Saturday morning in the gym

Irene

Helen

Claire looks to the ceiling for inspiration.

Charlotte

Brenda pushing 18 kgs with a bit of assistance from Yanga.

Some of the Black Panthers with gym instructor, Shao.

Gym time

Gina squats 40kgs.

Day 1 for Sylvia

Beatrice

Aisha

Hillwork is a form of torture

Yogi leads the way.

We hate the hill - we really do!

Brenda makes her way up while Beatrice takes a breather on the side.

Prossy, Helen, Regina and Charlotte go for gold.

Beatrice recovers sufficiently to make her way up.

Grace, Sexy and Harriet.

Beatrice and Sylvia.

Grace and Harriet push their way to the top.

Sylvia

Pictures of Black Panthers versus TB - 06.02.10

Warming up.

You may be big but we'll hold our own (and they did).

Beatrice way up in the air.

Pictures of Black Panthers versus TB - 6th Feb 2010

Get away from our try line!

You are so not scoring!

Anne and Becky telling us that we're all hopeless.

Pictures of Black Panthers versus TB - 6th Feb

Don't we look good in our jerseys?

A Thunderbird stretchered off with a concussion after trying to tackle Brenda.

Tunnel at the end of the game.

Aisha Bahhani's last minute try saves Black Panthers

I've been so busy that I haven't had the time to update our blog.

We hosted the Thunderbirds at Kampala Rugby Club on 6th Feb. The first half started off well. Charlotte kicked off and our forwards chased and their forwards knocked on. We won our scrum and took the game right up into their faces. After 10 minutes of pressure on them without actually scoring, the tables turned and the rest of the half was a disaster for us - missed tackles, aimless play, confusion all round. Eish. Only our lineouts looked good - they were too good that the Thunderbirds stopped bothering to contest. Gladies' thrwoing was flawless and Beatrice, ably supported by Sexy and Yogi was a joy to watch in the air. In defence, Aisha stole a couple of birds' lineouts. The forwards scrummaged well and held their own against a heavier pack. We only lost 2 scrums but we stole 2 scrums so that evened it. The Thunderbirds took advantage and pinned us in our own half. Determined defence kept the damage to one unconverted try. We went into half time trailing 5 - 0. The second half was a different story. It was all us. Regina was all over the place and at one point took a run and it took 2 birds to get her down after she dragged them for about 5 metres. She was the deserved MVP of the game. The backline finally fired and we played our game. The only problem is that we failed to get over the try line, expect in the last minute of the game where Aisha showed good power to hold off 3 birds and drive over the tryline to score in the corner. Charlotte missed the kick so the game ended at 5 - 5. Not a result to be proud of. Anne was so upset with our performance that she has resumed training in a bid to give the forwards competition for their numbers. Well in, Anne. Domi and Becky have followed her example and can be seen alongside Anne, huffing and puffing and holding their waists. Sweet!

Next game sees us take on the birds again but this time at Makerere University. It will be the first time that a women's game has been hosted at Makerere.