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Namibian golfers tee-off at Region 5 Games  Namibian representatives at the African Golf Confederation (AGC) Region 5 Tournament in Botswana are eyeing honours. The AGC Region 5 Golf Tournament is a premier golfing event that brings together the best talent, elite business minds, and passionate spectators from across the region. Alongside the hosts, the prestigious event has brought together 10 nations including Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe “to compete and celebrate the spirit of golf in southern Africa”. The Namibian quartet of Jackson Kawaya, Kyle Johnson, Henry Mudge and team captain Brendan Britten teed-off with lofty ambitions at the Stanbic Bank Gaborone Golf Club yesterday. Namibian skipper Britten says the team is motivated to excel against their regional rivals. The tournament ends on Saturday. “We’re excited, we’re looking forward to the tournament. The boys are well prepared,” Britten says. “Obviously, you would like to win the tournament, but for us as a team, if we can get on the podium, we’ll be coming back to Namibia with a smile,” he continues. “We would like to say a word of thanks to the Namibia Amateur Golf Union and the president, Toady Gurirab, for giving us the opportunity to come and prepare well for the tournament. “We are hopeful and expecting to bring a medal back to Namibia. This is our main goal.” International newcomer and teammate Jackson Kawaya is also upbeat about their prospects in Gaborone where skill, precision, and sportsmanship on a world-class course will take centre stage. “I’m really excited. I would say this is a dream come true for me because this is my first time taking part in an international tournament for my country and I’m very happy,” Kawaya says. After getting a fell of the conditions earlier this week, his optimism doubled. “The course is really fun. It’s good. It’s more like our home courses in Namibia,” notes Kawaya. “I’m looking forward to bringing something back home and we are ready. We are ready because together we are stronger.” The post Namibian golfers tee-off at Region 5 Games  appeared first on The Namibian.

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Woman golfers target podium finish With Namibia set to host the All Africa Challenge Golf Trophy from the 1 to 3 April in the capital, national senior woman golfers face a mountainous task to attain a podium finish. Speaking to Desert FM recently, Namibia Amateur Ladies Golf Union (Nalgu) secretary general Tasia Kalondo says the union will initially host the Southern African Regional qualification from 1 to 3 April. “We are hosting the southern Africa qualifiers, and the top-performing countries then go to the All Africa Golf Challenge Trophy.” The regional qualifiers will feature six countries, hosts Namibia, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, South Africa and Zimbabwe, vying for top honors. Namibia is confident of a great showing with nothing less than a podium finish. “The All Africa Challenge Golf Trophy will see the Windhoek Golf Course buzzing with a very high level of competing players. Hope Namibia can stand on the podium by taking the home advantage,” Kalondo says. “We want to see a Namibian woman golfer winning some championship or tournament outside the borders of Namibia and also beating the men in the more open competitions.” “We need more exposure and that is part of our role as a committee to try and provide the women who are playing the opportunity to compete more regionally and internationally. “I am so excited . . . In terms of the regional challenge and exposure and the type of competitiveness, South Africa is definitely in a league of their own,” she says. FUTURE OF WOMEN’S GOLF Kalondo says there is a need for more exposure as currently there are only a few international competitions for exposure purposes. She thanks Nedbank Namibia for the recently held Nedbank Ladies Central Open that accommodated junior players. The sixth edition and round one of the Nedbank for Good Series took place early this month at the Omeya Golf Club and saw 106 players tee off on the day, which was one of the biggest fields in the event’s history. The organisers of the Nedbank Ladies Central Open said the event’s success was beyond their expectations, as they saw a total of 26 senior women and six juniors participating in the tournament. “Combining the two tournaments was a masterstroke as it allowed the ladies to display their skills on a very competitive platform. Plaudits to Nedbank Namibia because without them, we would have only had the Coastal Open as a women’s competition for this year. We had a huge tournament with six juniors playing well.” Kalondo says as the new leadership, they are actively developing the game for the younger generation through planned workshops and training programmes this year to attract new talent. “The current average age of women golfers in Namibia is 40, and that is too old for Namibia – especially when it comes to international competitions. “We have to focus on the youngsters, otherwise we are going to struggle in having a new generation of competitive golfers,” she says. The post Woman golfers target podium finish appeared first on The Namibian.

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