{"id":15442,"date":"2019-11-29T03:05:11","date_gmt":"2019-11-29T03:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/?p=15442"},"modified":"2019-11-29T03:25:31","modified_gmt":"2019-11-29T03:25:31","slug":"polack-is-named-october-coach-of-the-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/polack-is-named-october-coach-of-the-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Polack is named October coach of the month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/polack-sjak-Oct-19.jpg\" width=\"466\" height=\"960\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Coach Steve Polack has earned a well deserved accolade forllowing a series of excellent results.<\/p>\n<p>Additional reporting from the Nation<\/p>\n<p>Gor Mahia tactician Steven Polack has scooped the Fidelity Insurance Coach of the Month Award for October following a pulsating run of victories that kept the defending champions atop the league summit.<\/p>\n<p>The Brit guided K\u2019Ogalo to three victories in three matches, trouncing Nzoia Sugar 2-0, before narrowly dispatching struggling Zoo and Kariobangi Sharks each by a solitary goal.<\/p>\n<p>During an award ceremony at the team\u2019s training ground on Thursday in Nairobi, the tactician received a personalized plaque and Sh75000 courtesy of the insurer and follows in the footsteps of the last four Gor Mahia coaches who have landed the gong since its inception.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m humbled to receive a personal award for the team&#8217;s performance in October. I have to thank them for putting in hard work because I would not have got it. It is encouraging during such tough times to be awarded,&#8221; he said<\/p>\n<p>Polack was shoulders above other coaches in the running for the October award with his 100 percent record that earned his team nine points.<\/p>\n<p>He was trailed by KCB coach Zedekiah Otieno who earned the bankers seven points from two victories and a draw.<\/p>\n<h3>Wellington Ochieng is back<\/h3>\n<p>Full back Wellington Ochieng who has missed several matches due to injury will be available for selection when Gor Mahia take on Ulinzi this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>[Ochieng] is fit to return and I expect him to train with us on Wednesday same as [Muguna] who seems to have recovered from the injury which kept him out of the Bandari match,\u201d Polack told goal.com on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cApart from the two, only keeper Patrick Odhiambo is still out. He is struggling with a shoulder injury and is still far away from making a comeback. We also have keeper David [Mapigano] back after missing the matches against Kakamega Homeboyz and Bandari.<\/p>\n<p>Also returning is goalkeeper Robert Mapigano who will now face intense competition from the on-form Boniface Oluoch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRemember [Mapigano] arrived late from Tanzania where he was with the national team for Afcon duty and Boniface [Oluoch] did very well during his absence. 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