By Michael Kwambo
Nairobi, Saturday 5 November 2011
Hosts and defending champions Kenya led seven other teams in qualifying for the main cup quarter finals at the 16th Safaricom Sevens, winning their three Pool A matches to emerge top. Kenya began with a 26-7 win over French side Grenoble, registering a 36-0 result over Rwanda before beating neighbours Uganda 22-7 in their final pool match. Grenoble joined Kenya in the quarters by virtue of finishing second in this pool.
South Africa’s Emerging Boks finished top of Pool B, registering three straight wins and will be joined in the quarter finals by debutants Auckland Vikings of New Zealand. Kenya’s National Sevens Circuit champions Mwamba RFC gave a good account of themselves in finishing third in this pool.
2005 Champions Samoa, with 2010 IRB Sevens World Series player of the year Mikaele Pesamino in their ranks, emerged top of Pool C, setting up a clash with Zimbabwe in Sunday’s quarter final.
Samurai, with a strong Fijian influence, were top of Pool D, their three straight wins booking them a date with Spain in the quarter final.
Collated Results Saturday 5 November
Latest Sat 5th Nov 2011
8:00 AM Sch (Boys) – Semi Nyanza 0-22Western
8:20 AM Sch (Boys) – Semi Uganda 20-0 Nairobi
8:40 AM Sch (Boys) – Shield Final Eastern 05-26 Central
9:00 AM Sch (Boys) – Bowl Final Rift Valley 10-15 Zimbabwe
10:00 AM SS Zimbabwe 38-05 Royal Welsh Warriors
10:22 AM SS Samurai 64-0 Tanzania
10:44 AM SS Samoa 46-0 Belmont Shore
11:06 AM SS Spain 29-0 Goshawks
11:28 AM SS Emerging Boks 28-24 Auckland Vikings
11:50 AM SS Bristol Uni Select 17-21 Mwamba
12:12 PM SS Kenya 26-07 Grenoble
12:34 PM SS Uganda 24-0 Rwanda
12:56 PM Sch (Boys) – Plate Final Nyanza 19-14 Nairobi
1:18 PM Sch (Girls) – Final Butere vs Mukumu
1:50 PM SS Tanzania 0-51 Zimbabwe
2:12 PM SS Samurai 33-07 Royal Welsh Warriors
2:34 PM SS Goshawks 0-80 Samoa
2:56 PM SS Spain 33-0 Belmont Shore
3:18 PM SS Mwamba 12-19 Emerging Boks
3:40 PM SS Bristol Uni Select 07-43 Auckland Vikings
4:02 PM SS Rwanda 0-36 Kenya
4:24 PM SS Uganda 05-47 Grenoble
4:46 PM Sch (Boys) – Final Uganda 19-15 Western Province
5:04 PM Women Final Kenya A 07-05 Uganda A
5:30 PM SS Royal Welsh Warriors 12-0 Tanzania
5:52 PM SS Belmont Shore 40-10 Goshawks
6:14 PM SS Auckland Vikings 24-14 Mwamba
6:36 PM SS Grenoble 45-12 Rwanda
6:58 PM SS Zimbabwe 10-24 Samurai
7:20 PM SS Samoa 14-14 Spain
7:42 PM SS Emerging Boks 46-0 Bristol University
8.04 PM SS Kenya 22-7 Uganda
Bowl Quarters
Game 25: 10.00am Uganda v Bristol
Game 26: 10.22am Royal Welsh Warriors v Goshawks
Game 27: 10.44am Belmont Shore v Tanzania
Game 28: 11.06am Mwamba v Rwanda
Main Cup Quarters
Game 29:11.28am Kenya v Auckland
Game 30:11.50am Samurai v Spain
Game 31:12.12pm Samoa v Zimbabwe
Game 32:12.34pm Emerging Boks v Grenoble
Shield Semis
Game 33: 1.02pm Loser Game 25 v Loser Game 36
Game 34: 1.24pm Loser Game 27 v Loser Game 28
Bowl Semis
Game 35: 1.46pm Winner Game 25 v Winner Game 26
Game 36: 2.08pm Winner Game 27 v Winner Game 28
Plate Semis
Game 37: 2.30pm Loser Game 29 v Loser Game 30
Game 38: 2.52pm Loser Game 31 v Loser Game 32
Main Semi
Game 39: 3.20pm Winner 29 v Winner Game 30
Game 40: 3.42pm Winner Game 31 v Winner Game 32
Shield Final
Game 41: 4.04pm Winner Game 33 v Winner Game 34
Bowl Final
Game 42: 4.26pm Winner Game 35 v Winner Game 36
Plate Final
Game 43: 4.48pm Winner Game 37 v Winner Game 38
Main Cup Final
Game 44: 5.10pm Winner Game 39 v Winner Game 40
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