Kenya National Sevens Circuit
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Current season, competition or edition: 2019 Kenya National Sevens Circuit | |
 Kenya National Sevens Circuit | |
| Sport | Rugby union |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1998 |
| First season | 1999 |
| Country | Kenya |
| Most recent champion | Kenya Commercial Bank RFC 2014 |
| Sponsor | Western Union |
First played in 1999, the Kenya National Sevens Circuit is an annual series of rugby sevens tournaments run by the Kenya Rugby Union in conjunction with host clubs featuring teams from across the country. Teams compete for the National Sevens Circuit title by accumulating points based on their finishing position in each tournament. The season’s circuit currently comprises 6 tournaments in 6 cities and towns across Kenya.
After a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Sevens Circuit resumed in May 2022.[1]
20/21 July – Kakamega Sevens, Bull Ring Kakamega
27/28 July – Kabeberi Sevens, RFUEA Ground, Nairobi
3/4 August – BREAK
10/11 August – Dala Sevens, Mamboleo Showground, Kisumu
17/18 August – Prinsloo Sevens, Nakuru Athletic Club, Nakuru
24/25 August – BREAK
31 August/1 September – Christie Sevens, RFUEA Ground, Nairobi
7/8 September – Driftwood Sevens, Mombasa Sports Club, Mombasa
| Christie Sevens | Dala Sevens | Driftwood Sevens | Kabeberi Sevens | Prinsloo Sevens | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hosts | Kenya Harlequin F.C. | Kisumu RFC | Mombasa RFC | Mwamba RFC | Nakuru RFC |
| Venue | RFUEA Ground Nairobi |
Kisumu Polytechnic Kisumu |
Mombasa Sports Club Mombasa |
RFUEA Ground Nairobi |
Nakuru Athletic Club Nakuru |
| Notes | The tournament is named after former Kenya Harlequin Chairman, Alex Christie (also Vice President of Wasps FC in London and President of the RFUEA) and is regarded as the longest running sevens tournament in Kenya, having been played every year since 1962. | Kisumu is regarded by many Kenyans as home because many people in Nairobi either left Kisumu to find work in the capital or are descended from people who did. Dala means home in the Luo language that is spoken on the eastern shores of Lake Victoria. | The Driftwood Beach Club, Malindi, donated the trophy (appropriately, a piece of driftwood shaped by the winds, waves and currents of the Indian Ocean) and asked that their sevens tournament from the early 1970s be revived. | Named for of former Mwamba player George Mwangi Kabeberi who died in 1986. | Named after Peter Walter Prinsloo, a rugby player from South Africa who - after moving to Nakuru - reignited interest in the game in the Rift Valley during the 1980s. |
| 2009 | 21–22 November | 14–15 November | 12–13 December | 5–6 December | 28–29 November |
| 2010 | 14–15 November | 4–5 September | 25–26 September | 18–19 September | 27–28 August |
| 2011 | 10–11 September | 27–28 August | 1–2 October | 24–25 September | 3–4 September |
| 2012 | 11–12 August | 18–19 August | 15–16 September | 8–9 September | 1–2 September |
| 2013 | 7–8 September | 3–4 August | 24–25 August | 10–11 August | 31 August–1 September |
| 2014 | 6–7 September | 9–10 August | 23–24 August | 2–3 August | 30–31 August |
| 2015 | 1–2 August | 8–9 August | 22–23 August | 5–6 September | 29–30 August |
