CAA injects sh10m in Rwabushenyi championship
Publish Date: Dec 03, 2015
By Samuel Sanya
Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has once again come to the aid of Uganda Chess Federation by funding the Rwabushenyi Memorial Chess Championship to the tune of sh10.6m for the 6th straight time.
The highly competitive Championship is to be held over two consecutive weekends from Saturday 5th – Sunday 6th and Saturday 12th – Sunday 13th December 2015 at Hotel Africana in Kampala.
The event is also doubling as the first phase of the Olympiad Qualifiers for Ugandan players with the top 30 male participants from this event due to be selected to proceed to the second phase of the Qualifiers due to be held next year.
The number of ladies proceeding to the next phase will depend on the total number of ladies registered but will be communicated to the players before the start of the event.
CAA is supporting this biggest local event on the Uganda Chess Federation calendar in memory of the Authority’s former Director Airports, the late Cyril Rwabushenyi who was also a long serving Chairman and one of the founder members of the Uganda Chess Federation.
UCF’s Vice President, Robina Namwanje expressed gratitude for the support from CAA which was confirmed this week and said “the organization had consistently demonstrated loyalty in supporting the sport in memory of the late Rwabushenyi who did a lot for Chess and aviation in Uganda.”
She promised that the Federation would put the sponsorship package to good use by presenting a quality event in line with FIDE standards and conditions.”
About 200 chess players including school children in holidays are expected to participate in the event that is going to be FIDE rated in the Open and Ladies Categories.
“This will help players to improve on their ratings and those without ratings to acquire international ratings,” Namwanje added.
Cash prizes and trophies are to be given out to the winners in the various categories and all the players will get branded Polo T-shirts. The top cash prize in the Open category is sh1m.
In addition, there are up to five prizes in the Open and five in the ladies categories with the total amount to be given out in cash prizes totaling sh3.45m.
The rest of the sponsorship package will cater for venue costs, Trophies, print of branded Polo T-shirts, FIDE rating fees, logistical and administrative costs.
Source: http://www.newvision.co.ug