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Davis Matanda powered his way through to the Boys U12 singles quarterfinals of the ITF/CAT KIA Motors Junior Competitions in Mahe, Seychelles, trouncing Denzel Laporte 6-0 6-0. His team mate, Antony Hoka followed suite, easily flying past Arnold Mein (Seychelles) 6-1 6-1 to set up a quarterfinal match against Reunion Number 2 and third seed, Samuel Verbard, where he lost 6-0 6-0. Davis Matanda In Action Matanda later played against Seychelles number 2 and fourth seed Shaun Andriamaro, losing in a long tough quarterfinal match that was not reflected in the final scores, 1-6, 1-6. Both boys finally settled on position 7 (David) and 8 (Antony). Davis and Antony partnered to beat Noah Jean-Louis/Christian Payet (Seychelles) 6-3 6-2 to reach the boys doubles semi-finals, where they met Damien/Shaun (sey), losing 1-6, 3-6. They then went on to overpower Seychelles to win Kenya their first bronze medal of the boys under 12s this year. The boys singles champion was Damien La

Safari Sevens 2010 semi-finalists and 2012 quarter-finalists, the Grenoble University,   stopped to run a rugby clinic at Sadili Oval Sports Academy and a visit to the Kibera Slums on the 21 st of September 2012.  The youthful team, which is managed by a charismatic coach and team manager, Monsieur Pierre Chaix, arrived at the Academy at 1430 hours and quickly set on running the excited academy players through the paces. Amongst the skills taught by the Grenoble University players were passing off the ground, the ruck, the scrum down and the line out. When reached for comments on how he thought of the skill levels in the rugby academy, professional rugby player and captain of the Grenoble sevens side in this year’s Safari Sevens was quick to post a positive one, saying “these kids have improved three-fold of what they were last year, they are now aware of the competitive side of rugby and can not only pass the ball but also play a match against us.” At 1600 hours, the team

BU-8 & GU-8 POOL A Natanya Okongo v/s Annie Karanu 5/11    Natanya Okongo v/s Tsarj Onyango 11/8 Natanya Okongo v/s Stanlas Roumeguere 5/11 Annie Karanu v/s Tsarj Onyango 9/11 Annie Karanu v/s Stanlas Roumeguere 9/11 Tsarj Onyango v/s Stanlas Roumeguere 3/11             1 st Stanlas Roumeguere 2 nd Annie Karanu POOL B Austin Muhuza v/s Patel Ambecha 11/7 Austin Muhuza v/s Phnice Asengo 11/8 Austin Muhuza v/s Austin Katiech 11/10 Austin Muhuza v/s Martha Achieng 11/9 Patel Ambecha v/s Phance Asengo 11/9 Patel Ambecha v/s Austin Katiech 11/9 Patel Ambecha v/s Martha Achieng 8/11 Phance Asengo v/s Austin Katiech 11/8 Phance Asengo v/s Martha Achieng 9/11 Austin Katiech v/s Martha Achieng 10/11 1 st Austin Muhuza 2 nd Martha Achieng SEMIS Stanlas Roumeguere v/s Martha Achieng 11/4 Austin Muhuza v/s Annie Karanu 10/11 FINALS Stanlas Roumeguere v/s Annie Karanu 11/4 Winner: Stanlas Roumeguere Runner-up: Annie Karanu GU-10 Belinda Awino v/s Lordel Adera 0/4 Belinda Awino v/s Faith