For the first time since September 2017 where they scooped host Nakuru to the Prinsloo 7s title, KCB won a leg of the National Sevens Circuit, this time seeing off Homeboyz 21-12 in Kakamega 7s final on Sunday 21 July 2019 during the opening leg of Stanbic 7s.
A preseason revamp, that saw the club onboard four Key players; Johnstone Olindi and Patrick Ouko from Homeboyz, Shadrack “Shaddie” Munoko from Mean Machine and Levy Amunga from Blakblad brought immediate returns as the tellers stayed the course with an unbeaten run to hit the high podium in Kakamega.
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Though earlier on docked points at the close of day one, thereby losing all wins to drop to the challenge trophy, KCB made a passionate appeal and were reinstated and stayed unblemished to win their first circuit since the Prinsloo win in 2017.
But while KCB roared, it was the opposite for Ngong road giants Kenya Harlequin who managed just a point to finish 16th and last in Kakamega.
In their first game Quins led Strathmore Leos 14-5 at half time but had no respnse when Keri road lads clawed back to register 21 unanswered points in the second half with three tries and conversions from promising Barnabas Owuor to win the duel 26-14.
It got worse when students from Egerton handed them a 10-0 beating in game two and even worse when their peripheral neighbours Nakuru made it three losses with a 19-7 win in the final game.
A 26-5 loss to tournament co-hosts Kabras Sugar in the Challenge Trophy quarters and 10-7 loss to the other co-host Western Bulls in the 13th place semi marked the end of the road for Quins.
Kenya 7s coach Paul Murunga took charge of Mean Machine who reached challenge trophy final losing 17-5 to Menengai Oilers.
Machine enjoyed a 31-0 win over Kabras Sugar in the Challenge trophy semis. They had lost 7-5 to Nondies and 19-0 to Mwamba but managed a 24-5 win over Kisumu RFC. They seat 10th with seven points heading to Kabeberi 7s.
The other highlight of the weekend saw Northern Suburbs Cubs beat Kenya Cup side Blak Blad 21-0 to be crowned Div II champions and will be the 16th team at Kabeberi 7s.
The Kabeberi 7s draw was released on Monday as KCB head to Meru as top seeds. They play Impala, Menengai Oilers and local man Meru RFC.
Kakamega 7s losing finalists Homeboyz will play MMUST, Machine and invitational side Pirates from Uganda as hosts Mwamba takes on Nondies, Egerton and Quins who comes as an invitational side too.
Kakamega 7s Div II champions Northern Suburbs Cubs are in pool D with Nakuru RFC, Strathmore Leos and Kabras Sugar.
Complete results
Div 1
Kakamega 7s (Stanbic 7s) - Day 2 - Sunday 21 July 2019
Cup: KCB 21 Homeboyz 12
3rd Place playoff : Nakuru 0 Mwamba 17
5th Place final: Nondies 12 Strathmore 21
Challenge Trophy: Menengai Oilers 17 Mean Machine 5
13th Place final: Western Bulls 17 Kisii RFC 12
Cup Semis
SF1: KCB 19 Mwamba 5
SF2: Homeboyz 20 Nakuru 0
5th place semis
SF1: Nondies 22 MMUST 5
SF2: Impala Saracens 7 Strathmore Leos 19
Challenge Trophy semis
SF1: Menengai Oilers 10 Egerton Wasps 0
SF2: Kabras Sugar 0 Mean Machine 31
13th place semifinal
SF1: Kisumu RFC 12 Kisii RFC 14
