Sally Mbiru during one of her training sessions at Eastmore Girls
Secondary School in Nakuru County. PHOTO | SULEIMAN MBATIAH | NATION
MEDIA GROUP
She has defied age to call the shots in the sports world.
Sally Ndiri, however, is not reigning supreme as a competitor, but as a trainer of repute in Nakuru.
“From an early age, I wanted to make sports part of my life,” says Sally.
Thanks to her love for sports, she is now raking in handsome earnings.
It is in Nakuru that she saw the connection between sports and entrepreneurship.
TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
A number of opportunities for training sportsmen and women knocked on her door when she set camp in the town in 2003.
“In
Nakuru, I realised that a lot of people were interested in getting
skills on swimming and I saw this as an opportunity to get extra
income,” she says.
“I have students in various parts of
the world including the Texas in USA, Australia and India. Some of them
come for my signature when joining various universities as an approval
for their skills in sports,” she says.
In Nakuru, her
starting point was at Eastmore Girls’ Secondary School, where she is
still training students in athletics, among other games.
By the end of last year, Sally had a clientele of 82 adults and 38 children who had registered for monthly training.
Sally's love for sports started pretty early. By the time she was in Standard Four she was already a competent swimmer.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
When
she joined Kenyatta University in 1980, she pursued a course in
physical education to train basketball, volleyball and netball players
as well as swimmers.
“I majored in swimming, which was
my favourite sport. At the university, we only did theory for the
physical education so when I completed my course, I attended seminars
and workshops to help me polish my skills,” she says.
Sally proceeded to participate in an array of sporting activities.
She won a bronze in lawn tennis and a silver in triathlon during the All African Games.
“In triathlon, you do a combination of swimming, running and athletics,” says Sally.
She trains swimmers for 10 days.
“One can become a good swimmer regardless of their age,” she says.
In addition to coaching in schools, she has also secured contracts in various organisations in Nakuru.
She charges Sh3,000 monthly for each swimming student.
“I also train lawn tennis and skating at the Rift valley Sports Club at the weekend,” she says.
She is also a patron for a number of clubs.
“Currently,
I lead the Nakuru County Swimming Association and Intellectually
Challenged People’s Special Olympics of all ages ,” says Sally.
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