UR7s and Kenya Rugby Union announce media partnership in coverage of ...

Leading rugby sevens website, ur7s.com have entered into a partnership with the Kenya Rugby Union to cover the Safaricom Sevens Series, the Kenya Sevens Championship played over six weeks in four Kenyan cities and towns.

Under the partnership, UR7s (Ultimate Rugby Sevens) will cover all angles of the Safaricom Sevens Series, offering pre and post tournament reviews, interviews as well as related to the championship as it seeks to showcase the Kenyan domestic championship to a global audience.

 

 

 

 

 

About the Safaricom Sevens Series

The Safaricom Sevens Series is played between August 3rd and September 22nd across 6 tournaments taking in 4 cities across Kenya. Featuring many of the successful Kenya 7s squad, giving fans the chance to see stars suh as Collins Injera and Andrew Amonde in action. The series climaxes at the Safaricom Sevens in September in Nairobi where in the past the numbers of spectators have exceeded 250000. The Series is sponsored by Safaricom, a huge supporter of rugby and sport in Kenya.

First played in 1999. This is the Kenyan national sevens championships featuring five tournaments played in Nairobi,Nakuru,Mombasa and Kisumu and has over the years unearthed talent that has gone on to feature for Kenya. Players such as Dennis Ombachi,Humphrey Kayange, Collins Injera have all emerged from here

Tournaments and Dates

Dala Sevens, Kisumu, 3rd/4th August (Kisumu Polytechnic)

Kabeberi Sevens, Nairobi, 10th/11th August (Kasarani )

Break, 17th/18th August

Driftwood Sevens, Mombasa, 24th/25th August(Mombasa Sports Club)

Prinsloo Sevens, Nakuru, 31st August/ 1 September(Nakuru Athletic Club)

Christie Sevens, Nairobi 7th/8th September(RFUEA)

Safaricom Sevens Nairobi, 20/21/22 September (Kasarani)

About UR7s

UR7s.com has been covering rugby 7s across the world for the past 6 years, including the HSBC World Sevens Series and Womens World Series RWC7s. On September 1st 2013, UR7s.com is relaunched as a state of the art media website ready for the new international sevens season including a huge number of new additions including a news and media section dedicated to Rugby 7s in Africa.

UR7s is committed to help the growth and international exposure of 7s rugby in Kenya and across Africa with the Kenyan International side doing the nation so proud in the World Series and RWC7s the development of rugby in Kenya is sure to continue and UR7s wants to help spread the word of Kenyan Rugby.

You can follow all the action via twitter @ur7s and facebook

 

Article source: http://www.lutontoday.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/ex-dees-star-skelcey-named-in-england-u18s-squad-1-5299917

UR7s and Kenya Rugby Union announce media partnership in coverage of ...