High School rugby returns this week as the 2025 Prescott Cup begins on Wednesday, 21st May and will be running until the finals on 21st June. The tournament is split into four boys’ regions and a separate girls’ competition for the Nairobi region.
How the Boys’ Competition Works
This year’s tournament is spread across four regions:Nairobi, Western, Rift Valley, and Coast,where schools will battle for a place at the nationals.
| Region | Format | Contenders | Qualification Path |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nairobi | Pool play | Pool A – Upper Hill, Strathmore School, Mangu High, Lenana School Pool B – Rift Valley Academy, Alliance High, Githiga High, Dawamub School |
Top three advance |
| Western | Home-&-away round-robin | Butula Boys, Kisii School, St Mary’s Yala | Top two advance |
| Rift Valley | Home-&-away round-robin | St Patrick’s Iten, St Anthony’s Kitale, Kabianga High | Top two advance |
| Coast | N/A | Sole flag-bearer earns automatic berth | Coast champion sails straight through |
The arithmetic is elegant: three qualifiers from Nairobi, two apiece from Western and Rift Valley, and the Coast’s lone standard-bearer converge to forge an octet for the nationals.
Nairobi Girls’ Prescott Cup
The girls’ tournament features four schools—Nova Pioneer, St Teresa Girls Kithimu, Rift Valley Academy, and Kinale Girls. Each team plays the others once, and the final standings will decide the champion.
This week the competition begins with the following games:
Nairobi region
Pool A-Upperhill vs Strathmore School
Mangu High School vs Lenana school
Pool B– Rift Valley Acadey vs Alliance Boys
Githiga High School vs Dawamu School
Western Region
Butula Boys vs Kisii School
Rift Valley
St.Patrick`s Iten vs St.Anthony`s kitale
Nairobi Girls
Nova Pioneer vs St.Teresa`s girls
Rift Valley Academy vs Kinale Girls
