A successful North 5 Bonanza excites NRFA

The Northern Region Football Association says it is happy with how successful the NBS Bank North Five Bonanza has ended in Rumphi over the weekend.

The Association's Chairperson, Masiya Manda, said this on the final day of three day tournament which started on Friday upto Sunday and thanked the Sponsors for the colourful tourney.

"These kind of tournaments mostly lacks funding but we thank NBS Bank for coming in to help us. I hope every team now knows where to work on before the commencement of the League." Said Manda.

Meanwhile, Chairperson for the organising committee of the tournament, Alupheyo Chipanga, said the objectives of the tournament were met.

" We wanted to help our teams in the preparation for the new season, secondly we wanted to welcome Songwe Border with goals and also them scoring theirs and finally giving a chance to other brands to advertise their products of which everything went well." He said.

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Karonga United FC are the champions of the NBS Bank North Five Bonanza after finishing top of the standings with 9 points from 4 games.

Their triumph was confirmed after Mzuzu City Hammers narrowly beat Moyale Barracks 1-2 in the very last game of the tournament meaning Hammers missed a chance to defend the title.

Karonga managed to beat Chitipa United, Moyale Barracks and Songwe Border United and only lost to Mzuzu City Hammers in the three day Bonanza.

Meanwhile, Hammers have finished second with 9 points as well after managing to beat every opponent except rookies, Songwe Border United which has finished third with 6 points having beaten Chitipa and Mzuzu City Hammers but lost Moyale and Hammers.

Moyale Barracks have finished fourth with a win against Songwe Border United, a draw against Chitipa United and two defeats in hands of Karonga United and Mzuzu City Hammers whereas Chitipa United anchor the table with a point after drawing one and losing three matches.