Brookside splashes Sh14 million towards school games
What you need to know:
- The National Term One Secondary School Games to be held next week in Nairobi, received a major boost on Monday after milk processor Brookside Dairy announced a Sh14 million sponsorship deal for the championship.
- This year’s sponsorship reflects a Sh2 million increase from last year’s figure of Sh12 million.
- The company has sponsored the annual games since 2003.
The National Term One Secondary School Games to be held next week in Nairobi, received a major boost on Monday after milk processor Brookside Dairy announced a Sh14 million sponsorship deal for the championship.
This year’s sponsorship reflects a Sh2 million increase from last year’s figure of Sh12 million. The company has sponsored the annual games since 2003.
“We are convinced that the national schools’ games offer a perfect platform for Kenya’s youth to discover and nurture their talent in various sporting disciplines,” the processor’s Director of marketing, Oliver Mary said on Monday.
“We are going to kit all teams to ensure that there is parity in the quality of uniforms used by the participants,” he added.
Brookside has also appointed talent scouts who will be head-hunting for best players in basketball and hockey under a partnership with Strathmore University, which will see selected players join the university in a sports scholarship programme.
Next week’s nationals, which will be staged at State House Girls, will also feature rugby 15s, swimming, cross-country heptathlon and decathlon. Rugby matches will be played at Nairobi School.
Kenya Secondary Schools Sports Association (KSSSA) Secretary General David Ngugi lauded Brookside for their continued sponsorship.
“The country’s top sporting players were discovered at these games and we thank the sponsors for continuing to stand with us as we nurture future talents,” Ngugi said.
Winning schools from KSSSA’s eight regions will do battle in the week-long championship due April 11 to 15. The draws will be released this week.
KSSSA revived the provincial boundaries for this year’s school games meaning that schools went back to the provincial alignment that existed before the current constitution was promulgated in 2010.
The current constitution created counties as administrative units in place of provinces and KSSSA also made changes creating regional games to replace the provincial games in 2013.
In the new arrangement, Coast region retained its name, while Lake Region reverted back to its initial name, Nyanza. Highlands and Northern Regions are now known as Eastern and North Eastern respectively.
Metropolitan Region which consisted of Nairobi, Machakos, Makueni and Kajiado Counties was abolished. Nairobi is now a region in itself while Makueni and Machakos counties moved back to the Eastern Region.
Nzoia Region was renamed Western Region with West Pokot and Trans Nzoia districts moving back to the Rift Valley Region (formerly Mau Region), which also includes Kajiado and Laikipia counties.
Aberdare Region with the exclusion of Laikipia County is now called Central Region.
