Ngong Shine At Mashujaa Tourney
The Mashujaa Day tournament was hosted by the Community Rugby Association (COMRAS) on Thursday 20 October 2016, attracting over 200 players in the various categories up for grabs.
Ngong RFC defeated hosts COMRAS 22-3 to claim the senior men’s 15s aside category but ceded the 10s crown to COMRAS by way of a 24-5 defeat.
Muhuru Muchiri lifted the schools’ crown with a 12-7 result over Runda as Ngong swept the board in the girls’ age grade competitions, emerging victorious in the U10, U12 and U14 categories.
Collated Final Results
Under10
Bulbul 10 vs Runda 5
Under 12
Ngong 15 vs Arise 5
Under 14
Arise 7 vs Runda 0
Schools category
Muhuri 12 vs Runda 7
Senior Men
Fifteens
Ngong 22 vs Comras 3
Seniors
Tens
Comras 24 vs Ngong 5
Girls
Under 10
NgongA 5 vs Matasia 0
Under 12
Ngong A 10 vs Matasia 5
Under 14
Ngong 10 vs Arise 5
Under 18
Comras 13 vs Hidden talent 5
Sarries Brace For New Season
The kenyacup.co.ke team recently caught up with Fred Ollows, Director of Rugby at Resolution Impala Saracens who gave his insights ahead of the new Kenya Cup season.
Commenting on his side’s preparations ahead of the new season, Ollows said, “We’ve worked on a similar pre-season structure as last season. The only difference is that last year’s pre-season programme had a lot more time – 12 weeks. However, winning the Impala Floodlit tournament tells us that, by relative standards, we’re on track.”
Impala celebrate their recent Floodies win/Photo/Impala Saracens
With kickoff set for Saturday 5 November 2016, Ollows, a member of the all conquering Impala side of the early 2000s said, “The league is bound to be very competitive. Teams are looking stronger and fitter at this point of the Season, compared to last year – which, make no mistake, was already quite competitive. At this stage, the only sensible goal is to make the knockout cut. Incidentally, we’re grateful that the KRU has listened to our concerns to reduce the length of the league.”
Ollows had this to say about the playing unit, “We have two former Strathmore University forwards with us already – Anthony Orege and James Kubasu. They are Impala old boys anyway and we’re happy to have them back. It’s always a good thing to stock forwards.”
“Several players got injured, some on international duty, and are on rehab – Robert Aringo, Samuel Motari, Innocent Simiyu, Billy Omondi and Hosea Ngesa. Simiyu has gone on to become the Kenya Sevens coach. Otherwise, we expect the team to remain potent. We play an open brand but, remember this is premised on forwards doing their bit. Our setpiece continues to grow and we’re very dependent on our ESS and Nationwide feeders.”
They open their league campaign with a home fixture against Nondescripts. View the full fixtures HERE
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