SF2: Western Bulls 10 Kenya Harlequins 7
Quarters
Cup
QF4: KCB 28 Strathmore Leos 12
QF3: Mwamba 5 Impala 3
QF2: Nakuru 22 MMUST 12
QF1: Nondies 5 Homeboyz 15
Challenge Trophy
QF4: Kabras Sugar 26 Kenya Harlequin 5
QF3: Mwamba 5 Impala 3
QF2: Nakuru 22 MMUST 12
QF1: Nondies 5 Homeboyz 15
Stanbic 7s Standings after Kakamega 7s
1.KCB 22
2Homeboyz 19
3.Mwamba 17
4.Top Fry Nakuru 15
5.Strathmore Leos 13
6.Nondies 12
7.MMUST 10
8.Impala 10
9.Menengai Oilers 8
10.Mean Machine 7
11.Egerton Wasps 5
12.Kabras Sugar 5
13.Western Bulls 3
14.Kisii RFC 2
15.Kisumu RFC 1
16.Kenya Harlequin 1
Kakamega 7s (Stanbic 7s) Day 1 results - Saturday 20 July 2019
Round 1
Impala 17 Menengai Oilers 10
Homeboyz 26 Western Bulls 05
Nondies 07 Machine 05
Mwamba 38 Kisumu 00
Kabras 21 Kisii 05
KCB 36 MMUST 10
Quins 14 Strathmore 26
Nakuru 41 Egerton 07
Round 2
Impala 26 Western Bulls 5
Homeboyz 17 Menengai Oilers 7
Nondies 24 Kisumu 10
Mwamba 19 Machine 0
Kabras 5 MMUST 24
KCB 41 Kisii RFC 0
Quins 0 Egerton 10
Nakuru 15 Strathmore Leos 0
Round 3
Menengai Oilers 20 Western Bulls 7
Homeboyz 12 Impala 12
Machine 24 Kisumu 5
Mwamba 26 Nondies 12
Kisii RFC 0 MMUST 29
KCB 29 Kabras Sugar 7
Strathmore Leos v26 Egerton 0
Nakuru 19 Quins 7
Kakamega 7s Dream Team
Timothy Mmasi- MMUST
Vincent Onyala- KCB
Bethwel Anami- Strathmore Leos
Brian Juma- Homeboyz
Johnstone Olindi- KCB
Collins Injera- Mwamba
Collins Shikoli- Homeboyz
Div II Day 2 results - Sun 21 July 2019
Finals
Cup: Northern Suburbs 21 Blakblad 10
5th Place: Mombasa RFC
Challenge Trophy: Vihiga Granites
Semis
Cup
SF1: Northern Suburbs 17 Catholic Monks 12
SF2: Blakblad vs Makueni
5th Place
SF1: Embu vs JKUAT
SF2: Daystar vs Mombasa
Challenge Trophy
SF: Mbale vs KCA
SF: Nakuru KITI vs Vihiga
Spear
SF1: Meru 12 - Nandi 10
SF2: Bungoma 19 - CITAM Kisumu 15
13th place
SF1: Dagoretti 22 - Siaya 5
SF2: Eldoret 5 - AP 7
Quarterfinals
Spear
QF1: Stingers 12 - Meru 19
QF2: Webuye 0 - Nandi 24
QF3: Bungoma 19 - KCAA Stormers 0
QF4: CITAM Kisumu 10 - Shieywe 7
Challenge Trophy
QF1: KCA 10 - Dagoretti 5
QF2: Siaya 0 - Mbale 24
QF3: Nakuru KITI 19 - Eldoret 12
QF4: AP 10 - Vihiga 12
Cup
QF1: Blakblad 22 - JKUAT 5
QF2: Makueni 7 - Embu 0
QF3: Daystar 0 - N. Suburbs 24
QF4: Mombasa 14 - Catholic 17
Div II Day 1 results - Sat 20 July 2019
Round 1
AP 14 - Citam Kisumu 5
Blakblad 49 - Sheywe 0
FCK Mbale 0 - KCA 24
Mombasa 41 - Meru 0
Catholic Monks 15 - Vihiga Granites 7
Eldoret 21 - Dagoretti Bulldogs 12
Makueni 31 - Bungoma 0
Webuye 21 - Nakuru KITI 28
Embu 15 - Siaya 17
Stingers 0 - JKUAT 26
Daystar 24 - KCAA Stormers 0
Round 2
AP 19 - Shieywe 10
Blakblad 39 - CITAM Kisumu 10
FCK Mbale 24 - Nandi 5
Northern Suburbs 19 - KCA Uni 5
Mombasa 17 - Vihiga Granites 00
Catholic Monks 38 - Meru 00
Eldoret 12 - Bungoma 5
Makueni 24 - Dagoretti 12
Webuye 17 - Siaya 26
Embu 17 - Nakuru KITI 7
Stingers 12 - KCAA Stormers 7
Daystar 21 - JKUAT 12
Round 3
CITAM Kisumu 10 - Sheywe 12
Blakblad 14 - AP 10
KCA Uni 20 - Nandi 0
N. Suburbs 34 - FCK Mbale 0
Catholic Monks 10 - Mombasa RFC 12
Dagoretti 12 - Bungoma RFC 7
Makueni 15 - Eldoret 0
Nakuru KITI 12 - Siaya 7
Embu 31 - Webuye 7
JKUAT 17 - KCAA Stormers 0
Daystar 26 - Stingers 5