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Lionesses, Scorpions, Malkia, KCB Volleyball, Nairobi Queens, AK Relay and 3×3 to battle for soya team of the year

Kenya Lionesses 15’s rugby, Strathmore University Scorpions hockey, Malkia Strikers, national women’s volleyball, KCB women’s volleyball team, the 3×3 basketball team, the Nairobi Water Queens handball team and Athletics Kenya (AK) women’s 4x400m team are seven teams that are competing for the 2022 Sports Personality of the Year women’s team of the year.

Lionesses defeated hosts Uganda 23-3 in Kampala to win the Rugby Africa Cup in the Pool ‘B’ clash after seeing off Zambia 36-17. The victory saw them move two places up the World Rugby rankings from 27th to 25th, overtaking Madagascar and Colombia in the process.

Scorpions won the Kenya Hockey Union (KHU) women’s Premier League title for the first time in the history of the institution.

KCB stunned record champions Al Ahly to be crowned the Africa women’s volleyball club champions after a 3-1 victory in Tunisia in June. KCB became the first Kenyan club to win the title after eight years with  Kenya Prisons having won it last in 2013.

Malkia Strikers on their part finished in 19th place out of 24 teams at World Championships held in Netherlands and Poland from September 23 to October 15 last year. 

The 3×3 Basketball Basketball team of Victoria Reynolds, Madina Okot, Hilda Indasi and Melissa Akinyi reached the quarters at the Commonwealth Games debut in Birmingham.

Nairobi Water Queens were again unstoppable at the East Africa Handball Championships when they successfully defended their title unbeaten in the event that took place in December in Zanzibar.

The athletics team of Veronica Mutua, Jacinta Shikanda, Hellen Syombua and Joan Cherono settled for silver in the women’s 4x400m relay at the Africa Senior Athletics Championships in Mauritius on June 12th 2022.

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