While attention over the past few weeks has been on the Bamburi Rugby super series, the second tier Chairman’s cup has been providing some great matches and like the Super series, enters the semi final stage this weekend.
Unlike in the Super series, the Chairman’s cup semi finals will feature all the sixteen teams that participated. After the Pool phase, the top finishers from the four pools face each other in the cup semi finals. The Pool’s runners up, meet in the Plate semi finals with the third place finishers meet in the Bowl while the bottom placed teams play in the Shield.
Defending champions KCB lead the sides into the knock out stage from Pool A where they have gathered a maximum 15 points from three matches. The Lions will face Pool B leaders Nakuru in the first cup semi final. This a replay of the Kenya Cup and ESS finals where Nakuru picked the Kenya Cup with KCB settling with the Eric Shirley Shield.
The second cup semi final will see Pool C leaders Homeboyz take on the top side from Pool D Strathmore Leos. In the Plate, Pool A runners up Blak blad will face Kabras who finished second in Pool B. The other Plate semi final will see Mwamba take on Quins.
TUK will take on Impala in the first Bowl semi final, to set up a meeting against either Nondies or the CUEA monks in the final. The Shield semi finals pit University of Nairobi’s Mean Machine take on KEMU, with Thika RFC taking on JKUAT.
Collated Fixtures :
Main Cup
KCB v Nakuru – 11.00am -KCB Sports Club, Ruaraka
Homeboyz v Strathmore -11.00am- Impala Club
Plate
Blak Blad v Kabras Sugar -11.00am- Kenyatta University
Mwamba v Quins – 11.00am Railway Club
Bowl
TUK v Impala – 11.00am -CUEA
Nondies v Catholic -11.00am- Jamhuri Park
Shield
KEMU v Mean Machine – 11.00am UoN
Thika v JKUAT – 11.00am JKUAT
KWISHA…Nimeruka Nje!!!
