Kenya’s assistant referee Mary Wanjiru Njoroge has been picked to flag in the inaugural TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Champions League next month.The assistant referee was crowned the best in the FKF Premier League annual gala at the end of the previous season on top having made a historic appearance at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics where she was the second assistant referee in the quarterfinal pitting Great Britain and Australia.She is among the four match officials from the CECAFA zone who have been appointed to officiate at the first of its kind continental showpiece, the other three being Rwanda’s Salima Mukansanya, Lidya Tafesse Abebe of Ethiopia, and Burundi’s Suavis Iratunga.While the three are part of the 12 center referees appointed by the continental body, the Kenyan is also among the 13 assistant referees that have been entrusted with the task.The Championship will take place between November 5 and November 19th in Cairo, Egypt, with 8 teams drawn across the continental through zonal qualifiers taking part.Kenya’s Vihiga Queens FC will be flying both the country’s and the region’s flag at the competition after they emerged winners in the CECAFA Women’s Champions League zonal qualifier in September.The three-time KWPL champions are placed in Group B together with South Africa’s Mamelodi Sundowns, Morocco’s Asfar Club, and Nigeria’s Rivers United, and will open their campaign against the South Africans on November 6th at the Military Academy Stadium.#Tokyo2020 Five African female referees make Olympic history as they will officiate the quarter-final match:🇬🇧vs🇦🇺✅Salima Rhadia Mukansanga🇷🇼 ✅Mary Njoroge🇰🇪 ✅Patience Ndidi Madu Nigeria🇳🇬 ✅Bernadettar Kwimbira🇲🇼 ✅Maria Packuita Cynquela🇲🇺#itsTimeItsNow #CAFOnline pic.twitter.com/dm163vq7d1— CAF Media (@CAF_Media) July 28, 2021 Full list of match officials appointments;Referees: Salima Mukansanga (Rwanda), Lidya Tafesse Abebe (Ethiopia), Maria Packuita Cyquela Rivet (Mauritius), Karboubi Bouchra (Morocco), Madu Ndidi Patience (Nigeria), Amedome Vincentia Enyonam (Togo), Akona Zenith Makalima (South Africa), Ganouati Dorsaf (Tunisia), Shahenda Saad Ali Elmaghrabi (Egypt), Aissata Amadou Lam (Mauritania), Letticia Vianna (Eswatini), Suavis Iratunga (Burundi)Assistant referees: Kwimbira Bernadettar (Malawi), Rakotozafinoro Lidwine Pelagie (Masagascar), Queency Victoire (Mauritius), Jermoumi Fatiha (Morocco), Atezambong Fomo Carine (Cameroon), Fanta Idrissa Kone (Mali), Adia Isseu Cisse (Senegal), Atef Said Abdelfattah Yara (Egypt), Mary Njoroge (Kenya), Mimisen Agatha Iyorhe (Nigeria), Afine Houda (Tunisia), Diana Chikotescha (Zambia), Mona Mahmoud Atallah Mostafa (Egypt).Group A: Wadi Degla (Egypt), AS Mande (Mali), Malabo Kings FC (Equatorial Guinea), Hasaacas Ladies (Ghana)Group B: Vihiga Queens FC (Kenya), Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa), Asfar Club (Morocco), Rivers United (Nigeria)
