It is the final weekend of the season,and much has been said by me over the past months, before we resume next season my friends and I will change the face of rugby in Kenya, for it has reached a time when words do not help and so action is the only option. Hope the KRU elections will be free and fair. Today i am humbled as I stand up and pay tribute to those who have made it to the 'Murabwa's Awards'.
THE WINNERS
- KRU - for making it all possible, though I have issues with you.
-BEST CLUB - QUINS, though it pains me that you are, but who can say you did not show your superiority with each game.
-MEAN MACHINE - for fighting to the bitter end,that is what sportmanship is all about.
-NONDIES - MOST DISAPPOINTING CLUB, you have forgotten where you come from and you are two times lucky.
-BEST PLAYER KENYA CUP - NICK BARASA[quins], you are a beauty to watch at centre, dazzling runs, deft skills, hard tackles and raw power.
- BEST PLAYER ESS- KEN MOSETI [ homeboyz], you are a person your team can always rely on.
-THE FANS - you make it all worth it.
Lets meet next season.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Thursday, February 3, 2011
LONG DOES NOT MEAN FOREVER
Am informed that my grammar needs to be worked on, and thus i will burn the midnight oil to ensure that i improve.
For the longest of time we have praised our prowess in the 7's and proudly worn the National team jersey and thronged the stands during Safaricom sevens us it is now known, as we moved from being giant killers to Giants, a sense of arrogance crept in, the team and union officials were afraid to change the squad since it seemed to be performing and this led to the most experienced side in the IRB sevens circuit to become complacent as they knew their places in the team, was assured.
I did not have the pleasure of watching the matches but the results i have seen seem to indicate that we lost all our group games.
'' long does not mean forever.'' we have for a long time been living in a bubble and finally it busted on our faces, the lads at the union if they have any irk of passion for the game left, must be asking themselves, why? oh why? Am no guru or legend, just a stupid,weak and non-achieving rugby fan, but who lives, eats , and breaths rugby. So i might be wrong but this is my two cent worth, on the plight of 7's rugby in Kenya.
Gentlemen, a lot has been said about what ails rugby in Kenya by me or others out there, so to day I WILL NOT BOTHER YOU WITH A LIST FOR I UNDERSTAND YOU ARE VERY BUSY MEN. I will just state that which I think is the root cause of the problem. In this age and time of the technological revolution, instant millionaires,crash courses,fast foods, instant messaging and social networking sites , PATIENCE as a virtue has lost its allure and gotten thrown out of the window, to give way for instant gratification.
The success of the sevens team in the last decade, I have always attributed purely to the talent of the players and not at the coaching staff, clubs initiative or structures in place.
''Talent can only take you this far but not any further.'' as my high school teacher used to tell us back home in western. The player's talent has reached optimum and the only way forward, is for the clubs and the union to put up development and monitoring structures at the grassroots, to ensure the tapping of talent at an early stage and more importantly, the monitoring of the player's development in terms of international standards of progress, a change of coaching staff which i think has done a great job though their time is up will be the final pieces to complete the puzzle, together with a health dose of patience.
ALL THE BEST IN THE USA, CARRY OUR FLAG HIGH AS ALWAYS. SO LONG
For the longest of time we have praised our prowess in the 7's and proudly worn the National team jersey and thronged the stands during Safaricom sevens us it is now known, as we moved from being giant killers to Giants, a sense of arrogance crept in, the team and union officials were afraid to change the squad since it seemed to be performing and this led to the most experienced side in the IRB sevens circuit to become complacent as they knew their places in the team, was assured.
I did not have the pleasure of watching the matches but the results i have seen seem to indicate that we lost all our group games.
'' long does not mean forever.'' we have for a long time been living in a bubble and finally it busted on our faces, the lads at the union if they have any irk of passion for the game left, must be asking themselves, why? oh why? Am no guru or legend, just a stupid,weak and non-achieving rugby fan, but who lives, eats , and breaths rugby. So i might be wrong but this is my two cent worth, on the plight of 7's rugby in Kenya.
Gentlemen, a lot has been said about what ails rugby in Kenya by me or others out there, so to day I WILL NOT BOTHER YOU WITH A LIST FOR I UNDERSTAND YOU ARE VERY BUSY MEN. I will just state that which I think is the root cause of the problem. In this age and time of the technological revolution, instant millionaires,crash courses,fast foods, instant messaging and social networking sites , PATIENCE as a virtue has lost its allure and gotten thrown out of the window, to give way for instant gratification.
