Country tally of points after 39th (91st) edition of the Saturday 26/03/2022 Practice Oware Tournament
1. Uganda 🇺🇬(21) - 629.5
2. Colombia 🇨🇴(12) - 261.0
3. United Kingdom 🇬🇧 (4) - 239.5
4. Nigeria 🇳🇬(9) - 238.0
5. Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬(6) - 161.0
6. Kazakhstan 🇰🇿(6) - 160.0
7. Belarus🇧🇾 (1) - 107.0
8. France 🇫🇷(4) - 90.0
9. Benin 🇧🇯(6) - 82
10. Czech Republic 🇨🇿(3) - 76.0
11. Ghana 🇬🇭(4) - 58.5
12. Germany 🇩🇪(1) - 53.0
13. China 🇨🇳 (3) - 32.5
14. Austria 🇦🇹(2) - 22.0
15. Cape Verde 🇨🇻(1) - 18.0
16. Spain 🇪🇸 (2) - 12.5
17. Poland 🇵🇱 (3) - 9.5
18. Ivory Coast 🇨🇮(1) - 8.5
19. Antigua & Barbuda 🇦🇬 (1) - 8.5
20. Costa Rica 🇨🇷 (1) - 7.0
21. Barbados 🇧🇧 (1) - 3.0
22. Italy 🇮🇹 (1) - 3.0
23. Russia 🇷🇺 (1) - 2.0
24. Togo 🇹🇬(1) - 1.0
*The numbers in the brackets indicate the number of players that have represented each country.*
Last week’s edition of the practice tournament (nations league) had 10 countries represented. Uganda 🇺🇬 represented by 5 players. Followed Colombia 🇨🇴 represented by 4. Then Bénin 🇧🇯 & Nigeria 🇳🇬represented by 3 players each. Ghana 🇬🇭 & Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 were represented by 2 players each. Finally Belarus 🇧🇾, Czech Republic 🇨🇿 Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬 & the UK 🇬🇧 were represented by one player each.
This week there were two changes in the nations league ranking order. Nigeria pulled ahead of the U.K. 🇬🇧 to place 3rd & Benin 🇧🇯 pulled ahead of Germany 🇩🇪 & secure 9th place. This week saw three new players participate in the tournament: ayirungo 🇬🇭 & sikandou 🇧🇯 & katoo3 🇧🇯, increasing those countries teams. This week the identity of kdc9042 has been revealed to be from Colombia 🇨🇴. The all time number of known countries represented still remains at 24.
As the end of this years league approaches with 13 editions to go, Team Uganda 🇺🇬 continues to pull ahead with an increased 368.5 points lead against Colombia, the nearest contender. This outcome so far and likely to remain has some lessons to teach us about life. That being, in life in the current paradigm, it is not the most knowledgeable, skilful or strongest that prevail but the most organised. Team Uganda’s 🇺🇬 performance certainly has highlighted this. Progress is best served by being cognisant of this.