List of Blackrock Rugby Festival winners

This is a list of previous winners of the Blackrock Rugby Festival, which was established in 1983. Rift Valley Academy holds the most titles of any school at 12 titles.

The Main Cup had been competed for by all teams since 1983, but from 2000, it was decided that the top team of each group would qualify for the quarter-finals of the Main Cup, while the second and third-placed team of each group would qualify for the quarter-finals of the Plate and Bowl Cup respectively.

In 2022, the competition was played in a seven-a-side format instead of the regular fifteen-a-side format while in 2023 and 2024, the competition was played in a ten-a-side format.

Main cup

Year	Winner	Runners-up	MVP	School
1983	Nairobi School	Lenana School	N/A
1984	Ellis Robins School	Rift Valley Academy
1985	Rift Valley Academy	Lenana School
1986	Lenana School	Nairobi School
1987	Rift Valley Academy	Lenana School
1988		St. Mary's School
1989	Nairobi School
1990	Rift Valley Academy	Lenana School
1991		Lenana School
1992		St. Mary's School
1993	Lenana School	Rift Valley Academy
1994	St. Mary's School	Njoro Boys
1995		Upper Hill School
1996		Nairobi School	Paul Odera	St. Mary's School
1997		Rift Valley Academy	Allan Hicks
1998
1999			Antony Gachanja
2000	Rift Valley Academy	St. Mary's School I	Kiptubei	Rift Valley Academy
2001	Nakuru High School	Nairobi School	Innocent Simiyu	Nairobi School
2002	Lenana School	St. Mary's School I	John Warui	Lenana School
2003	Nakuru High School		Newton Tonui	Nakuru High School
2004	St. Mary's School I	Imani School	Andrew Radier	St. Mary's School
2005		Nairobi School	Biko Adema
2006	Rift Valley Academy	St. Mary's School	Odeke Ekirapa	Rift Valley Academy
2007		Strathmore School II	Nur Malmo
2008	Strathmore School II	Rift Valley Academy	Joseph Kimeu	Strathmore School
2009	Upper Hill School	Strathmore School I	David Ambunya	St. Mary's School
2010	St. Mary's School I		Nawfal Cockar
2011		Hana Mixed Secondary School	Philip Wokorach	Hana Mixed Secondary School
2012	Nairobi School	St. Mary's School I	Nigel Mutebi	St. Mary's School
2013	Maseno School	Rift Valley Academy	Jin Sasaki	Rift Valley Academy
2014	Rift Valley Academy	Maseno School	Samuel Scheenstra
2015	Maseno School	Strathmore School I	Donn Victor	Maseno School
2016	Lenana School	Rift Valley Academy	Arnold Mwita	Lenana School
2017	Rift Valley Academy	St. Mary's School	Douglas Kahuri	St. Mary's School
2018	Ofafa Jericho High School	Rift Valley Academy	Janrich Volshenk	Rift Valley Academy
2019	Dagoretti High School		Micah Smith
2020	Season not Played Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic
2021
2022	Rift Valley Academy I	Strathmore School	Matthew Mandi	Strathmore School
2023	Rosslyn Academy	Rift Valley Academy I	Josiah Clermont	Rift Valley Academy I
2024	Rift Valley Academy I	Dawamu School	Caleb Tanner	Rift Valley Academy I

Plate Cup

Year	Winner	Runners-up
2000	Nakuru High School	St. Mary's School II
2001	St. Mary's School I	Moi Forces Academy, Nairobi
2002	Sunshine Secondary School
2003	Dagoretti High School	Rift Valley Academy
2004	Nakuru High School	St. Mary's School II
2005	Nairobi School II	Strathmore School II
2006	Lenana School	St. Mary's School II
2007		Strathmore School I
2008	Moi Forces Academy, Nairobi	Upper Hill School
2009	Dagoretti High School	Sunshine Secondary School
2010	Moi Forces Academy, Nairobi	Rosslyn Academy
2011	Strathmore School I	Sunshine Secondary School
2012	Nairobi School II	Ofafa Jericho High School
2013	Ofafa Jericho High School	New Dawn Educational Centre
2014	Sunshine Secondary School	Makini School
2015	Kiambu High School	Aquinas High School
2016	Eutychus Academy	Thika High School
2017
2018	Dagoretti High School	Thika High School
2019	Strathmore School	Aquinas High School
2020	Season not Played Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic
2021
2022	All Saints Academy, Embu	Lenana School
2023	Ofafa Jericho High School II	All Saints Academy, Embu II
2024	Alliance High School	Strathmore School II

Bowl Cup

Year	Winner	Runners-up
2000	Njoro Boys High School	Upper Hill School
2001	Lenana School II	Dagoretti High School
2002	Dagoretti High School	Aga Khan Academy
2003	St. Mary's School II	N/A
2004	Strathmore School	Hillcrest Secondary School
2005	Njoro Boys High School	Makongeni Secondary School
2006	Upper Hill School I	Upper Hill School II
2007	Nairobi School II	Ofafa Jericho High School
2008	Makongeni Secondary School	Lenana School II
2009	Rosslyn Academy	Muhuri Muchiri Secondary School
2010	St. Christopher's School	Upper Hill School II
2011	Jamhuri High School	Alliance Boys' High School
2012	Sunshine Secondary School	Moi Forces Academy, Nairobi
2013	Rift Valley Academy II	The Uhuru Secondary School
2014	Dagoretti High School	Aquinas High School
2015	St Aloysious Gonzaga Secondary School	Dagoretti High School
2016	Dagoretti High School	Strathmore School II
2017
2018	Lenana School	St. Mary's School
2019	Jamhuri High School	Mutuini High School
2020	Season not Played Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic
2021
2022	Rift Valley Academy II	Nairobi School II
2023	Upper Hill School	Rift Valley Academy II
2024	Rift Valley Academy II	St. Mary's School