Junior Golf Foundation chairman Ashwin Gidoomal posses with the kids team to represent Kenya at the Kids World Golf Championships in Malaysia next month. FROM LEFT: Chanelle Wangare, Tirok Kigen and Aahil-Aziz Jessa.

By DANIELLA APIYO

Sports Personality of the Year -SOYA) -most Promising nominee, Chanelle Wangeci will lead a team of three kid golfers to next month’s Kids World Golf Championship slated to take place from December 8 – 12 at the Palm Resort Golf & Country Club in Malaysia.

The other participants making the team, include Aahil-Aziz Jessa and Tirok Kigen. They will take place in the four day tournament expected to take place in three venues including Jalan Persiaran Golf- Malaysia and IOI Palm Villa Golf & Country Resort.

Just at seven, Wangeci of Makini School made history last September as the first non-handicapped Kenyan Junior Golfer to win in an international event in the Africa Junior Challenge held in South Africa.

The eight year old has won many tournaments, since she only began playing two years ago at the age of five. Among her many accolades include first place in the  Africa Junior Championship – South Africa at Zebula Country Club,

Wangeci is slated to compete in junior professional tournaments in Asia, Europe and the United States of America, U.S World Junior Golf Championship in Pinehurst, USA, (July 2015), European Junior World Championship in Scotland, (May 2015) and the Malaysian tour is expected to provide a perfect training opportunity for the budding golfer to hone her skills.

“The tournament presents another window of opportunity for our juniors to excel and use the opportunity presented by the tournament as a springboard for elite sport and future tournaments. Initiatives of this nature are an attempt to move the sport of golf from abstract to concrete-”Junior Golf Foundation chairman Mr. Ashwin Gidoomal said while naming the team.

The games will be played at the 27 holes stroke play for Boys eight  years & under), 54 holes stroke play (Boys 9-18), 27 holes stroke play (Girls 9 & under) and 54 holes stroke play for Girls 10-18.

This is the first time the games are being held in Asia after US and Europe. The World Championship is a special opportunity for boys and girls between age 5 years to 18 years old to play in a world competition.

Among other Asian nation to take part in the championship including Japan, Thailand and Australia towards organising his competition as host to the Kids Golf World Championship.

The team:

1. Chanelle Wangari, -Age 8

School; Makini

2. Aahil-Aziz Jessa -Age 6

School: Peponi House Preparatory School.

3. Tirok Kigen -Age 7

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Windsor’s Riz Charania in action today. He emerged the winner of the Rapid Tour Golf at the Windsor Club.

By DANIELLA APIYO

Home professional Riz Charania made full use of his home course advantage to clinch the Rapid Tour golf title at the par 72 Windsor Golf Hotel and Country Club course today.
Charania who also doubles up as the chairman of the Professional Golfers of Kenya(PGK) chairman shot one under par 71 during today’s final round of the Sh300,000 tournament to beat Vet Lab’s Brian Njoroge and Mumias based Dismas Indiza by four shots.

“ I am very happy that after giving away the KCB Tour grand finale in Mombasa, my game is good at the moment’’ said Charania. He said the condition of the course had also contributed to his three under par total 213 though he made some few bad shots at the fifth and 11th.

“ My swing is good at the moment, and i am hitting the ball fairly well’’ said Charania who said the new tour was good for the local pros as it is taking them to right direction’’ said Charania who birdied the seventh, 12th, and 14th as Njoroge hit a double-bogey seven at the 15th after dropping more shots earlier in the first and second holes and one more at the 14th.

“ I was able to level the first nine after making birdies at the third and ninth, having started with two back to back bogeys at the first and second holes’’ said Njoroge who birdied the 11th and at the 18th for one over par 73 to tie for the second place with Indiza who double bogeyed the par three-fourth then birdied the 11th and 15th for level par 72 for a total of 217 same as Njoroge. “This week has not been very good for me as i hit several bad shots particularly off the tee as well as on the short holes, but i am working on it and hopefully i will be back to my usual form in the next tournament’’ said the long hitting Indiza.

Both players took home Sh37,000 while the winner Charania went home with Sh72,000. Finishing a shot further behind was Muthaiga’s Frank Matilo shot one under par 71 for 218. A total of 16 players made the second round cut out of the earlier field of 32 players. Tournament director Charan Thethy thanked the various sponsors who supported the event. This week’s tournament had attracted the sponsorship of Kuscco Limited, Heri Heights, Tribe Hotel, Star Times and Pepsi which enabled the Rapid Golf Tour (RGT) not only sponsor the pro event but also yesterday’s club-nite at Windsor which was still on at the time of writing.

The final leader board;
213 Riz Charania 70, 72, 71
217 Dismas Indiza 70, 75, 72
217 Brian Njoroge 72, 72, 73
218 Frank Matilo 73, 74, 71
222 David Opati 78, 71, 73
222 Mathew Omondi 75, 71, 75
224 Eric Ooko 69, 80, 75
224 Richard Ainley 76, 74, 74
225 Anil Shah 73, 77, 75
225 David Odhiambo 70, 76, 79
228 Abraham Galgalo 75, 76, 77
229 Simon Ngige 77, 74, 78
230 Hesbon Kutwa 78, 73, 79
230 Joseph Karanja 74, 76, 80
232 Stuart Cohen 75, 76, 81
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