prize.<\/p>\n<p>The group comprising sports journalists and sportsmen from Arua, garnered 98 points during a grand finale at Steak Out bar and restaurant, Kampala.<\/p>\n<p>The quiz revolves around football and it included general knowledge questions, and questions about African players plus the local football.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Patrick Ogua, the group captain said he was sure his team would win.<\/p>\n<p>as always going to win the quiz basing on their passion for the sport and the information that comes with it.<\/p>\n<p>They were too good that actually they led the first runner-ups Kikulu Boys with 32 points. Liverpool United scored 64 points to take third place.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Football is a language we all speak and understand. A sport we love and hold in high esteem and Guinness brought this challenge to Ugandans in a bid to ignite their passion for the sport and bring them closer to the game,&#8221; commented the marketing director Uganda Breweries Ms Marion Muyobo.<\/p>\n<p>To spice up the activity, two of Uganda&#8217;s leading ranting masters Rabadaba and Sizzaman were brought in to entertain the crowd which was dominated by sports lovers from around the country.<\/p>\n<p>Rabadaba was the first on stage singing three songs and Sizzaman came on late near the end of the event moving the audience with his hit Angella.<\/p>\n<p>The organisers also announced that the second season of the football challenge will get underway in September this year.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>See more here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201106270043.html\" title=\"Uganda: Arua Scoops Guinness Football Challenge\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Uganda: Arua Scoops Guinness Football Challenge<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Abdu Wasike 24 June 2011 Guinness United are the winners of the Guinness Football Challenge. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-448136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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