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Saturday 3 rd June 2017 saw a record 96 children from various parts of Nairobi, mainly Kibera, gather at Sadili Oval grounds for the Sadili 8-series challenge 4. The weather was perfect, and it was quite evident that the kids had put their best foot forward and were all determined to win. The results were as follows: U-6 Boys Green Team Moses Mkoa Vs Clinton Onyango 7/5 Winner: Moses Mkoa Red Team Eugene Michael vs Moses Ekisa 7/4 Eugene Michael vs Joseph Odhiambo 7/5 Victor Aswa vs Eugene Michael 4/7 Victor Aswa vs Joseph Odhiambo 7/6 Moses Ekisa vs Joseph Odhiambo 5/7 Victor Aswa vs Moses Ekisa 7/1 Joseph Odhiambo vs Brandon Mlama 4/6 Brandon Mlama vs Victor Aswa 7/6 Brandon Mlama vs Eugene Michael 2/7 Moses Ekisa vs Brandon Mlama 4/7 Winner: Eugene Michael Runner up: Victor Mlama U-6 Girls Red Team Gladys Kaimbi Vs Marion Melvin 2/7 Gladys Kaimbi vs Britney Osodo 7/4 Gladys Kaimbi vs Tracy Njeri 5/7 Marion Melvin vs Tracy Njeri 7/4 Marion Melvin vs Britney Osodo 7/4 Britn...

Karen Country Club will be holding a tennis tournament in aid of the construction of the Kibera tennis play space.  The event is scheduled for tomorrow, 3rd Nov 2012 from 1.30  pm at the prestigious Karen Country Club, along Karen Rd.  The funds raised are aimed at grading the ground where the kids train in the first phase of the establishment of the Kibera Tennis Center. Together with the Local community, Sadili Oval will be coordinating the project.  At the moment this is just a sloping piece of land that needs a retaining wall and levelling.  Players will also bring any racquets, sports clothing etc that they no longer need. Why Kibera? Over the years, Sadili Oval Sports Academy has been working to promote tennis as sport to the local people. Through these efforts, Kibera slums has continuously boasted talent to reckon with, especially in the under 18 yrs players. This project will therefore create a more convenient space for more children to develop the...

Ronald Pothuizen, a director of kids tennis company, Evolve9, came to Kenya to run a tennis course for Tennis Tens coaches at Sadili Oval in 2010, and fell in love with the many children in our program, who attempted to play tennis on the side of a hill near Katwekera in Kibera with bats and old tennis balls. He committed immediately committed to building them four mini-courts at Sadili Oval, about 8 minutes away. The courts, when finished, would form a kids & fun centre, giving poor kids and their firends a chance to learn tennis, and learn about life too, by attending the community library nearby. The ground-breaking took place mid this year, and the excavation completed. This has been followed by filling with stone, machine compression, filling with murram and rolling with plenty of water. Then we have been ensuring that the surface is levelled and cared for as we await further fundraising through different ways to have the three final layers done, which will cost another 5,...