Sports
The Awkward Squad
This photo was taken at Lenana School Nairobi; previously Duke of York School, in front of Delamere House.
While strictly speaking not an M File, I feel that this time and place in history resonates well with our Founding Era.
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The Power of Sports
Sport is a lot more than dirty kit, sweaty bodies and broken bones. Sport has within it, the power to entertain and teach, and in the process create avenues for sustainable progression in communities.
In Kenya the Rugby Super Series, brings together top players from the premier rugby clubs in the country and places them in [...]
Try Time!!!
In September 2008, the Kenya Women’s Rugby National Seven a Side team put on a gallant fight in the Womens Rugby World Cup Sevens Qualifiers and came in third. Unfortunately, only the top two made it through to the Rugby World Cup in Dubai in 2009.
Kenya were the only team to score against South Africa, [...]
LONG VERSUS SHORT: which way for Kenyan Rugby?
It has been argued that fifteens rugby in Kenya is suffering because we have concentrated on the sevens version without thinking through the progression to the fifteens code. Are we right to constantly invest so much time and energy into the more viable sevens rugby or should we now regroup and turn our attention [...]
DRIVING THE MACHINE
While in residential camp, the 1976 University of Nairobi rugby squad for the East Africa University games watched the 1974 Hollywood blockbuster “The Longest Yard”. Starring Burt Reynolds as Paul Crewe, the movie was about a convicted American Football player who despite having been asked by the wardens to throw the game in return for [...]
RED TOUCH RUGBY
It was smooth sailing for the MOB until they met Avandu Chinkororo Strong RFC, the MOB chairman’s team of choice. Confident that her boys would make it to the finals without her, the Chairman had opted to turn out for her family. The MOB would have to beat Avandu Chinkororo Strong RFC to earn a [...]
EMMANUEL LUBEMBE
After five rings Emman picks up his phone and sounds truly happy to hear my voice. He engages me in a discussion on the recently concluded Safari Sevens tournament and for a moment I forget my reason for calling. Such is the character of Emmanuel Lubembe; engaging and friendly. Read more here
A TRIBUTE TO THE ROCK OF KENYAN RUGBY
Thirty years since its inception, Mwamba Rugby Football Club continues to prove its commitment to creating milestones in Kenyan rugby and has surmounted great odds to emerge as one of the top clubs in the local league.
The word “mwamba” is Kiswahili for “rock”, which signifies stability, firmness and dependability; the precise words that describe Mwamba [...]
WEEKLY RAMBLE
I do not agree with the Rugby Kenya blog argument on the poor maintenance of the rugby pitch at the Rugby Football Union of East Africa headquarters, postponement of games due to unavailability of players and suspension of league matches during the national teams international fixtures.
It is true that the rugby pitch that hosted the [...]
THE UNION OF KENYAN RUGBY
While rugby management in Kenya is probably not without its in-house squabbles, the Kenya Rugby Football Union has to be by far, the best run sports body in the country and is no doubt the primary reason for the current success enjoyed by the sport in Kenya.
The Union board is made up of individuals who [...]
