Mombasa County’s Mbaraki Sports Club hosts the highly-anticipated finals of the 2024/25 BingwaFest Coast Edition this weekend with big money up for grabs.
The sixth leg of the 2024/25 series that has seen the multi-disciplinary transverse five other regions across the country has been a huge success. Some of the regions thus far covered include; Western Region edition held in Mumias in August, Nyanza Edition hosted in Kisumu in September, which was followed by the Eastern Region chapter in October at Machakos, the Rift Valley edition at Eldoret in December 2024, and recently the Mountain Edition in Meru last month.
Participating teams will battle for top glory in football, rugby, and 3×3 basketball -both men and women in the three disciplines- with the region’s athletics competition set to be held on February 19th.
Winners in the football and rugby disciplines will pocket Ksh 1 million each while the winning teams in the 3×3 basketball will go home KSh 500,000 richer. The first runners-up for football and rugby will be awarded Ksh 500,000 while the second runners-up round off the prize category and will receive Ksh 250,000. In basketball, the teams that finish in second and third place will take home Ksh 250,000 and Ksh 100,000 respectively.
Football preliminary matches involving 16 men teams and 16 women teams kicked off on Monday and will be played at Mbaraki Sports Club, Serani High School, Changamwe Grounds, and Refinery Grounds throughout the week before moving back to Mbaraki for the semifinals and the finals.
Rugby action will be staged at the Shimo la Tewa Grounds for the preliminaries then Mbaraki Grounds for the finals on Sunday while the basketball showdown will be at the Bamburi Basketball Court.
The Coast edition is the penultimate leg before the national championships, with the last leg set to be hosted in Nairobi Region, at a date to be confirmed.
