SJAK Tournament To Mark World Sports Journalist Day In October
27th September 2018
Fourteen media houses will take part in the event with additional teams formed by sports bloggers and freelancers at MISC, Kasarani
SUMMARY
- Leading financial institution KCB Bank and beverage manufacturers Coca-Cola on Thursday boosted the competition by injecting cash donations, the later offering KSh500,000 while the former giving KSh250,000
- It will be the fourth time since 2014 that SJAK is marking the World Sports Journalists Day that is ordinarily celebrated globally on July 2
- Tournament rules as well as the draw for the highly anticipated event will take place next week
NAIROBI, Kenya- The Sports Journalists Association of Kenya (SJAK) will belatedly mark the World Sports Journalists Day on October 13 with an inter-media tournament at MISC, Kasarani stadium.
Fourteen media houses will take part in the event with additional teams formed by sports bloggers and freelancers. The events to be contested include football, tag of war, egg race, sack race and 4x100m relays.
Leading financial institution KCB Bank and beverage manufacturers Coca-Cola on Thursday boosted the competition by injecting cash donations, the later offering KSh500,000 while the former giving KSh250,000.
Fourteen media houses will take part in the event with additional teams formed by sports bloggers and freelancers. The events to be contested include football, tag of war, egg race, sack race and 4x100m relays.
Leading financial institution KCB Bank and beverage manufacturers Coca-Cola on Thursday boosted the competition by injecting cash donations, the later offering KSh500,000 while the former giving KSh250,000.
It will be the fourth time since 2014 that SJAK is marking the World Sports Journalists Day that is ordinarily celebrated globally on July 2.
Hectic year
"This year has been hectic especially around the dates we ought to have marked it but I'm happy it is going down. Let us all unite and celebrate and network among ourselves." SJAK president Chris Mbaisi said
KCB Corporate Communication Manager Peter Mwaura lauded SJAK's efforts in disseminating sports stories.