-The tourney attracted junior golfers from Mombasa and Kwale Counties under 5 to 18 years old;
MAARUFU MOHAMED-GOLFNEWSLINKS;
Coast Golf Kids swept medals in the 3rd Edition of the 2024 Us Kids Mombasa Local Tour Golf Tournament played at the Par 71 Nyali Golf and Country Club Course in Mombasa County on Sunday.
This is a US Kids Local Tour which is sponsored by NCBA and ICEA Lion played on strokes play format and was the 3rd edition from the six rounds planned for this year.
Diani’s Kenny Salzmann ruled the boys 6 years old and under carding 55 gross to emerge the overall winner while Nyali’s Tiras Kaguta was the king of the 7 years old category scooping the medal on 56 gross.
“My Mum Mary Kandu who is also a Junior Golf Coach has been training me here at Nyali on every weekend when not in School and my game have been improving. I look forward to becoming a good Golfer in the Country. Iam so happy to be the winner,” said an excited Kaguta.
Niccolo De Marchis also from Diani returned 55 gross to win the Boys 8 years section and Nyali’s Samara Teneva was the 8 years old and Under winner on 58 gross.
The 9 years old section for Boys was won by Diani’s Cyril Theuri on 53 gross as Clubmate Marcel Adeyemo on 61 gross and Nyali’s Emmalyne Kamau with 58 gross were the winners of the boys 10 years and Girls 9 to 10 years categories respectively.
Diani continued to dominate the scene with Lucas Kampa scooping the Boys 12 years old Medal on 85 gross and Nyali’s Kanika Shah was the Girls winner of 1 to 12 years old after recording 116 gross.
Nyali’s Shay Chauhan who a day before scooped the Junior title in the Kenya Association of Manufacture’s Golf Tourney at the same venue, proved his dominance again claiming the overall medal in the Boys 13 to 14 years old and his clubmate Angel Kiama was the Girl’s winner in the same age category after carding 128 gross.
Aydan Jamal also from Nyali brought 83 gross to win the 15 to 18 boys’ section and there was no any Girl who participated in the same age bracket.
Next action is expected to be staged at Diani’s Diamond Leisure Golf Resort in South Coast of Mombasa, Kwale County on Sept,29th.
It will then move to Vipingo Baobab Ridge Golf Resort in Kilifi County on October,13th before returning back to Nyali Golf and Country Club Course in Mombasa County on October,27th.
ENDS;
NOTE;
WANT YOUR GOLF, SPORTS, BUSINESS, ROTARY, ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH, OPINIONS OR SPONSORED RELATED CONTENTS PUBLISHED ON THIS SITE?
-SHARE WITH US;
-YOU WANT TO PROMOTE YOUR BUSINESS OR ANY EVENT?
-ADVERTISE WITH US;
CONTACTS;
mmaarufu@gmail.com/golfnewslinks@gmail.com
Phone/What’s up…+254726614604/+254722415598.
