Maara leads Team Kenya to region IV golfing title

The team of Dennis Maara, Adel Balala, John Lejirma and Michael Karanga are the Africa Zone IV Golf Championship held at the Lake Victoria Serena Golf & Spa Resort this week. 

The third edition of the championship took place in Uganda between Thursday, 14 July and Saturday, 16 July with the hosts joined by Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, Rwanda and Burundi.

Kenya recovered from a second place finish after the first round, finishing behind Uganda on the first day, to win the championship at the end if the four rounds. 

"We are proud of the number one spot in East Africa. It was a long time coming and despite the slow start, we managed to come back and win. 

We brought out a strong team and were favourites from the beginning. The slow start rallied us to get stronger with each round and in the end we made it," offered team skipper Maara. 

The team has shifted its focus to the Victoria Cup set for Limuru Country Club next week where Kenya look to dethrone Uganda. 

"It was a momentous moment to have the team deliver what they had promised in Uganda. We look forward to the big assignments coming up beginning with the Victoria Cup. 

The first week of September the team has a challenge to do the IGF tournament in France which will pave way for the All African Golf tournament," offered Kenya Golf Union (KGU) vice chair Phillip Ochola.