Kenya: Maina, Samani Shine as Junior Golf Tour Tees Off in Thika

14 November 2022
Capital FM (Nairobi)
By Omondi Onyatta

Nairobi — Kristen Maina produced a stunning hole-in-one on the fourth hole to emerge victorious at the inaugural leg of the Junior Golf Foundation Nairobi Tour at the Thika Sports Club on Sunday.

Maina's performance was the icing on the cake of an action-filled day that saw approximately 120 junior golfers from Nairobi and its environs battle for the opportunity to compete at various international tournaments as part of a partnership between Junior Golf Foundation (JGF) and U.S. Kids Golf.

In the 15-18-year-old category, Ishan Samani emerged winner in the boys' division with 93 points as Antonia Mbuthia carded 99 points to claim victory in the girls' division.

Among boys in the 13-14-year-old category, Shashwat Harish took top honours after scoring 81 points whereas Audrey Gachora was victorious among the girls, with 87 points.

Andrew Gathere was winner in the 12-year-old boys' category with 79 points as Marya Nyambura carded 93 points to win the girls' division.

The winner of the boys' 11-year-old category was Mwathi Gicheru with 71 points as Shuhan Peng shone in 10-year-olds division, scoring 46 points to take top honours.

Jeff Kibe, Ivan Kimutai and Trevu Mungai topped the eight, seven and six-year-old boys' categories respectively, while Anna Mengi led in the girls' under-8 years category.

The tour, sponsored by NCBA Bank and U.S. Kids Golf, is scheduled to run until January next year.

Read the original article on Capital FM.

Tagged:
Copyright © 2022 Capital FM. All rights reserved. Distributed by AllAfrica Global Media (allAfrica.com). To contact the copyright holder directly for corrections — or for permission to republish or make other authorized use of this material, click here.

AllAfrica publishes around 500 reports a day from more than 100 news organizations and over 500 other institutions and individuals, representing a diversity of positions on every topic. We publish news and views ranging from vigorous opponents of governments to government publications and spokespersons. Publishers named above each report are responsible for their own content, which AllAfrica does not have the legal right to edit or correct.

Articles and commentaries that identify allAfrica.com as the publisher are produced or commissioned by AllAfrica. To address comments or complaints, please Contact us.