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.
Nakuru Athletic club has also a field hockey team playing in the National League.
Nakuru’s football team, Nakuru AllStars, who play in the Nationwide Division, has their training sessions at Nakuru Athletic Ground.
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.
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.
Nakuru Athletic Club is one of the Oldest Sports Clubs in Kenya that existed under the colonial regime. Indigenous Kenyans would not be allowed to use the facility then, so they would use The African Sports Stadium now referred to as Afraha Stadium. The Nakuru Athletic Club is located in one of the major cities Kenya known as Nakuru, a capital of Rift Valley Province, 85 miles from Nairobi.
It is a members-only club that provides various facilities for various games including soccer, squash, rugby, table Tennis, hockey and Cricket
The Club has a cricket team and has hosted High Profile Cricket games. One notable cricket game was one that featured Rift Valley Cricket Association XI versus Minor Counties of England. It is also a host home ground for a renowned rugby union team in the region, Nakuru RFC and a team in field hockey playing in the National Elite Hockey League.
The 2000-capacity Stadium also plays host to the Nationwide Division side, Nakuru AllStars, the regions soccer team who have their training sessions here.
Full Name: Nakuru Athletic Club
Capacity: 2,000
Location: Oginga Odinga Avenue, Nakuru, Kenya
Clubs: Nakuru All Stars, Nakuru RFC
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Surface: Grass
