Anne Guerrant World No. 11 Volunteers at Sadili

Former World Number 11 Anne Guerrant, was in Kenya recently on official duty for her Foundation that funds low income generating households, and took time to run a tennis clinic at Sadili Oval, also donating tennis equipment to Sadili's Kibera Programme. Anne was impressed by the work that the centre does in developing youth, and promised to etur again in the near future.

Making The African Stars Part I: Basketball and Tennis Talent Tell Their Story

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23 Oct 2011 Kigotho, Kinyanjui Show Their Talent

Frank Kinyanjui

Frank Kinyanjui, showed signs of things to come when he beat Kevin Mwangi 2/4, 4/0/ (10-8) to reach the semi-finals of the boys U16 in his first tournament in 4 years. Frank, who was busy with school, has made a come-back to tennis and joined the Sadili Talent Training Academy. His team mate and one of Kenya's fastest developing juniors, Olivier Kigotho, showed that he was not going to be cowed, also reaching the semi-finals of the Boys Under 14 after beating Dennis Moses 1/4, 5/4 (6) 11-9 and Emile Teja 4/1, 4/1, before losing in a tie-break to Petty Andanda 1/4, 4/1 (10/4). In the boys U18, Second seed Jamin Luvembe easily beat Peter Ndungu 4/0, 4/1 to reach the semi-finals, where he met and lost to surprisingly unseeded team mate, Yasin Lila 2/4, 4/1 (10-8). Yasin went on to win the category, dispensing with Allan Atole 4/1, 4/0

Yasin Lila

22 October 2011 RVA Meet Sadili "C" Strike Team

Rift Valley Academy was once again, hosted at Sadili Oval Sports Academy on Saturday 22nd October, a fresh crisp morning, with the courts bsuy with eager boys and one girl (Kira) getting ready for both singles and doubles. This time round Sadili fielded their C team, which is composed of upcoming Under  11, 12 and 13 year old talented boys from the Kibera slums. The teams were well-matched, though Sadili had the edge, just barely taking a couple of matches more than RVA, while dominating the singles.

 Results were as follows:

Doubles:

Wycliffe/Ronex (Sadili) vs. Andrew/Jitton 2/4

 Byron/Victor (Sadili) vs. James Hamut (RVA) 4/2

Davis/Antony (Sadili) vs. Ryan/Andrew (RVA) 1/4

David/Sylvester (Sadili) vs. Mathew/Sky (RVA) 4/3

Wycliffe/Ronex (Sadili) vs. Luke/James (RVA) 4/3

Ronex/Antony (Sadili) vs. Mathew/Ryan (RVA) 4/2

Victor/Wycliffe (sadili) vs. Hamut/James (RVA) 4/0

Singles:

Ateka (Sadili) vs. Kira (RVA) 4/3

Ronex (Sadili ) vs. Luke (RVA) 4/2

David (Sadili) vs. Luke (RVA) 4/0

Sylvester (Sadili) vs. Kira (RVA) 4/2

Victor (Sadili) vs. Jihoon (RVA) 4/3

Byron (Sadili) vs. Kira (RVA) 4/2

Overal Wins: Sadili 11 RVA 2

Congratulations to both teams for the hard work and for staying positive and supportive all morning!