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A brief history of the Kenya Exiles, along with performance and achievements of 2006, goals and activities of 2007, and information for prospective sponsors.
History of the Kenya Exiles
An organization born in June, 2001,
Kenya Exiles was first established to create an avenue for people to
come out and enjoy some rugby while socializing and keeping in touch
with each other.
After close review of the initial
success with numbers and turn out, a management team was assembled
with the primary task of organizing rugby activities with the goal of
creating a brand of rugby and helping establish the organization name
around the country
Today, Kenya Exiles is a rugby
organization with 2000+ members across the globe. We have built
relationships with the top rugby playing universities, clubs of all
levels , rugby affiliated companies such as Godek Rugby
and
individual rugby loyalists who step up to support the game they truly
love and the general public of all nationalities across all of the
United States of America.
Over the years, our success on and off
the field has led to our continued growth to our current status as a
leading provider of high quality rugby players, community
partnerships that help the needy and less fortunate and being the
strong carriers of the Kenyan open handed spirit of love, generosity
and working together as a team to achieve a common goal.
Exiles Management & Goals
The organization is managed by a board
that overseas the running of the club with the following goals
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Creating
a forum for our rugby brethren to come over to the states and be
able to maintain their high level of play instead of giving up the
sport they love
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Creating
strong relationships with top clubs in the states by which we can
help top players who come to the states get semi-professional
contracts.
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Creating
solid relationships with colleges and thus creating scholarship
opportunities for those seeking higher education while still playing
the game they love
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By
participating in top tournaments , we can display the top and
experienced play and thus spreading the Kenyan brand of rugby across
the united states
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Help
promote community and cultural education, by participating in
different tournaments in different communities we help unite and
create a harmonious relationship between the game, players and the
community at large
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Create
a winning attitude that will help bolster our marketability in the
sporting world
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Participating
in community projects such as clean the city, feed the homeless and
other community based projects that are geared towards assisting
those less fortunate
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Developing
the spirit of togetherness amongst Kenyans living outside of their
home country of Kenya, with the motto, " Together we stand,
divided we fall"
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Developing
income generating solutions that will assist the club in sustaining
itself during the season when the team travels to different cities
to participate in tournaments.
2006 Performance and Achievements
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Richmond
sevens tourney - held in Richmond, Virginia - Winners
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Severn
River sevens tourney - held in Maryland - Runners-Up
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Cape
Fear Sevens tourney - held in Wilmington, North Carolina -
Semi-finalist
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Elvis
Sevens - held in Memphis, Tennessee - Runners-Up
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Held
2nd Annual dinner at the Kenya Embassy in Washington, DC
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Honored
by a dinner in Tennessee to thank the organization for its good
performance and strong community building efforts
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Signed
contract with clothing company that would be in-charge of creating
all apparel with the Kenya Exiles logo. This was established to help
with our marketing of the club and its course.
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Signed
with a New Zealand coach who watched the club and its ways and
volunteered his services for free to help take the clubs performance
to even greater heights
2007 Goals and Activities
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Participate
in 6 tournaments in the United States
and win each tournament
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Travel
to Kenya and participate in the biggest regional rugby sevens
tournament in Africa - Safari sevens
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Participate
in community help projects in Maryland ,North Carolina and other
states in conjunction with the city officials and local government
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Host
our 3rd annual dinner that recognizes our achievements
and failures of the year
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Get
sponsorship for our 2007 rugby schedule that will help alleviate the
team's expenses that will go towards Airline tickets,
accommodation, kit and tournament registration.
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Strengthen
our income generating potential by creating usable merchandise that
will help create additional income for the team
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Grow
the organizations membership to other countries outside of the
current headquarters in the USA
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Create
various fund raising activities such as barbecues, social nights etc
all aimed at helping raise funds for the club
With our current potential, Kenya
Exiles offers the following marketability to any prospective sponsor
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By
attaching your name to the Exiles brand of rugby, you create the
much needed avenue to market and educate the public at large on your
company name and what it stands for
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Being
a touring side here in the states, we get to be seen by people in 6+
states and everywhere we go we captivate the audiences with our
style of play and create enough interest for them to ask who are you
and what are you all about - which is a perfect opportunity for us
to market the company
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You
attach your name to winners - we win 95% of tournaments that we
participate in and for your company to attach its name to us would
be helping people identify you with winners
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Your
company in helping us achieve our goals, would be in turn helping a
lot of individuals achieve their goals
- you are indirectly linked
to the success of the organization in community building,
educational improvement, improving quality of life for those playing
semi-professional rugby, cultural education of communities within
the United States
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In
attaching your name to Kenya Exiles apparel, you have increased the
number of people who get to know about your name brand, and business
- every individual who wears a piece of clothing with the exiles
name and your company name, will be spreading a strong advertising
message wherever they go. - We currently have 3 brands of clothing
that are developed for us free of charge and we are looking at
expanding that clothing line to include even more items.
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Our
website has over 500 visitors daily, these hits are crucial in
facilitating a medium by which the club, sponsors and other
interested parties can have an avenue to reach out to a wider
audience across the world.
We have what it takes to be a leader in
the rugby playing world. We boast a top coach from New Zealand who
has graced us with his experience at no charge, we have the top
players in the country and we are a well structured organization
managed by a competent board that is dedicated to excellence. With
our membership base of 2000+ we have an audience that covers the
country and other areas of the world. Our biggest challenge is
getting the right sponsor to assist the club with financial
assistance to help us afford our minimum monetary obligations during
the clubs season that begins in May and ends in August.
Kenya Exiles Rugby - We play the game
to win.
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