A brief history of the Kenya Exiles, along with performance and achievements of 2006, goals and activities of 2007, and information for prospective sponsors.

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

1. 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
2. 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.
3. Creating solid relationships with colleges and thus creating scholarship opportunities for those seeking higher education while still playing the game they love
4. 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
5. 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
6. Create a winning attitude that will help bolster our marketability in the sporting world
7. 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
8. Developing the spirit of togetherness amongst Kenyans living outside of their home country of Kenya, with the motto, " Together we stand, divided we fall"
9. 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

1. Richmond sevens tourney - held in Richmond, Virginia - Winners
2. Severn River sevens tourney - held in Maryland - Runners-Up
3. Cape Fear Sevens tourney - held in Wilmington, North Carolina - Semi-finalist
4. Elvis Sevens - held in Memphis, Tennessee - Runners-Up
5. Held 2^nd Annual dinner at the Kenya Embassy in Washington, DC
6. Honored by a dinner in Tennessee to thank the organization for its good performance and strong community building efforts
7. 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.
8. 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

1. Participate in 6 tournaments in the United States and win each tournament
2. Travel to Kenya and participate in the biggest regional rugby sevens tournament in Africa - Safari sevens
3. Participate in community help projects in Maryland ,North Carolina and other states in conjunction with the city officials and local government
4. Host our 3^rd annual dinner that recognizes our achievements and failures of the year
5. 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.
6. Strengthen our income generating potential by creating usable merchandise that will help create additional income for the team
7. Grow the organizations membership to other countries outside of the current headquarters in the USA
8. Create various fund raising activities such as barbecues, social nights etc all aimed at helping raise funds for the club

Prospective Sponsors

With our current potential, Kenya Exiles offers the following marketability to any prospective sponsor

1. 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
2. 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
3. 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
4. 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
5. 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.
6. 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.