Sports
Ask the United States Ambassador
The American Ambassador to Kenya, Ambassador Michael E. Ranneberger, hosted an online discussion with Kenyan citizens on topics of interest in Kenyan-U.S. relations. I just managed to get my question in. Here is the transcript: Webchat Moderator (Mark): Welcome to today’s webchat! We are glad you are with us. Ambassador Ranneberger will begin answering your [...]
Great Expectations
The 2009 rugby season is just about to start and I have great expectations for local rugby this year, which I am sure are shared by many at Mean Machine. Read more here.
Gym Day One
I love life. I figure the only way to ensure I enjoy it as long as possible is to begin taking good care of myself. So like several other people, one of my New Year resolutions is to work out and eat right. I have to say, one motivating factor to being a regular at [...]
Busted!
We must humble ourselves and admit that Mean Machine was not always that embodiment of discipline and fraternity that we often prided ourselves on. Read more here.
The Awkward Squad
This photo was taken at Lenana School Nairobi; previously Duke of York School, in front of Delamere House. While strictly speaking not an M File, I feel that this time and place in history resonates well with our Founding Era. Read more here
The Power of Sports
Sport is a lot more than dirty kit, sweaty bodies and broken bones. Sport has within it, the power to entertain and teach, and in the process create avenues for sustainable progression in communities. In Kenya the Rugby Super Series, brings together top players from the premier rugby clubs in the country and places them [...]
Try Time!!!
In September 2008, the Kenya Women’s Rugby National Seven a Side team put on a gallant fight in the Womens Rugby World Cup Sevens Qualifiers and came in third. Unfortunately, only the top two made it through to the Rugby World Cup in Dubai in 2009. Kenya were the only team to score against South [...]
LONG VERSUS SHORT: which way for Kenyan Rugby?
It has been argued that fifteens rugby in Kenya is suffering because we have concentrated on the sevens version without thinking through the progression to the fifteens code. Are we right to constantly invest so much time and energy into the more viable sevens rugby or should we now regroup and turn our attention to [...]
DRIVING THE MACHINE
While in residential camp, the 1976 University of Nairobi rugby squad for the East Africa University games watched the 1974 Hollywood blockbuster “The Longest Yard”. Starring Burt Reynolds as Paul Crewe, the movie was about a convicted American Football player who despite having been asked by the wardens to throw the game in return for [...]
RED TOUCH RUGBY
It was smooth sailing for the MOB until they met Avandu Chinkororo Strong RFC, the MOB chairman’s team of choice. Confident that her boys would make it to the finals without her, the Chairman had opted to turn out for her family. The MOB would have to beat Avandu Chinkororo Strong RFC to earn a [...]
