List of Blackrock Rugby Festival winners

This is a list of previous winners of the Blackrock Rugby Festival, which was established in 1983. Rift Valley Academy holds the most titles of any school at 12 titles.

The Main Cup had been competed for by all teams since 1983, but from 2000, it was decided that the top team of each group would qualify for the quarter-finals of the Main Cup, while the second and third-placed team of each group would qualify for the quarter-finals of the Plate and Bowl Cup respectively.

In 2022, the competition was played in a seven-a-side format instead of the regular fifteen-a-side format while in 2023, 2024 and 2025, the competition was played in a ten-a-side format.[1]

Main cup

Year Winner Runners-up MVP School
1983 Lenana School Nairobi School
1984 Ellis Robins School Rift Valley Academy
1985 Rift Valley Academy Lenana School
1986 Lenana School Nairobi School
1987

Rift Valley Academy

Lenana School Martin Ndeda Lenana School
1988 Rift Valley Academy St Marys Jack Wilson
1989 Nairobi School, St. Mary's School,
1990 Rift Valley Academy Lenana School
1991 Rift Valley Academy Lenana School
1992 Rift Valley Academy St Marys School
1993 Lenana School St Marys School
1994 St. Mary's School Njoro Boys
1995 Upper Hill School
1996 Nairobi School Paul Odera St. Mary's School
1997 Rift Valley Academy Allan Hicks
1998
1999 Antony Gachanja
2000 Rift Valley Academy St. Mary's School I Kiptubei Rift Valley Academy
2001 Nakuru High School Nairobi School Innocent Simiyu Nairobi School
2002 Lenana School St. Mary's School I John Warui Lenana School
2003 Nakuru High School Newton Tonui Nakuru High School
2004 St. Mary's School I Imani School Andrew Radier St. Mary's School
2005 Nairobi School Biko Adema
2006 Rift Valley Academy St. Mary's School Odeke Ekirapa Rift Valley Academy
2007 Strathmore School II Nur Malmo
2008 Strathmore School II Rift Valley Academy Joseph Kimeu Strathmore School
2009 Upper Hill School Strathmore School I David Ambunya St. Mary's School
2010 St. Mary's School I Nawfal Cockar
2011 Hana Mixed Secondary School Philip Wokorach Hana Mixed Secondary School
2012 Nairobi School St. Mary's School I Nigel Mutebi St. Mary's School
2013 Maseno School Rift Valley Academy Jin Sasaki Rift Valley Academy
2014 Rift Valley Academy Maseno School Samuel Scheenstra
2015 Maseno School Strathmore School I Donn Victor Maseno School
2016 Lenana School Rift Valley Academy Arnold Mwita Lenana School
2017 Rift Valley Academy St. Mary's School Douglas Kahuri St. Mary's School
2018 Ofafa Jericho High School Rift Valley Academy Janrich Volshenk Rift Valley Academy
2019 Dagoretti High School Micah Smith
2020 Season not Played Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic
2021
2022 Rift Valley Academy I Strathmore School Matthew Mandi Strathmore School
2023 Rosslyn Academy Rift Valley Academy I Josiah Clermont Rift Valley Academy I
2024 Rift Valley Academy I Dawamu School Caleb Tanner Rift Valley Academy I
2025 All Saints Embu High School I Rift Valley Academy I Josephat Karanja All Saints Embu High School I

Plate Cup

Year Winner Runners-up
2000 Nakuru High School St. Mary's School II
2001 St. Mary's School I Moi Forces Academy, Nairobi
2002 Sunshine Secondary School
2003 Dagoretti High School Rift Valley Academy
2004 Nakuru High School St. Mary's School II
2005 Nairobi School II Strathmore School II
2006 Lenana School St. Mary's School II
2007 Strathmore School I
2008 Moi Forces Academy, Nairobi Upper Hill School
2009 Dagoretti High School Sunshine Secondary School
2010 Moi Forces Academy, Nairobi Rosslyn Academy
2011 Strathmore School I Sunshine Secondary School
2012 Nairobi School II Ofafa Jericho High School
2013 Ofafa Jericho High School New Dawn Educational Centre
2014 Sunshine Secondary School Makini School
2015 Kiambu High School Aquinas High School
2016 Eutychus Academy Thika High School
2017
2018 Dagoretti High School Thika High School
2019 Strathmore School Aquinas High School
2020 Season not Played Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic
2021
2022 All Saints Embu High School Lenana School
2023 Ofafa Jericho High School II All Saints Embu High School II
2024 Alliance High School Strathmore School II
2025 All Saints Embu High School II Upper Hill School

Bowl Cup

Year Winner Runners-up
2000 Njoro Boys High School Upper Hill School
2001 Lenana School II Dagoretti High School
2002 Dagoretti High School Aga Khan Academy
2003 St. Mary's School II N/A
2004 Strathmore School Hillcrest Secondary School
2005 Njoro Boys High School Makongeni Secondary School
2006 Upper Hill School I Upper Hill School II
2007 Nairobi School II Ofafa Jericho High School
2008 Makongeni Secondary School Lenana School II
2009 Rosslyn Academy Muhuri Muchiri Secondary School
2010 St. Christopher's School Upper Hill School II
2011 Jamhuri High School Alliance Boys' High School
2012 Sunshine Secondary School Moi Forces Academy, Nairobi
2013 Rift Valley Academy II The Uhuru Secondary School
2014 Dagoretti High School Aquinas High School
2015 St Aloysious Gonzaga Secondary School Dagoretti High School
2016 Dagoretti High School Strathmore School II
2017
2018 Lenana School St. Mary's School
2019 Jamhuri High School Mutuini High School
2020 Season not Played Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic
2021
2022 Rift Valley Academy II Nairobi School II
2023 Upper Hill School Rift Valley Academy II
2024 Rift Valley Academy II St. Mary's School
2025 Nairobi School Rift Valley Academy II

Women's Competition

In 2025, a women's competition was held officially for the first time in the seven-a-side format of the game. Rift Valley Academy were the inaugural winners beating Karen C Secondary School 28 - 07 in the finals.

Main Cup

Year Winner Runners-Up MVP School
2025 Rift Valley Academy Karen C Secondary School Vivian Dilwarth Rift Valley Academy

Plate Cup

Year Winner Runners-Up
2025 Rosslyn Academy Dagoretti Mixed Secondary School

Bowl Cup

Year Winner Runners-Up
2025 St. Claire Nembu Girls High School Kibera Secondary School

References

  1. ^ "RVA launch Blackrock Rugby Festival title defence". Nation. 2023-06-02. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
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