Saturday 20th 2023 the rugby team went to the annual Hillcrest 7s aside tournament. They managed to emerge champs in the finals after after edging out Breaburn Garden Estate 27 – 12
We hope for the best for them this season as they start the Prescott 15s season and county 7s competition!
On 13th May 2023 the U17 Strathmore School team was at RVA (Rift Valley Academy) to play against schools featuring in the KAISSO U17s Volleyball boys league. They played 7 matches and in the finals they played German School and won 2 sets to 1.
Congratulations to the Volleyball Team!
The 6th Roll Ball World Cup 2023 at was held in Pune India from 21st April to 26th April 2023. Kenya emerged victorious. The national team was captained by our very own Sports Director Mr. Joseph Alukhala. Joseph steered the team to a good fight through the competition.
We congratulate Joseph and the team in their great efforts in preparing and representing the country in the Rollball World Cup!
On the 25th April to 28th April our swimmers participated in the nationals schools swimming championship. 3 of our swimmers competed well for Nairobi County and managed to qualify for East Africa Secondary School games in Rwanda. The qualification criteria for the East Africa Schools Swimming Championships was Position 1 & 2 in all events.
Their performances were as follows:
Curtis Kamotho
Position 1 50m Breastroke
Position 1 50m Backstroke
Emmanuel Otieno
Position 2 100m Freestyle
Adam Otieno
Position 2 100m Breastroke
All of them have qualified for East Africa Games, Rwanda. In August. We wish them all the best!
The handball team played in the county games on the 5th and 6th April
We were pooled alongside Parklands Secondary and Githurai Secondary. The team won against Githurai Secondary and lost to Parklands Secondary.
In the knockout stages they played and fought hard but lost narrowly to Utawala Academy 18-16.
That marked the end of the Handball season and we look forward to better performance next season.
After the Westlands Sub County Basketball Games the Strathmore Team progressed and to the County Games on Wednesday 5th April.
The team was pooled alongside Dagorreti High School and Clay City in Pool A. The team won against Clay City and Lost of Dagoretti High School.
The next match was against Hospital Hill which they won 45 to 40 and qualified for the county quarter finals.
In the quarter finals the team played against Langata High School and lost 43 to 58 bowing out of the competition.
The best is yet to come as most players from this team will be there for the County games next year.
The Strathmore Swimming Team went out to compete for Nairobi County Championships on the 6th April. The following were the best performance that the team achieved:
Emmanuel Otieno was 3rd in 50M butterfly
Adam Otieno was 1st Position in 100M Breast Stroke, 1st Position in 100M Free Style, 1st Position in 50M Breast Stroke
Cutris Kamotho was 2nd in 50M Backstroke and 2nd in 50M Breast Stroke
Emmanuel Otieno, Adam Otieno and Curtis Kamotho qualified to represent Nairobi Region Swimming team in the Nationals in Eldoret.
Curtis, Adam, Dante and Emmanuel were the best team in the 4 by 50m Medley Relay.
On 31st March the Primary Boys represented the school in the Kilimani Zonals Athletics Championship:
1. Jose Maria Omondi position 6 , 400m.
2. Stephan Olumbe position 6, Shot put.
3. Tuari Muriithi position 4 , High Jump. Long Jump no 5.
4. Leone Marrosi position 6, 200m.
The boys bowed out of the competition since the top 2 positions were slotted in for the Sub County Games.
The boys were thankful for the experience and promised to work harder in preparation for future Athletics events.
On 1st April 2023 we had an invitational tournament for the Grade 1s to 5s. The Grade 1s to 5s have been having Saturday soccer training sessions.
The teams that participated were:
Strathmore Grade 1 to 5 teams
St. Marys Primary (5 teams)
Lukenya Primary (5 teams)
Ujuzi Soccer Academy (5 teams)
After tallying all the points after the round robbin play the winners were Lukenya Primary, runnners up was Saint Marys School and Strathmore was 2nd runners up.
The Saturday training sessions have taken an upbeat turn after the sizzling tournament.
The Westlands Sub-County Term 1 games came to a close on Saturday March 25th 2023. We had boys participating in Handball, Basketball and Athletics. In athletics: Owen Dima (100Meters and 200Meters Sprint), Daniel Njai(400Meters Sprint), Gabriel Kariuki 3000Meters run and the team of Sean Ochieng’, Peter John Mutura, Bessel Onyango and Owen Dima(4 by 100Meters) qualified to proceed to the county games. Dima was position 1 in the 100Meters and 200Meters, Njai poistion 1 in 400Meters Sprint and the 4 by 100 Meters team was 2nd place.
In Basket ball the team ranked 2nd after a tough loss to Hospitall Hill in the finals. Handball team ranked 3rd after winning the 3rd place playoff against Kabete Vet Lab School.
We wish all the teams the best as they proceed to the county games.
