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Wounded giants St Anthony's and Kamusinga seek redemption

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St Anthony's Boys Kitale player in past action during the Rift Valley Secondary School games. [File, Standard]

Former national and East Africa hockey champions St Anthony’s Boys High School Kitale and Friends School Kamusinga will have everything to play for at this year’s Brookside Secondary Schools National Term One games that start on Tuesday in Kisumu.

The two will be looking to recapture the national crown and restore their fading glory. Stakes will be higher at the games that have shaped the sport not just at school level but have been part of the rich Kenyan hockey history nurturing stars for the national team and top clubs. Even so, for the past three years the national stage has felt incomplete.

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