Kenya: Shimba Hills Shine as Coast Provincial Games

Nairobi Star (Nairobi)

Phillip Mbaji

25 March 2011

Kwale County’s Basketball giants Shimba Hills High yesterday dominated the Coast Provincial Secondary Schools Term One games for the second day running.

Shimba girls beat Kilifi’s Jaribuni Secondary 154-5 while the boys humiliated Kigwende 102-6 in the event which entered the second day at Shanzu Teachers Training College in Mombasa.

In another boys match, Mombasa wizzards Baptist beat Barani 84 -15 in a match played at Shanzu Teachers Training College. In other girls’ matches, Aga Khan from Mombasa County beat Taita-Taveta County flag bearers Eldoro High 37-20 as Mazeras from the semi-arid Kinango district failed to contain Mombasa’s Changamwe losing 14-41. In other matches, St. John’s mauled Taita’s Bura Girls 35-29 before going ahead to humiliate Lamu’s Witu 77-16.

In boys hockey, defending champions and hosts Shimo la Tewa beat Kilifi Township 3-0 as Kaloleni’s St. George’s humiliated Shimba Hills 3-0.

Shimo La Tewa later succumbed to St. George’s 1-0 in a hotly contested match while Kilindini’s St. Charles Lwanga thrashed Kenyatta (Mwatate) from Taita 3-0.

In the girls category, St John’s smashed Taita’s Murray 4-0 as Matuga narrowly won over Malindi’s Jilore High School 2-1. The event was used to pick coast provincial representatives to the the national games set for Kakamega next month.

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