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Dispatches from inside the Uganda National Baseball League — match coverage, club profiles, and the stories the rest of the baseball internet hasn't found yet. Reported from the ground, published to the world.

Drop 01 · The Season Is Here

The season is underway.

The 2026 Uganda National Baseball League opened August 1 at Gayaza. Match reports, standings, and the first club kits all land here as the opening weeks unfold — subscribe to Field Notes and you'll miss none of it. Seven clubs in the Central League, four in the Northern, and a national championship October 29 – November 1 at Uganda–Japan Friendship Stadium, Gayaza. The Field covers all of it.

International · Club Friendlies

Cameroon came to Gayaza

Two international club friendlies are in the books — Cameroon vs. Gayaza BC and Cameroon vs. Panyadoli Self Help, played July 21. Full match footage is in the edit room now, and the recap drops with our first episode. This is what it looks like when a club player faces a foreign side for the first time.

Episode 1 — coming this week →

Season · Opening Day

The opener is in the books

Opening day is behind us and the Central League season is live — seven clubs, match days through early October, all roads leading to the national championship at Gayaza. The top four advance to the national championship.

Follow the season →

Championship · Oct 29 – Nov 1

Six clubs. Four days. Gayaza.

The top four from the Central League and the top two from the Northern tournaments meet at Uganda–Japan Friendship Stadium for the national title. The Northern road runs through Lira on August 28–29 and Nile Hammers' ground on September 26–27.

Championship-week coverage →

What The Field is publishing this season.

  • The Show — our episodic video series following the league from opening day to the championship, starting with the Cameroon friendlies and the story of how HELIOS became the league's international home.
  • Match-Day Dispatches — coverage across all seven Central League match days and both Northern tournament weekends (Lira, Aug 28–29 · Nile Hammers, Sep 26–27).
  • Eleven Clubs, Eleven Stories — club-by-club profiles: the crests, the grounds, the players who built them.
  • Homegrown — player features on the athletes who learned the game on these fields and what this season means for them.
  • Championship Week — long-form coverage of the October 29 – November 1 title series at Uganda–Japan Friendship Stadium, Gayaza.
  • Off-Season Dispatches — a winter editorial cycle leading into 2027, including the league's expansion club.