Madira Girls’ School team, the Soccer Assassins- were on Sunday afternoon crowned the overall champions of the FKF Women’s Division One league following an emphatic 4-1 victory over Kibera Soccer Ladies in the final matchup played at the Rift Valley Technical Institute grounds.Both teams – who had already earned promotion into the Kenya Women’s Premier League – were on a collision course to determine which team topped the Division One league, with the Zone B Champions subsequently carrying the day.##NAJAVA_MECA_7409433##Both teams started the match off at a high tempo, stating their intent very early on in the match. However, Kibera Ladies were the ones to open the scoring, as they went ahead through a Maximila Robi strike in the 18th minute.Shortly after a swift attack by Soccer Assassins resulted in a penalty being awarded, Charity Midema stepped up but Kaguta Esnas pulled out a save to deny her.Bungoma Queens promoted to Kenya Women’s Premier LeagueMidema however made up for her miss by opening the scoring for her side in the 24th minute.Valerie Nekesa was at hand to score in the 31st minute, giving her side a halftime lead, before adding a second late in the 82nd minute, to round off the comfortable win for the school girls after Faith Atieno had scored a third for the side.With the win, Madira, who were on Saturday crowned the new Safaricom Chapa Dimba Vihiga county champions, will be making their debut in the women’s top-flight, with their squad predominantly made up of students – which in itself makes it a remarkable feat.Madira Soccer, Ebwali Boys crowned Vihiga County Safaricom Chapa Dimba championsKibera Soccer Ladies on the other hand, are no strangers to the topflight, capping off a significant season as Zone A league winners and secured third place in the 2023 FKF Women’s Cup.For their efforts, both champions get a prize money of 500,000 shillings.The other team making it to the 2023-24 WPL sides will be Bungoma Queens, who emerged winners after defeating Uweza Women on post-match penalties (6-5) after a 1-1 draw at fulltime.
