mCheza to host sevens rugby festival
Nairobi News Reporter
@nairobi_news
Gaming platform MCHEZA has launched a rugby sevens festival aimed at supporting and accelerating the high performance and development of the game among the youth in Kenya.
The festival dubbed mCHEZA Rugby 7s Festival will be held on 25th June 2016 at the Rugby Football Union of East Africa grounds, Ngong Road.
At the same time, the organisers have also announced that Kenya sevens national team coach Benja Ayimba and a number of national team players will be involved in the festival. Eight players in the national team- Frank Wanyama, Oscar Ayodi, Collins Injera, Humphrey Kayange, Andrew Amonde, Oscar Ouma, Willy Ambaka and Biko Adema- will each coach a team for two days, before competing at the tournament.
While announcing the partnership, mCHEZA Chief Executive Officer Peter Karimi expressed excitement at hosting the festival as it met the organization’s key pillars of identifying, nurturing and appreciating talented players.
He added, “This is the first of many more exciting tournaments we will host together with one of Africa’s best rugby teams; as mCHEZA, and we hope to keep this tradition to become one of the most formidable countries to watch out for in rugby.”
mCHEZA Director Julie Gichuru echoed Peter’s sentiments saying, “The Kenyasevens team is setting a great example for the country. Our youth need positive role models and the mentorship role that the Shujaa heroes will play through the mCHEZA 7s Rugby Tournament is remarkable. As mCHEZA we are delighted to take these role models and connect them to young players.”
On his part, Kenya National 7s Team Coach Benjamin Ayimba appreciated mCHEZA’s support in ensuring that Kenya is on a continuous winning streak with the identification of new talent. He appreciated the players for dedicating their time to raise a stronger pool of talent to select for the national team.
“The players have dedicated their time and expertise to enable a younger, stronger crop of players emerge from the festival. This is the first time the Shujaas will be competing against each other, but with a common goal of strengthening the Kenya team,” said Benjamin.
