This archive report was first published on 16 August 2019.
On August 18, 2014, J Meshack Senge was coaching at City Park, as seen in this photo by Jenipher Wachie.
Fast forward to 2020, Kenyan hockey teams were in action at the Africa Field Hockey Olympic qualifiers in South Africa. However, their campaign took a hit as they suffered defeats to Zimbabwe on Day Three of the tournament.
The national women's team, Tausi, suffered their first defeat of the qualifiers after Zimbabwe scored two late goals to collect three points in the five-team pool.
Despite a strong start, Kenya's unbeaten run in South Africa came to an end courtesy of Viviers Roxanne and Nicola Watson's goals in the third and fourth quarter respectively.
The loss saw Tom Olal's charges drop to second with four points alongside Ghana after three matches.
Kenya had earlier defeated Namibia 1-0 courtesy of Grace Makhoha's goal in their first match and drew 1-1 with Ghana.
Olal emphasized the importance of winning their last game, stating that the matches were played in a round-robin format, giving them a chance to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
“We are disappointed with the loss today but we have to bounce back. The result puts us at a difficult position as we have to win matches to survive. We will go back to the drawing board to work out on our mistakes since we will be facing a ruthless side today,” Olal said.
Meanwhile, in the men's category, Zimbabwe rallied from two goals down to hand Kenya's Chui their third defeat in the six-team pool.
