Two Scorchers midfielders Leticia Chinyamula and Rose Kabzere have been nominated for the Inaugural Cosafa Awards Women’s Promising Player Award.

The two, who play for Central region-based Ascent Soccer Academy have been nominated alongside Zambian Esther Banda based on their performances both at national and club level in the year 2023.

Chinyamula played debut match for the Scorchers in September 2023 when Malawi played Seychelles in an international friendly match at Mpira Stadium in Blantyre. She was part of the Scorchers team that won the first ever Gold Medal at the 2023 Hollywoodbets Cosafa Women’s Championship playing four of the five matches and starting in three matches. She scored two goals in the competition. Locally, she helped her team win Silver in the 2023 Central Region FAM Women’s League having scored seven goals in the League.

Kabzere had her debut for the Scorchers at the 2022 Cosafa Women’s Championship. She was also part of the Scorchers team at the 2023 Cosafa and she started in three of the four matches that she featured scoring one goal. Kabzere scored eight goals for Ascent Academy in the 2023 Central Region FAM Women’s League.

According to the Cosafa, a winner in this and all categories will be unveiled at a Gala Awards Ceremony which will take place in Durban, South Africa on 19th April.

Apart from this category, other categories at the awards ceremony will include; Men’s Player of the Year, Women’s Player of the Year, Men’s Goalkeeper of the Year, Women’s Goalkeeper of the Year, Men’s Most Promising Player of the Year (aged 20 or under), Male Coach of the Year, Female Coach of the Year, Male Referee of the Year and Female Referee of the Year.