The success of the sevens team in the last decade, I have always attributed purely to the talent of the players and not at the coaching staff, clubs initiative or structures in place.
''Talent can only take you this far but not any further.'' as my high school teacher used to tell us back home in western. The player's talent has reached optimum and the only way forward, is for the clubs and the union to put up development and monitoring structures at the grassroots, to ensure the tapping of talent at an early stage and more importantly, the monitoring of the player's development in terms of international standards of progress, a change of coaching staff which i think has done a great job though their time is up will be the final pieces to complete the puzzle, together with a health dose of patience.
ALL THE BEST IN THE USA, CARRY OUR FLAG HIGH AS ALWAYS. SO LONG
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Cry My Beloved Game in Kenya
This Saturday Quins the defending Kenya cup champions will be up against the Rats from Australia. To me it seems Quins have turned into a monopoly and there in lies the problem this move will mean that a single club will benefit from this visit more than the country, for the initial idea was for Chairman Select to play the Rats but that was not to be. We the rugby family in Kenya are like the provibal Ostrich that buried its head in the sand. It is a mockary of development of our national 15's team if seach an oppurtunity to learn is left to go a begging, for in my view such games will provide valuable experiance for the players and technical staff so as to avoid the humiliating scores like the one against mpalanga and also act as our launch pad to contesting for a place in the world cup in the future. Rugby lies bleeding on its death bed in our country yet we fete clubs and forget the bigger picture.
We walk with our heads held high as we speak of the strides made by rugby over the years, and strangely enough i agree that we have made great strides, and it is due to this strides that i walk with my head bowed and my tail between my legs in embarassment, humiliation and despair.We have made great strides backwards, you only have to look at the history of the game in the country and compare with the present and you can not help a tears trickling down your cheeks.
The questions that speed past my shocked brain are , where did the rain start beating us ? , where did we take a wrong turn ? and where did we stumble and fall flat on our faces.
The first reply echoing in my brain is , you do not know where you are going if you do not know where you are from; players, schools, clubs, the union and the larger rugby family, do not take pride in where they are from, be it Nondies which is the oldest club in Kenya full of a rich history, Mwamba and Mean Machine which were the pioneer African clubs, now they just exist instead of being the leaders.
The second reason is the lack of foresight, passion, commitment and love for the game in the Union's leadership, who are more intrested in instant gratification at the expense of Rugby.
To finish off my top three answers is our idolizing of rugby sevens which is merely an adaptation, [small wonder it isnt included in a players international caps tally] at the expense of 15's and i think the reason is because the union is lazy and doesn't want to invest the great amount of time and money which is needed in the development, growth and establishment of a formidable 15's national team and league.
My heart is saddened with the sight of this game that is larger than life to me on its knees and pained by its cry of help to a seemingly ignorant populance.
Maybe it is just me , maybe i am just stupid to belive the is more to rugby than what is available in the country.
LETS MEET AT THE THE TERRACES ON 5TH, 6TH AND 12TH. SO LONG.
We walk with our heads held high as we speak of the strides made by rugby over the years, and strangely enough i agree that we have made great strides, and it is due to this strides that i walk with my head bowed and my tail between my legs in embarassment, humiliation and despair.We have made great strides backwards, you only have to look at the history of the game in the country and compare with the present and you can not help a tears trickling down your cheeks.
The questions that speed past my shocked brain are , where did the rain start beating us ? , where did we take a wrong turn ? and where did we stumble and fall flat on our faces.
The first reply echoing in my brain is , you do not know where you are going if you do not know where you are from; players, schools, clubs, the union and the larger rugby family, do not take pride in where they are from, be it Nondies which is the oldest club in Kenya full of a rich history, Mwamba and Mean Machine which were the pioneer African clubs, now they just exist instead of being the leaders.
The second reason is the lack of foresight, passion, commitment and love for the game in the Union's leadership, who are more intrested in instant gratification at the expense of Rugby.
To finish off my top three answers is our idolizing of rugby sevens which is merely an adaptation, [small wonder it isnt included in a players international caps tally] at the expense of 15's and i think the reason is because the union is lazy and doesn't want to invest the great amount of time and money which is needed in the development, growth and establishment of a formidable 15's national team and league.
My heart is saddened with the sight of this game that is larger than life to me on its knees and pained by its cry of help to a seemingly ignorant populance.
Maybe it is just me , maybe i am just stupid to belive the is more to rugby than what is available in the country.
LETS MEET AT THE THE TERRACES ON 5TH, 6TH AND 12TH. SO LONG.
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