Virgin to Jet In Top Coaches For East Africa’s Top Junior Events

Virgin Atlantic Airways, will be jetting in 3 top coaches on Monday 13th August to provide expertise at a one week training camp in partnership with Sadili Oval. Millfield School the top UK sports school will be bringing in three professional coaches, who will be working with local talent in tennis, fitness and rugby, in what will be one of the best sports camps in the region. In addition Kenya's own International Basketball Proessional Coach, Ronnie Owino, will be heading an excellent local team in running a top performance basketball camp. The camps, which run at Sadili Oval and in Kibera, is expected to bring in about 100 youth aged between 8 and 18 years and will run from 11^th to the 19^th August 2012. Scholarships have been granted to children from around the region. Other sponsors include Sarova Group, Carnivore, Professional Tennis Registry and Dartfish.

Meet the Coaches:

Julie Simkins, Tennis Professional

Julie has been coaching at Millfield for fourteen years and in that time there have been many highlights. Most notably, coaching 2 national champions, winning several national schools age group titles and representing Great Britain at the World Student Games in 2007, as women's team coach. She is a former World ranked player in both singles and doubles (1995-96) and have won 2 conference titles whilst representing Arkansas State and Northeast Louisiana Universities. She now competes in veterans competitions and has had the privilege of representing  Great Britain in the over 35's World Team Championships in 2009. We came fourth.

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3 March 2011: Brazil Kenya Football League Sadili Leg to begin

          Media release from the Organising Team:

          The Undugu society Grounds and the Sadili Oval sports For Life Programme pitch will open up to intense and thrilling boys’ soccer action. 21 boys’ teams from Kibera and 3 from kisumu have already confirmed participation in this version of the Brazil- Kenya Football league which is run by Sadili Oval Sports Academy, and sponsored by the Brazilian Embassy,BrazAfric, Carlsonwagonlit and East Africa Brazil among other companies.

           The Sadili Sports For Life pitch plays host to sizzling Under 15 boys’ soccer action this Saturday 5^th March. It seems a tricky draw in Pool A when Olympic Talented meet Kibera Roma. The sights in Pool B shall also be beautiful to capture on Camera when the Young Super Eagles from Kichinjio meet against the Rough and tough More Fire. Hosts Sadili Sports for life are expected to meet the Rusinga school in Pool C and the feared Nyanza would meet stiff opposition from Lexus and Nyanza. Place your bets for the following teams..Olympic talented, More Fire, Sadili Oval Sports for life and Nyanza.

          The Undugu pitch formerly the shores of the once serene Nairobi dam would be sprayed with matches pitting Pool E,F,G and H. Bob Silingi’s charges, the Atlas Lions would have to dig deeper to win their opening match against Junior Kings. Sadili’s Third tier team, Sadili Riverside shall also be expected to rise up to the occasion in this Pool of uncertainties. Lindi’s Fc 2 ZERO,Young Talents and Barcelona in Pool F? My money would be placed on the Young Talents side of the scale. Tsunami and Sadili’s 2^nd side Nature and Sports are set to fight it out in Pool G where chances are high that either of the two could ensure that the black panthers finish bottom of the table...but that is just my opinion. Long time Publicity and Hullaballoo on Shofco Juniors would be their only support when they meet a spirited outfit in the name of Awimbo coming all the way from the Lakeside city of Kisumu. Foundation of Hope is also in this pool of Death but who knows? Maybe their absence from top flight Kibera football may have given them the time to regroup and form a formidable regiment that would see them book the quarter final and final berths to be played at the Undugu grounds on Sunday 6^th March 2011 starting at 9am.