Written By | Alex Mbamanya
FEASSA holders St Noa, has pulled out of the 2026 edition due in Morogoro, Tanzania
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Kampala
The Federation of East Africa Secondary Schools Sports Association (FEASSA) girls' football defending champions, St Noa Girls Secondary School, will not travel to Morogoro, Tanzania, to defend their title after the Ugandan side announced its withdrawal from this year's championship.
Details surrounding the surprise withdrawal were not immediately available. However, a statement from the Uganda Secondary Schools Sports Association (USSSA) confirmed that the Wakiso-based girls' football giants will not be part of Uganda's contingent to Tanzania.
USSSA immediately named a replacement, with quarter-finalists Jinja Progressive Academy (JIPRA) selected as the fourth Ugandan representative. JIPRA will join national champions Rines Secondary School, runners-up Boni Consilii Girls Vocational Secondary School, and bronze medallists Amus College School in the quest to retain the title Uganda has held since 2019.
Last year in Kakamega, Kenya, St Noa defeated Kawempe Muslim Secondary School 1-0 to equal Kawempe's record of three FEASSA girls' football titles. Since neither Kawempe Muslim nor St Noa will participate in this year's tournament, both schools will remain tied on three titles until at least the 2027 edition.
Kawempe Muslim first won the FEASSA girls' football title in 2012 in Burundi, ending Kenya's dominance of the competition. The school went on to reclaim the title in 2019 in Arusha, Tanzania, and again in 2023 in Huye, Rwanda.
St Noa has enjoyed remarkable success in the post-COVID era, winning its maiden FEASSA title in 2022 in Arusha before successfully defending it in 2024 in Uganda and 2025 in Kakamega, Kenya, bringing its total to three championships.
Boni Consilii (red) beat Jinja Progressive Academy in the national quarterfinals in Mukono in April
At the 23rd edition of the FEASSA Games, Uganda will be represented by approximately 2,200 athletes competing across all 24 sporting disciplines.
Uganda enters the tournament as the overall defending champion, having claimed the overall FEASSA title for a fifth consecutive time in Kakamega, Kenya, last year.
