Manchester Salver winner Justus Madoya (left) is presented with the Shield by Mediheal General Manager Prasanta Mohapatra (centre) and Kapseret MP Oscar Sudi.

By KGG REPORTER

Great Rift Valley Club golfer Justus Madoya resisted stiff challenge to emerge the winner of this year’s Manchester Salver golf tournament at the nine-hole Eldoret Golf Club at the weekend.

The feat, however, saw Madoya remain perched on position three in the Gofler Of The Year series table, but closed the gap of the top two after he picked 15.50 points from the leg to amass a total of 236.75 points from 16 series events.

Limuru’s John Karichu still leads the pack on 297.50 points, while Kenneth Bollo of Royal Nairobi Golf Club is second on 257.25 points.

Fans were treated to a thrilling final round when Madoya tied on five over 147 with Nandi Bears player Robert Kasi and David Sakwa who is a caddie at Eldoret club during the Mediheal sponsored golf forcing the KGU officials led by vice chairman Muchau Githuka, Andrew Chelogoi and club captain Joseph Watunu to propose sudden death playoff on holes 17 and 18 to pick the winner.

Sakwa failed on the first encounter with five strokes as Kasi and Madoya went to the wire before Kasi missed a putt, providing a good winning opportunity for Madoya.

The two day event brought Madoya to cloud nine when he carded two rounds total of five over par, registering his second win in the Goty series.

Madoya lauded the conditions of the course saying the greens were running nicely as the course suited his play.

“Am happy to register my second win in the Goty series this year and I want to go ahead and win the overall title,” said Madoya.

During the first round played on Saturday, Madoya played five over 77 finishing in fourth position but he returned with a bang on the second day with one under 70 to tally his points to 221 and set the tempo ahead of East Africa challenge mid this month. cheap nike air max 90 mens cheap nike air max 90 mens

Uganda’s R. Otile lines his putt during the final round. He posted the send best individual score at the AAGTC competition at Limuru Club.

By KGG REPORTER

Kenya rallied from third position at the beginning of the final round to finish second behind dominant champions South Africa as curtains came down at this year’s Africa Amateur Golf Team Championships (AAGTC) at the par 72 Limuru Golf and Country Club today.

The team comprising of skipper John Karichu, John Kariuki, Bo Ciera and Jay Sandhu, stemmed their penultimate day tide which saw them drop from joint leadership to third spot, with improved play, to finish with an overall score of 14 over par (890).

The brilliant performance on Thursday could, however, not match a spirited South Africa who recovered from Day Two mishap to finish with four under par (872) victory and a massive 18 shot cushion from their closest opponents Kenya. The Southerners confirmed their dominance with the victory as they remained the only country to have won it since its inauguration fifteen years ago.

Kariuki became the only Kenyan to card an under par score in the tournament when he registered one under par 72 during today’s final round as Ciera and Sandhu got their marks into the Kenyan tally with par (73) performances. Karichu’s two over par (75) score failed to make the grades on the final day which also saw Zimbabwe, the overnight leaders drop to third position.

Kenya carded a combined tally of one over par (220) on the opening day of the championships with scores from Kariuki (par) Sandhu (par) and Karichu’s one over par (74) as Ciera’s score did not count. A three over par (222) on day two aided by a calamitous performance by the defending champions saw the home team hold a joint 4 over par (442) lead with South Africa.

The locals then succumbed to high pressure of sitting atop the leader board on the penultimate day, carding their worst score in the tournament. An 11 over par (230) aggregate score contributed by Karichu (2 over par 75), Sandhu (4 over par 77), Kariuki (5 over par 78) and Ciera (6 over par 79) saw them slide from joint first to third behind Zimbabwe and South Africa.

The final day revival was too little and too late for Kenya as the Southerners led by the best player in this year’s tournament Aubrey Beckley had carded enough to yet again win the championships. Beckely was crowned best overall player with a personal aggregate score of 4 under par (288). Uganda’s Ronald Otile claimed the second best individual gong with a score of 2 under par (290) and another South African Andre Nel wrapped up the final podium position with a level (292) performance.

Kariuki and Karichu, the best performing Kenyans placed a joint 8^th overall with 5 over par (297) while Sandhu and Ciera finished 13^th and 20^th respectively.

Final results:

South Africa 872

Kenya 890

Zimbabwe 892

Zambia 904

Uganda 906

Mauritius 907

Tanzania 932

Tunisia 941

Egypt 945

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