Moi Girls drain Precious Blood at Lenana School

Nairobi County schools hockey champions Moi Girls Nairobi got off to a flying start as they thrashed Precious Blood Riruta 7-0 as the Dagoretti Sub-County games started yesterday at Lenana School.

Rukia Atieno scored a hat-trick while Jeriah Nyanchama and Faith Wanjiku hit the board twice each as Merab Anyango made it seven for the city queens.

Hosts Lenana gave their guests Dagoretti High a rude welcome with a 10-0 thrashing. Upper Hill did not spare Dagoretti either as they whitewashed them 11-0 in their second encounter.

At Nairobi School, Parklands Arya began the Westlands Sub-County games hockey title quest on a high thrashing St George’s 10-0.

Fatuma Omar showed her class by netting five goals to lead her side to the resounding victory.

Grace Movies and Sekina Abdul bagged a brace each while Vivian Ochieng’ hit the board once for last year’s Nairobi County losing finalists.

Arya captain Mariam Ibrahim said that the victory was a good start for them and they hope to build up on the impressive results.

“We needed a good start to boost our confidence and I’m glad we handled this match well.

“However, we will refrain from being over confident in our subsequent matches because every opponent presents a different challenge and to be able to excel we need to remain focused,” Ibrahim said.