Kagame/CECAFA Clubs Championship: St. George and Rayon Club in a 2-2 draw
Kigali, Rwanda – St. George FC of Ethiopia held home side Rayon Sports of Rwanda to a 2-2 draw in their Group B opener of the 2010 Cecafa/Kagame Club Championshiphere yesterday. In the day’s other match, TP Mazembe of the DR Congo trashed Telkom of Djibouti 8-0 in Group A match.
St. George returning to big time football following a two-year Fifa ban of their country scored two penalties through Salahadin Said in the seventh and 62nd minutes. Rayon was buoyed by goals from Sina Jerome and Franck Makengo in the 22nd and 47th minutes respectively.
St. George’s Jean Claude Amougo was the Man of the Match. Their next match will be on Thursday against Mafunzo FC of Zanzibar
The tournament kicked off on Saturday when Rwanda’s league champion APR opened their campaign with a hard earned 2-1 win against Burundian champions Vital’O at Amahoro stadium here on Saturday.
Group A: APR (Rwanda), TP Mazembe (DR Congo), Vital’O (Burundi) and Telkom (Djibouti)
Group B*: Rayon Club (Rwanda), St. George FC (Ethiopia) and Mafunzo (Zanzibar).
Group C: Atraco (Rwanda), Simba (Tanzania), URA (Uganda) and SOFAPAKA (Kenya)
*Heartland of Nigeria, who were expected to take part as an invitee team, withdrew from the competition at the last minute to concentrate on their domestic league.
The top 3 teams from Group A & C plus the top two from Group B will qualify for th Quarter-Finals.
FIXTURES Saturday- May 15, 2010 APR 2-1 Vital’O A  Sunday- May 16, 2010 TP Mazembe 8-0 Telkom Rayon 2-2 St George  Monday – May 17, 2010  URA 3-0 Sofapaka  Atraco 1-2 Simba  Tue 18-5-10 6 Vital’O v Mazembe  A Nyamirambo 2.00PmTue 18-5-10 7 Telkom v APR  A Nyamirambo 4.00Pm  Wed19-5-10 8 Simba v Sofapaka C Nyamirambo 2.00Pm
Wed19-5-10 9 URA v Atraco C Nyamirambo 4.00Pm  Thu 20-5-10 10 St. George Mafunzo B Nyamirambo 2.00Pm
Thu 20-5-10 11 Telkom v Vital’O A Nyamirambo 4.00Pm  Fri 21-5-10 12 URA v Simba C Nyamirambo 2.00Pm
Fri 21-5-10 13 Sofapaka v Atraco C Nyamirambo 4.00Pm
 Sat 22-5-10 14 Mafunzo v Rayon B Amahoro 3.00Pm
Sat 22-5-10 15 APR Vs Mazembe A Amahoro 5.00Pm Sun 23-5-10  REST DAY  ÂÂ
  QUARTER FINALS  ÂÂ
Mon 24-5-10 16 A1 Vs C3.  Amahoro TBD
Mon 24-5-10 17 C1 Vs B2   Amahoro TBD
Tue 25-5-10 18 B1 Vs A3  Amahoro TBD
Tue 25-5-10 19 C2 Vs A2  Amahoro TBD
  SEMI – FINALS  ÂÂ
Wed 26-5-10 20 Winner 16 Vs Winner 17  Amahoro 5.00Pm
Thur 27-5-10 21 Winner 18 Vs Winner 19  Amahoro 5.00Pm
Fri 28-5-10  REST DAY  ÂÂ
  Third Place Play off / Finals  ÂÂ
Sat 29-5-10 25 Loser 20 Vs Loser 21  Amahoro 3.00Pm
Sat 29-5-10 26 Winner 20 Vs Winner 21  Amahoro 5.00Pm
 The winner will pocket $30,000 while first and second runners-up will walk away with $20,000 and $10,000 respectively.
