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- ↑ Ward, T. T. (2001). Gold in the hills: it is over 50 years since the beginnings of organised athletics in Kenya. Arthur Evans was the man who started it all, launching the Kenya AAAs, taking teams to major championships and for 20 years developing the sport. Now he can look back with pride at what he started, as he told Tony Ward. Athletics Weekly, 55(24), 22-23.
- ↑ Ward, T. T. (2001). Gold in the hills: it is over 50 years since the beginnings of organised athletics in Kenya. Arthur Evans was the man who started it all, launching the Kenya AAAs, taking teams to major championships and for 20 years developing the sport. Now he can look back with pride at what he started, as he told Tony Ward. Athletics Weekly, 55(24), 22-23.
- ↑ Kanyiba Nyaga, L. R. (2011). The History of Sports in Kenya. Unpublished Book Manuscript
- ↑ Ward, T. T. (2001). Gold in the hills: it is over 50 years since the beginnings of organised athletics in Kenya. Arthur Evans was the man who started it all, launching the Kenya AAAs, taking teams to major championships and for 20 years developing the sport. Now he can look back with pride at what he started, as he told Tony Ward. Athletics Weekly, 55(24), 22-23.
- ↑ Kanyiba Nyaga, L. R. (2011). The History of Sports in Kenya. Unpublished Book Manuscript
- ↑ Kenya Times, November 1, 2006: Kamanda happy with AK’s SColour and pomp at Soya Gala h6m museum
- ↑ The Standard February 23, 2007 Kipchirchir, Jepkosgei named Soya winners [usurped]
- ↑ The Standard, December 12, 2009: Colour and pomp at Soya Gala Archived July 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "SOYA Awards - Winner 2010". Archived from the original on 2008-09-13. Retrieved 2011-03-19.
