More Golfers To Battle For Grand Finale Spots As NCBA Golf Series Heads To Nyali
Harrison Kariuki at the NCBA Golf Series at Vetlab Sports Club in August this year. PHOTO/ NCBA
MOMBASA, Kenya- Six more golfers will have a chance to book their spots for the upcoming highly coveted 2024 NCBA Golf Series Grand Finale this Saturday during the Nyali Golf & Country Club qualifying leg of the series.
The penultimate leg of the series will see the top male and female finishers in Divisions One, Two, and the overall winner in Division Three together with the overall Junior winner will make the list of six from the leg to qualify for the final round to be held at Muthaiga Golf Club on November 29.
More than 200 players are expected to grace the Nyali course, with the number expected to be slightly higher than during the same qualifying leg last year.
This year’s edition, launched at the Royal Nairobi Golf Club in February, has transversed beyond Kenya, featuring tournaments in Uganda, Tanzania, and Rwanda, underscoring NCBA’s commitment to promoting golf across East Africa.
Over 100 golfers have already qualified based on their performance in previous events, with the latest qualifiers emerging from the recent regional qualifier in Uganda last weekend at the Entebbe Golf Club.
Anselm Olweny (Men’s category) and Berna Musanabera (Women’s category) emerged victorious at Entebbe to join their compatriots Brian Omeda (Men’s category) and Lillian Koowe (Women’s category) from the Jinja Golf Club qualifier in August and Emmanuel Wamala (Men) and Eva Lwanga (Women) who qualified from the Uganda Golf Club qualifier in June.
NCBA Group Managing Director John Gachora stated: “We are delighted to be heading back to Nyali Golf & Country Club for yet another year for this leg of the series. This is yet another opportunity for us to present golfers in the region a chance to play in the series, and it is also an opportunity for us as NCBA to connect with our customers in the region. We are therefore excited for this tournament, and we hope that we shall witness remarkable golf action and that golfers will have a great time playing at the tournament as they strive to qualify for the final showdown at Muthaiga next month.”
Hellen Manyara at the NCBA Golf Series at Vetlab Sports Club in August this year. PHOTO/ NBA
Locally, the Nyali event follows the Royal Nairobi Golf Club qualifying leg barely two weeks ago which saw 255 golfers turn out.
Apart from the qualifying golf event, the annual Diani Charity Goat Derby is set to take place on Sunday, October 13, at the Diamonds Leisure Lodge Golf Club.
This year, just like on most of the previous years, NCBA will be sponsoring the event organized by the East African Women’s League (EAWL) to the tune of Ksh one million.
The event aims to raise funds that help support various initiatives in Diani and its environs including the Kwale District Eye Center Poor Patients Fund, the Ukunda Epilepsy Clinic, the Msambweni Palliative Care Unit, Kenya Society for Protection and Care of Animals (KSPCA), Nimuyumba Primary School-Special Needs and Cerebral Palsy Units among others.
