The 2018/19 StarTimes Uganda Premier League monthly Awards for March 2019 took place on Monday morning at Kati Kati Bar & Restaurant, off Lugogo By-Pass in Kampala.
URA FC Head Coach Sam Ssimbwa and Kirinya Jinja SSS midfielder David Bagoole were named the Pilsner Coach and Player for the month of March 2019 respectively.
David Bagoole beat KCCA’s Nicholas Kasozi and Cromwell Rwothomio of URA FC to the top gong.
Bagoole scored two goals in March, against Nyamityobora and SC Villa and picked up one man of the match performance.
Sam Ssimbwa won the Pilsner Coach of the month of March after his side’s impressive run in the Uganda Premier League which saw his side pip Mbarara City to the third position.
Ssimbwa managed two wins (against Express and Paidha Black Angels) and one draw (against BUL FC) out of the three league games.
The Tax Collectors coach beat Mike Mutebi of KCCA FC and Tooro United’s Wasswa Bbosa to the award.
Both coach Ssimbwa and David Bagoole walked away with a reward of one million Ugandan shillings.
At the start of this season, Pilsner Lager signed a partnership deal worth 450m Ugx with the StarTimes Uganda Premier League to award the competition’s best players and coaches for the next three years.
The awards are named ‘Pilsner man of the match award’ and the monthly awards named ‘Pilsner player of the month award’ and ‘Pilsner coach of the month award’.
The Pilsner man of the match walks away with one hundred thousand shillings (Ugx 100,000) after every match.
