-His Father Kailesh Chauhan said, “Shay, you have shown us all that with passion, perseverance and a humble spirit anything is possible. You’ve done good, kid. We love you and we’ll always be your biggest fans.”
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Young as he may be, a 14 year’s old golfer Shay Chauhan proved age is just a number and stood unbeatable after flooring a strong team of 147 Senior veteran players in the ‘Muwi’ Roofing golf tournament played at the par 71 Nyali golf and country club course in Mombasa county on Saturday.
The home club’s member playing off handicap 14 recorded an excellent 42 stable ford points to emerge the overall winner of the day long 18 holes stable ford tournament.
“My thanks go to my coach, who has helped me improve my game so much and as continue with more training, the sky is a limit. This victory is one of my dreams that has come true. It was a really competitive field today and I can’t even believe that things turned out best for me. I am so incredibly excited and want to give a huge thank you to my parents especially my Father Kailesh Chauhan, who are always there for me making me stronger day and for driving me to every tournament. I can’t wait for more victories in the forthcoming tournament,” said Chauhan Junior.
His father Kailesh Chauhan, also an ardent golfer told ‘golfnewslinks’ that he was proud of Shay and believes everyone at the club are celebrating this true star youngster.
“Seeing Shay at the podium is an incredible moment for the whole Family. We’ve watched him work so hard with such determination to achieve this and his efforts have paid off spectacularly. But what we are most proud of is not just the award itself, but the person the young boy has become. He has shown us all that with passion, perseverance and a humble spirit, anything is possible. I also want to express our gratitude to his amazing coach for the guidance and support. He has played a vital role in the boy’s development and success. Shay, you’ve done good, kid. We love you and we’ll always be your biggest fans,” said Chauhan senior.
The tournament sponsored by ‘Muwi’ Roofing and brought golfers from the home club, Coast golf club, guests and sponsors with valid handicaps saw, William Kaguta playing off handicap 3 played a 2 over 73 gross emerge the gross winner.
Handicap 20 Aaron Kikuvi carded 40 points to claim the Men’s top prize while handicap 19 Sammy. M. Kamau was the runners up on a count back score of 38 points after tying on the same score with third placed handicap 20 Muzahim Taib who is the Club’s Vice-Captain.
Petronilah Kalee playing off handicap 22 recorded 37 points to emerge the lady winner while handicap 33 Navinder Kaur settled for the runners up post on 35 points beating handicap 22 Lynette Oketch to the third spot on a two points difference.
Handicap 24 Inayet Kudrati claimed the Senior prize on 35 points while handicap 37 Niall Chauhan on 35 points and handicap 20 Peter Wakahora also with 35 points were the Junior and guest winners respectively.
The top prize for the invited Coast clubs on 34 points was claimed by handicap 31 Dr. Hassan Khamis as handicap 34 Dr. Omar Ramadhan carded 40 points to win the Division 2 Men prize and the same for the lady was claimed handicap 44 Pervis Barnsley on a score of 34 points.
Club Captain Omar Lewa praised the sponsor for coming up to support the tournament in a big way and he players for turning in large numbers to make the day enjoyable and successful.
“I want to start by thanking every single one of you who participated in today’s tournament. Your spirit of sportsmanship and camaraderie is what makes our club so special. I would also like to extend a huge thank you to the greens staff for the pristine condition of the course. Hosting an event like this would not be possible without the hard work of many people. Thank you to the handicap committee and all the volunteers who helped run the competition smoothly. We are also incredibly grateful to our generous sponsors, Muwi Roofing for their continued support. Their contributions are invaluable,” said Lewa.
MORE RESULTS-NYALI GOLF AND COUNRY CLUB.
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Overall winner-Robert Mogoi (15)-43 points, Men winner-Rajesh Kunverji (17)-42 points C/B, Runners up-Arbanus Kimenye (24)-42 points, Third-Sheel Dodhia (16)-41 points, Lady winner-Daxaben Vekaria (29)-41 points C/B, Runners up-Zaituni Mohamed (18)-38 points C/B, Third-Everlyne Akinyi (22)-38 points, Best Senior-Sal Davis (25)-37 points, Junior winner-Shay Chauhan (15)-40 points, Runners up-Jack Mureithi (28)-32 points, Staff winner-Gul Khan (11)-35 points, Guest winner-Tom Awili (25)-34 points, Invited Coast club winner-Naomi Kikulu (9)-32 points, High handicap men winner-Kenneth Mosop (39)-45 points, High handicap lady winner-Perviz Barnsley (44)-35 points.
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