Machakos county team takes lead in Inter county series at Thika Greens;
MAARUFU MOHAMED-GOLFNEWSLINKS;
If it’s true that Leaders lead by example then Coast Lady Golfer Mary Kandu has a reason to smile after emerging top in the Inaugural Kenya’s Chief Justice’s (Martha Koome) sponsored Golf tournament played at the par 71 Nyali Golf and Country Club Course.
The handicap 13 Kandu who is also the Club’s former Lady Captain carded an excellent score of 42 stable ford points beating a team of 138 golfers to claim the day’s overall title.
“Being a leader at the Club as a Membership Director and also a US Kids Junior Coach demands lots of time, especially coaching the juniors from scratch. But all in all I have to lead by example hence why I played my best today and looking forward to more wins this year, “said kandu.
Kandu beat handicap 13 Mburu Kariuki by a single point to place him the Men winner while handicap 10 Martin Ombura survived on a count back score of 40 points for the runners up slot and handicap 4 William Kaguta closed with a four over par 75 gross to win the Best gross prize.
The Lady’s team were beaten handicap 26 Zaituni Mohamed who also survived on a count back score of 40 points to claim the Lady’s prize after tying on the same score with handicap 26 Jung Lee who was the runners up.
Handicap 23 Aaron Kikuvi was the best senior after returning 37 points and handicap 15 Rasmeet kaur won the best junior prize with 31 points.
Joseph Lutta playing off handicap 35 brought 41 points to win the high handicappers Men prize and the same prize for the lady was claimed by handicap 38 Farida Saeed who had a score of 37 points.
Chief Justice Martha Koome who was the Chief Guest said it was a wonderful day with beautiful amalgamation of friendship, competition, and coupled with the delightful sport of golf.
She announced that moving forward and following the generous offer by Nyali Golf and Country Club, the ‘Chief Justice’s Golf Tournament’ will become a consistent fixture in the golf calendar.
“This tournament symbolizes more than just a game. It stands for unity within the justice sector, it stands for health and wellness, and it stands for the essential spirit of work-life balance. I see wellness programmes as key to getting a dedicated workforce that is committed to efficiency and high levels of user experience that can only be delivered by a well-balanced professional, “said Koome.
At the same venue on Saturday, the Club’s Lady Captain Mary Mariga playing off handicap 18 carded 42 points to emerge the overall winner of the 2023 Kenya Pipeline Golf tournament sponsored tournament that attracted 168 golfers.
“Today has been my day, it was indeed my day and that’s why I emerged top. The curse is in fantastic condition and will try to keep practicing hard for the forth coming events. I would also like to thank my playing partners whom we had a lots of fun in the course and the Sponsor for the successful day, “said Mariga.
Sam Muraya playing off handicap 23 was the men winner on carded 41 points while Inayet Kudrati playing off handicap 23 settled for the Men runners up on 39 points and William Kaguta playing off handicap 4 was the gross winner after rounding up the event with a two over par 74 gross.
The Club’s immediate Lady Captain Annmarie De-Jong playing off handicap 31 was the Lady winner on a count back score of 38 points.
Handicap 29 Paul Macharia won the Best senior prize on 40 points and handicap 32 Tonny Gachau with a score of 35 points was the best junior while Diana Nthiwa playing off handicap 54 had 48 points to win the staff winner.
Handicap 33 Joseph Lutta on 41 points and handicap 47 Navinder Kaur with 35 points were the Best handicapper men and lady winners respectively.
And at the Thika Green Golf Resort in the same day,Machakos County team emerged the overall winner of the 2023 Inter County Golf series with a combined score of 366 points.
Handicap 22 Dr.Fred Mugambi was the Individual overall winner on a two way count back score of 42 points after tying on the same points with handicap 19 Moses Cheboi who was the Men winner of the day and handicap 22 David Ndirangu settled for the Member winner’s prize.
Martin Mutuma playing off handicap 16 won the best County Captain prize on 36 points, while Engineer John Ngugi with 41 points and Ash Makrani on 38 points were the Metumi and Rware winners respectively.
The Lady’s prize was won by handicap 26 Veronica Wanjiku with 39 points, and taking the Individual Machakos winner’s prize was Charles Kithuku who had a score of 40 points.
Andrew Muriuki returned 39 points to win the Abai prize while Maina Gaiti was the Happy Valley winner on 38 points.
The Embu winner’s prize on 40 points was claimed by David Njiru and Jediel Muriungi went home with the Amerucans prize after carding 39 points while Veronica Wanjiku had the same points to win the Kabetshire prize.
Charles Kithuku playing off handicap 41 returned 40 points to win the Subsidiary men prize while handicap 41 Alice Dan who also returned the same score of 40 points was the winner of the same for the Lady Section.
MORE RESULTS;
NYAHURURU SPORTS CLUB;
Gen Kibochi Homecoming Golf Tournament;
Overall winner-M.Mugambi-Junior (26)-41points C/B,Men wnner-Kega Isaac (26)-41 points, Runners up-Chege Macharia (14)-37points,KDF winner-Winnie Ogutu (34)-40points C/B,KDF runners up-Brig.Joseph Muracha (19)-40 points,KDF second runners up-Maj.Joel Machanga (16)-38points,Lady winner-Florence Wanjiru (11)-35points,Lady runners up-Caroline Wambaria (180-33points,Guest winner-Carol Nthiwa (24)-38points;
ENDS;
