{"id":183903,"date":"2021-03-19T15:21:13","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T13:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/kru-set-to-grow-the-get-into-rugby-numbers-countrywide?lang=en"},"modified":"2021-03-19T15:21:13","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T13:21:13","slug":"kru-set-to-grow-the-get-into-rugby-numbers-countrywide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/kru-set-to-grow-the-get-into-rugby-numbers-countrywide\/","title":{"rendered":"KRU Set To Grow The Get Into Rugby Numbers Countrywide"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"image_wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/thumb\/7594dc14a51f9b8\/600\/418\" alt=\"Kenya Rugby Union (KRU)\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The Kenya Rugby Union (www.KRU.co.ke) will continue achieving one of its strategic plans of growing the game this weekend as the Development and Training and Education departments host a Get Into Rugby course on Saturday 20th March at the Impala Grounds from 9:00 am.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>A total of 40 men and women have confirmed attendance of this course that will see Ronnald Okoth, KRU&rsquo;s Development Officer, Malik Ndemi, KRU&rsquo;s Training, and Education Coordinator, and JohnBosco Muamba, Rugby Africa&rsquo;s Development Officer be the Educators on duty. These 40 members have been selected from within the Nairobi Metropolitan and once they&rsquo;re done with the course, they&rsquo;ll be expected to introduce rugby in their various Estates.<\/p>\n<p>These new members are all required to have completed three prerequisites: Rugby Ready, Coaching Children, and Laws of the game.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The main purpose of this course is to increase our GIR numbers country-wide as well as the numbers of our equipped coaches. Increasing and maintaining these numbers will in-turn guarantee us good numbers of the players who make their way to our top tier clubs and eventually to the National Teams,&rdquo; said Ronnald Okoth.<\/p>\n<p>There will be more GIR courses introduced in the KRU Regions and will be organized and overseen by Okoth and Ndemi assisted by the Regional Development Officers.<\/p>\n<p>After this weekend, KRU will organize a monthly Children&rsquo;s festival, the dates will however be communicated in a subsequent communication.<\/p>\n<p><i>Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Kenya Rugby Union (KRU).<\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>Media Contact:<\/strong><br \/>\nRugby@APO-opa.com<\/p>\n<div class=\"well well-sm\"><b>Media files<\/b><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/large\/b1c3acf07ba1b7f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/large\/b1c3acf07ba1b7f\" alt=\"Kenya Rugby Union (KRU)\" style=\"max-width:500px\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/download\/b1c3acf07ba1b7f\">Download logo<\/a><\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/\">Source: Africa Newsroom &#8211; APO<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kenya Rugby Union (www.KRU.co.ke) will continue achieving one of its strategic plans of growing the game this weekend as the Development and Training and Education departments host a Get Into Rugby course on Saturday 20th March at the Impala Grounds from 9:00 am. 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