Upper Hill emerged victorious in the 2024 Prescott Cup Nairobi region final, held at the RFUEA Grounds, securing a thrilling win over Rift Valley Academy (RVA) with a final score of 15-10.
The match was characterized by intense competition and strategic play, keeping spectators on the edge of their seats.
In the first half exchanges, both teams displayed impressive skills, resulting in an end-to-end affair.
However, Upper Hill showcased an energized performance in the second half, which ultimately led to their triumph.
Following the conclusion of the Nairobi region championships, Ronald Okoth, the Kenya Rugby Union’s Senior Rugby Development Officer, announced that they would await the commencement of Prescott Cup matches in other regions before convening for the National championships.
This anticipation sets the stage for further exciting rugby action across the country.
“The Prescott that we had was for the Nairobi region which mostly consists of teams from Nairobi, Central, Kiambu and some parts of Kajiado. We finalized it last weekend with Upper Hill winning it.
The Prescott Cup for Nairobi has two categories; we have the seniors and the juniors, that is the juniors should be under-16 which was won by Upper Hill with the runners up being RVA (Rift Valley Academy),” said Okoth.
“We are still waiting for other regions to start; Nyanza, Western, Rift Valley and Eastern to do their Prescott because it’s a 7s term, so they are waiting to play up to county games, before starting their season, but we are hoping it will end by August so that we get all those finals and the winners of all those regions,” he added.
Okoth says with this being a rugby 7s term, the commencement of Term Two school games has affected the Prescott Cup schedule.
“We had planned to start the Prescott a little bit early but other regions dragged behind because their mindset was already that this term is 7s; you can see all other schools in Nyanza, Western and Eastern were in camp and were really preparing for 7s, so to change them from 7s to 15s was a big issue.
Due to the Ministry of Education calendar, they denied us from doing any activity in Third Term, that is why we look a little bit squeezed and also look like somehow there is confusion in between,” noted Okoth.
Secondary school games have already kicked off in various sub-counties, and schools will wait until they clear the preliminary rounds before focus shifts back to the Prescott Cup.
