06/03/2023
What comes into your mind when you hear about us, the Queens?
Gulu Queens Soccer Club is a soccer club specifically formed for professional female footballers. We are based in Awach Town Council, the District headquarters of Gulu, approximately 33km North East of Gulu city.
Gulu Queens was founded on the 22nd of August 2020, when the unprecedented horrendous Covid 19 was at its height. By then, every activity was put on hold as per the president’s directive to curb the spread of the virus. Therefore, as the teenage girls were home and had nothing they could do other than being redundant and roaming around, we thought it would be worthwhile to start a soccer club to keep them busy thus protecting them from many other contemporary social problems like early pregnancies, early marriages, etc.
Since the inception of the club, we have been able to register a lot of success stories, and significant development in the community as a result of our partnership with other external partners. We have secured scholarships for our players and others have just sat their UCE in 2022 while others are still in senior 2 and 3 and we’re still looking forward to securing a lot more scholarships for our players.
Meanwhile, we helped some of our players who were professionals in other fields join other institutions. One of the players was connected and joined the Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) Two are with Uganda Prison and one is now playing in Egypt.
These are what we thought should be brought to your knowledge, for now, we shall be able to bring you more information regarding every development as it unfolds. May the almighty God bless each and every one of you!