Mwangi Gicheru will lead over 150 junior golfers at this Saturday’s 6th leg of the NCBA-sponsored US Kids Golf tournament at the Sigona Golf Club on Sunday.
In the one day tournament Gicheru will be up in the 11-year old category after winning the Royal club tournament held yesterday when he fired 74 gross to emerge winner among the 11 year-olds followed by Amar Shah with 77.
In other events, Kevin Kienan shone in the 15-18 year-old Boys category after shooting a score of 88 gross, followed closely by Ryan Mutinda who took the runners-up position after carding a score of 84.
At the same time, Trevy Mungai, Ivan Kimutai, Jeff Kibe, Adam Nesbit, Kanana Muthomi, Shuhan Peng starred in the six, seven, eight, nine, ten, and eleven-year-old boys’ categories, respectively.
Juniors Adam Nesbitt and Lukas Kampa claimed bragging rights among the nine and ten-year-old boys’ categories respectively.
On to the girls’ categories, Maryam Mwakitawa topped the 15-18 year-olds category with a gross score of 84 with Anthonia Mbuthia coming in second with a score of 94.
Bianca Ngecu carded a score of 83 gross to top the 13-14-year-olds category, while Audrey Gachora shot an 87 to emerge second.
At the same time, Brianna Ngecu emerged champions among the 11-12 year-olds girls’ categories while Kanana Muthomi emerged top among the 9-10 year-olds.
Shashwat Harish was the champion in the 13-14-year-olds with 79 gross. He beat Junaid Manji who shot 80 gross to claim the second position in the category.