Nakuru Athletic Club
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Nakuru Athletic Club is a sports club
located in Nakuru
capital of Rift Valley Province, Kenya
.
The club also has a cricket team playing in the Rift Valley cricket league.
The club ground has hosted many High profile cricket games including a game
featuring Rift Valley Cricket Association XI v Minor Counties of England.
The Nakuru Athletic Club is also home ground for Nakuru RFC
, a local rugby union
team .
Nakuru Athletic club has also a field hockey team playing in the National League.
Nakuru's football team, Nakuru AllStars
, who play in the Nationwide Division, has their training sessions at Nakuru Athletic Ground.
Under the colonial rule, indigeneous Kenyan were barred from Nakuru Athletic Club. Thus they were using the “African Sports Stadium,” now known as Afraha Stadium
.
Sports club
A sports club or sport club, sometimes athletics club or sports association is a club for the purpose of playing one or more sports...
located in Nakuru
Nakuru
Nakuru, the provincial capital of Kenya's Rift Valley province, with roughly 300,000 inhabitants, and currently the fourth largest urban centre in the country, lies about 1850 m above sea level...
capital of Rift Valley Province, Kenya
Kenya
Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
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The club also has a cricket team playing in the Rift Valley cricket league.
The club ground has hosted many High profile cricket games including a game
featuring Rift Valley Cricket Association XI v Minor Counties of England.
The Nakuru Athletic Club is also home ground for Nakuru RFC
Nakuru RFC
Nakuru Rugby Football Club also known as 'Wanyore' is a Kenyan rugby club based in Nakuru. It has played for several years in the Kenya Cup and Eric Shirley Shield leagues...
, a local rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
team .
Nakuru Athletic club has also a field hockey team playing in the National League.
Nakuru's football team, Nakuru AllStars
Nakuru All-Stars
Nakuru AllStars was a Kenyan football team. They won the first ever Kenyan Premier League in 1963, when managed by English coach Ray Bachelor. They repeated the feat again in 1969.In 2010, a revived and reformed club, Nakuru AllStars, was formed....
, who play in the Nationwide Division, has their training sessions at Nakuru Athletic Ground.
Under the colonial rule, indigeneous Kenyan were barred from Nakuru Athletic Club. Thus they were using the “African Sports Stadium,” now known as Afraha Stadium
Afraha Stadium
Afraha Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Nakuru, Kenya. It used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Nakuru AllStars of the Nationwide League and Ulinzi Stars of the Kenyan Premier League. The stadium holds 8,200 people and opened in 1948. The stadium is two kilometres from...
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