All tournaments that have been held have been hosted successfully and due to its success there has been demand for this initiative to be introduced to the other parts of the country.
Today, as we move towards the final preparations of the 9th edition of the Men's Super 8 tournament, Extreme Sports Management would like to finally roll out a pilot women edition that will first be played in Nairobi and thereafter will roll out to the rest of the Country.
Extreme Sports Management Ltd will be pumping a total of Ksh 1 Million towards the Super 8 Women Soccer Tournament, which will kick off on the 26th of July 2011 in various venues in Nairobi.
Of the total amount of Ksh 1 Million, Ksh Three Hundred Thousand (Khs 300,000/=) will go towards prize money to the winning teams, while the rest will be used for logistics, administration and marketing of the tournament.
The prize structure is as follows
Constituency stage
1st team 15,000
2nd team 10,000
3rd team 5,000
Total 30,000 by 8 constituency = 240,000
Super 8 stage
1st team 20,000
2nd team 15,000
3rd team 10,000
Super 8 stage Total 45,000
Golden boot award 15,000
Grand Total 300,000
Women football has never been taken seriously at any one time in the history of football in Kenya. Women footballers have always been taken as an afterthought and it is quite absurd that since Kenya's independence we have not been able to develop Women football the way the Men's football has been developed.
With the inaugural Super 8 Women tournament, Extreme Sports Ltd believes it will set the stage of moving women football from one off tournaments to the setting up of a permanent women league that will see Women teams compete along the same lines as our established men teams who are actively involved in the various leagues taking place in the country.
The inaugural Super 8 women soccer tournament that kicks off this month will use the same concept that the Men's edition has being using.
The women's Super 8 soccer tournament is a challenge to Kenyan football officials that there is quite a lot that needs to be done in the development of football in Kenya and that football is not just for Men but football is also for women and the youth. The current football structure has been unfair and has not invested in a system that sees both the Women and Youth leagues develop giving an opportunity to them to grow within the system.
It is our belief that there are many talented Kenyans out there who have not been given the opportunity to showcase their skills and this event will provide a stage for both the players and clubs/teams to be discovered.
Just like the Men's edition, the success of this tournament will lead to direct and indirect employment opportunities in areas such as sports management services, recruitment of match officials, advertising industry, security and casual labourers, just to mention a few.
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