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Sadili Rugby Academy Kenya: Sadili Rugby In First Safari Sevens Appearance

Sadili Rugby Academy Kenya: Sadili Rugby In First Safari Sevens Appearance : On Thursday 19th September 2013, Sadili Oval Rugby Under 14 Team took part at the Safaricom Rugby Sevens at Moi Sports Center ,Kasara...

Sadili Rugby Lifts Obelix Bowl

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Sadili Rugby Academy shocked and left many struggling to collect their jaws last Saturday during the Obelix sevens staged at the Braeburn Garden estate school, Nairobi. The team comprised of junior players from Kibera of average age of 14, managed to post scores which many former Kenya Sevens players and rugby fanatics present at the venue lauded. Pool stages In the pool stage, the team took off to a flying start with a 3-0 thrashing of Red Land Roses 1. The second match however took a different turn for the team when they lost a narrow 3-2 to Naivasha nuts, a match which was filled with emotional jibe from the Nuts players who were trailing 2-0 by half time. It is considerate to state that the players were a little immature in containing the Nuts’ mental play; something that will surely propagate in them as they grow in the sport. In the last match of the pool stages, the boys managed to put up a spirited fight against Les Gaulois 1, a team comprised of current Kenya Cup players and s...

Sadili Rugby Academy Kenya: Sadili Bids Fond Goodbye To Rugby Coach Jérôme Alf...

Sadili Rugby Academy Kenya: Sadili Bids Fond Goodbye To Rugby Coach Jérôme Alf... : Today, we say a fond farewell to Jérôme Alfonsi, with a small rugby training session.  We have known Jérôme for the...

THE GOOD, THE HOPEFUL AND THE WISH LIST

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The Good? 5 players from Sadili qualified to represent East Africa in the Africa Junior Tennis Championships this month! Olivier Kigotho (Kenya), Josephat Garo (Kenya), Chizi Mutsumi (Kenya), Shabani Kabura (Burundi) and Sada Nahimana (Burundi). That puts us in equal footing with the ITF team and ahead of the country teams! We were staidfied that, between studies and tennis, our young players performed very well, and will continue to grow their game. The results of the Kenya National Examinations in both primary in secondary school was fair, and all the students have been absorbed back into our academy school, Malezi or in other good high schools. 78% of those who completed the high school made the pass mark to seek local training and or get into a college (if they are successful in getting a sponsor for the nest level). We have found our first Learning Partner – Legacy Youth Tennis and Education Foundation of Philadelphia, and we have launched an exchange tennis, cultural exchange an...