name; okowa george magana
posi; wing
school; the nairobi school
honours; national champ 15's 2006
nairobi province champ 15's 06
east and central africa champ 06
nairobi province sevens 06
kenya u19
new blad captain
name; okowa george magana
posi; wing
school; the nairobi school
honours; national champ 15's 2006
nairobi province champ 15's 06
east and central africa champ 06
nairobi province sevens 06
kenya u19
itthe blakkies made a rousing performance in their first match of the innagural nairobi north varsity cup round robin knock out tournament with a hard fought 19-0 win over new comers KCA.Next they faced the george odipo led JKUAT cougars at the latter's home ground where after a 7-7 deadlock at halftime the hard hitting jkuat side came away with a 19-7 victory.Notable casualties of the physical encounter were a concused indimuli and v.chwea's shoulder dislocation early on in the first half
blad shuts out k.c.a
the blakkies overcame kenya college of accountacy 19-0 over the weekend with vincent chwea among the tries..
BLAD OVERCOMES NAKURU
Mwamba cup 26.9.09
BlakBlad 14 Nakuru II 0
JKUAT 10 USIU 8
Nondies II 0 strath II 19
Kisumu 46 Machine II
BlakBlad 14 Nakuru II 0
JKUAT 10 USIU 8
Nondies II 0 strath II 19
Kisumu 46 Machine II
the Kevin o'Byrne legacy
Kevin O'Byrne was outstanding on the sports field, having been captain of rugby, soccer and tennis when he was in university. The same enthusiasm was directed into Kenyan sports and the moment he landed here, Harlequins Rugby Football Club took him on as a scrum- half after hearing news of his exploits in the Irish league. He virtually introduced the sport to black Kenyans who had never played the game before but got a chance after he exposed them to the Nairobi club scene. Steve Robi who played club rugby in the league explained, "Just before I finished high school back in 1967, he would take me, Ishmael Ramadhan, Lewis Maina and Hakeem Folami to the rugby clubs for exposure. Soon we started playing for Harlequins RFC and ended up being the first black Kenyans to do so.Another former student Leslie Mwachiro, who plied his trade for Impala RFC explained Kevin's efforts to erase the prejudice in the game, "In 1974 he was instrumental in the formation of Miro RFC which was the first all black rugby team in the league. It later evolved into Mean Machine of Nairobi University and Blak Blad of Kenyatta University as the members were also university students. These grew into Mwamba after we graduated"
blak blad in crises as kenyatta university closes
recent violent rioting by students of kenyatta university has inadvertently meant the death of the taem's xv season.gone is the chairmans cup and contesting in the annual floodlights along with the union's eric shierly shield seems highly unlikely the longer the school is closed.there's a real possibillity of no xv rugby for the rest of the year until the sevens season begin.these developments may retard all the growth expirienced in the programme since the current kenya xv coach,mike'tank'otieno ,ressurected the team in the late nineties from the old division 3 right up to the top flight in 1996 setting the foundations for all our future sucess.the hope is that the impasse ends in a timely fashion and the season get back on track for such a gifted team that holds the promise of a trophy or two this year
damu pevu hammer blak blad
traditionally every year,alumni rugby players of the ku.men's varsity team square off with the institution's current team.the usually competitive affair is followed by a few drinks washed down with old war stories from the elders about their time playing for blad.the previous match was carried by the varsity lads thanks to dubious decisions by one cal biko,this year the wazee's wised up and out foxed their much younger opponents using the brute force of the fowards marshalled by big sam litaba.micheal andiva didnot dissapoint,his runs caused havoc that the likes of lawrence tesot ,oddly playing at prop, profited greatly from.the few times the ball went out to the backs,jack otieno,nick yauma,vic wachira,and e.oganga exploited cal biko's devastating bursts of pace and power..late on,wen old age crept on the old ,felix wawire dived over for two face saving tries,had he not,the lads would have never lived down a 65-0 hiding
blad scorch moi
it was a case of reversed roles as the blakkies burnt the arsonist for pace and power over the weekend.moi could not stem the tide as wave after wave of attacks nullified any thoughts the latter had of repeating last year's upset win at the blad bin.whats remarkable isn't the 50 points racked up by the victorius blakkies,it's the manner in which a team full of freshmen blanked the highly rated arsonist for nought even with the distinct size diadvantage.blad just ran at them from everywhere.inthe the end that's set up the pre season win
arsonists vs blad
tommorow blad welcome moi university's arsonist to the blad bin as the blakkies prepare for forthcoming assignment.the physically abrasive asornist style will be the first of its kind sure to severly test blad's open fliud style..never the less a positive result is the bare minimum demaned by the blad faithfull.kick off is at 3.30 pm..
damu pevu vs blad
the annual cash with the club's alumni will be held on 7th march 2009 at the blad bin with a dinner later on in the evening..its something worth looking foward to especialy with the wazees out to restore normal transmission after their 2007 loss.no doubt their ranks will be boosted by the elegibility of rodney anami,melvin obadha and william odhiambo whose backrow play was fundermental to the programme's success in ther previous 4 years.lawrence 'amy'tesot will also be a welcome introduction to the wazee set up which had been starved for pace out wide but coupled with calvins biko's entry at 15 and jay yauma at 10..the blakkies may face their biggest challenge yet from the old farts
blad turns 30 but...
30 years ago,blad was born but lack of funds meant the annual end of year match and dinner was pushed to early january next year..sorry guys
inter years 08
as per tradition,the freshmen collided with the seniors in the annual inter years.the seniors really rode their luck.surviving a late surge from the more inexpirienced but nevertheless dangerous fresh men to draw the match 10-10
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