BEST OF THE BEST: KLGU ladies winner Noami Wafula (centre) being presented by the winners Bowl by the Chairman of Madison Insurance, Mr. Sam Ngaruiya at Sigona Golf Club at the weekend.

By KGG CORRESPONDENT

Thirteen year old golfer Naomi Wafula soared high to beat a large field participants made up of the cream of the country’s top lady golfers including five times lady golfer of the year Mary Karano to emerge the winner of the Madison Insurance sponsored Kenya Ladies Golf Union (KLGU) event at Sigona Golf Club at the weekend.

Wafula who is a member of Rose Naliaka Academy posted 156 gross to shock the bigwigs, while Bhavi Shah tied with pre-tournament favourite Karano in the second position on 159 gross. Veteran F.W. Maina was fourth on 162 gross and Tanzania’s I. Madina was fifth on 163 gross.

F. Koki was the nett silver winner on 143 nett and was followed by M. Monari on 144 nett. canada goose online shop canada goose online shop

SWEET REVENGE: South Africa's Jared Harvey tees off at the on going Africa Zone VI Championships at Nyali Golf Club. He beat Kenya's Stephan Andersen to avenge his loss to Andersen during last year's event.

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Champions Kenya have managed to cut arch rivals South Africa’s lead to a single point after the third day of the on going Africa Zone VI Golf Championships at the par 71  Nyali Golf and Country Club Course in Mombasa.

The locals, who won last year’s trophy in Botswana, finished the third day on 19 points to pile pressure on the pre-tournament favourites South Africa who have a total of 20 points. They only lost one match and ironically against South Africa and halved against Namibia but won the remaining matches to raise their hope of retaining the coveted title.

South Africa’s Strokeplay champion Jared Harvey who was beaten 3-2 by Kenya’s Stefan Anderson in Gaberone last year, had sweet revenge yesterday as he emerged 2 ups victorious over the same opponent.

Kenyan wins came from James Karanja who beat Zimbabwe’s Greg Bently 4-3, while Boniface Simwa beat Tanzania’s Abbas Adam 3-2 and Amos Kamau had a walk over against Zambia’s Mirza Shiraz who withdrew.

Other Kenya’s who won their matches are Jay Sandhu who beat Swaziland’s N. Tsabeze 4-3, Collins Omondi beat Bostwana’s K. Dube 4-3 and Mombasa’s 15 year-old Daniel Nduva completed trend by beating Mozambique’s Jose Manhica by 2 ups.

South Africans lost two matches to Swaziland 2-4 and Zimbabwe by 2-3.

Tanzania and Zimbawe shared the third position on 13 points, while Namibia is fifth on 12.5 points and Swaziland is sixth on 10.5 points.

Bostwana are currently placed seventh on 9.5 points, while Malawi and Zambia are tied on eighth position on 9 points and Mozambique is last on 4.5 points. michael kors tasche sale michael kors tasche sale