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Maik Kwamba from RFUEA in Nairobi

The second leg of the Western Union National Sevens Circuit, the Christie Sevens got underway this morning at the RFUEA with some thrilling sevens on display.

Pool A
Nakuru, Kisumu qualify for Christie Sevens quarters

Tournament top seeds Nakuru RFC aiming to add the Christie Sevens title to their Dala Sevens crown began the day with a narrow 19-14 win over Mombasa Polytechnic in Pool A. The Mombasa side held their own against Nakuru, falling short of claiming a famous scalp in Nakuru RFC.

The other Pool A match saw Kisumu RFC stroll to a 24-0 win over Catholic University.
Nakuru would then beat the fighting Catholic University 24-5 before finishing top of the pool with a 17-0 win over Kisumu RFC who had done enough to qualify for the main cup quarter final courtesy of that come from behind 15-12 win over Mombasa.

Pool B
Quins, Masinde Muliro top pool
Hosts Kenya Harlequin FC survived a shock 5-7 loss at the hands of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology to qualify top of Pool B. They had earlier labored to beat USIU 19-7 before turning on the style to beat Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology 29-5, a win that secured their berth in the main cup knock out.

The MMUST lads had earlier beaten JKUAT 17-7 before beating USIU 28-7, wins that actually secured their berth in the main cup quarters.

Pool C
Machine join Impala in quarters
Impala RFC topped Pool C, going unbeaten in their three pool matches, beating Mean Machine 31-5, Daystar 48-0 and surviving a Nondies scare in their 29-17 win.

Machine atoned for their dismal showing in Kisumu by making it to the main cup quarters. They made up for their loss to Impala by beating Nondies 34-5 and Daystar 35-0.

Pool D
KCB and Strath sail through

KCB topped this pool with a 100% record. They beat the Flames 42-0,Blak Blad 19-5 and Strathmore 14-10.

Strathmore beat Blak Blad 31-0 before disposing of the Flames 43-5,wins that brought them their quarter final berth.

Day One Results:

Nakuru 19 Mombasa 14
Kisumu 24 Catholic University 0
Quins 19 USIU 7
MMUST 17 JKUAT 7
Impala 31 Mean Machine 5
Nondies 31 Daystar 7
Strath 31 Blak Blad 0
KCB 42 Flames 0
Nakuru 24 Catholic 5
Kisumu 15 Mombasa 12
Quins 5 JKUAT 7
MMUST 28 USIU 7
Impala 48 Daystar 0
Nondies 5 Machine 34
Strath 45 Flames 5
KCB 19 Blak Blad 5
Mombasa 43 Catholic 5
USIU 0 JKUAT 7
Machine 35 Daystar 0
Blak 7 Flames 17
Nakuru 17 Kisumu 0
Quins 29 MMUST 5
Impala 29 Nondies 17
Strath 10 KCB 14

Sunday's Order of Play:

Bowl Quarters

Mombasa V USIU
Flames V Daystar
Nondies V Blad
JKUAT V Catholic

Main Cup Quarters

Nakuru v MMUST
KCB v Machine
Impala v Strath
Quins v Kisumu