Nakuru Athletic Club

'''Nakuru Athletic Club''' is a [[sports club]] located in [[Nakuru]] capital of [[Rift Valley Province]], [[Kenya]]. The club also has a cricket team playing in the Rift Valley cricket league. The club ground has hosted many High-profile cricket games including a game featuring [[Rift Valley Cricket Association XI]] v [[Minor Counties]] of England.

The Nakuru Athletic Club is also home ground for [[Nakuru RFC]], a local [[rugby union]] team.<ref>Sportsnewsarena.com, January 29, 2011: [http://www.sportsnewsarena.com/?Nakuru-Humiliate-Mwamba-in-Kenya-Cup.html Nakuru Humiliate Mwamba in Kenya Cup]</ref>

Nakuru Athletic club has also a field hockey team playing in the National League.<ref>Kenya Hockey Union, March 21, 2011: [http://www.kenyahockey.com/index.php/2011/03/simba-greensharks-extend-lead-on-khu-week-2-matches ‘Coolie’ powers Simba past Wazalendo as Greensharks triumps]</ref>

Nakuru's football team, [[Nakuru All-Stars|Nakuru AllStars]], who play in the Nationwide Division, has their training sessions at Nakuru Athletic Ground.<ref>[http://fg.co.ke/nac/ FG soccer academy training complex website]</ref> FG Soccer Academy - Nakuru's premier soccer academy, a non for profit soccer school that combines football, character development and education also uses Nakuru Athletic Ground as their training complex

[[ File:Fg academy.jpg|500px|FG academy players form the under 13 side training at the Nakuru Athletic Club]]

Under the colonial rule, indigenous Kenyan were barred from Nakuru Athletic Club. Thus they were using the “African Sports Stadium,” now known as [[Afraha Stadium]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.africaforreal.org/links.html|title=Africa for Real Podcasts - Useful Links|website=www.africaforreal.org|access-date=2018-04-20}}</ref>

== References == {{Reflist}} https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/165/165775/Other_matches.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025024444/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/165/165775/Other_matches.html |date=2012-10-25 }}

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