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David GOMBE
KCB Financial institution Uganda has at present launched the second version of the KCB East Africa Golf Match, scheduled to tee off on twenty seventh June 2026 on the Lake Victoria Serena Golf Resort & Spa.
Organized in partnership with ICEA LION Insurance coverage, Kenya Airways, CFAO, and Ruby Hospital, the match goals to ship a premier regional {golfing} expertise.
This yr’s occasion below the theme “Roar on the Inexperienced” will draw over 180 gamers from Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The match is open to golfers of all ages who maintain a sound handicap and are registered with a CDH ID. Members will compete in four-ball groups, the place the very best rating on every gap counts towards the crew whole, mixing particular person talent with collaborative crew play. The competitors will make the most of the Stableford format, a points-based system that rewards constant and strategic play. Other than the caddy charges, participation within the competitors is free and the eligible members won’t be required to buy any merchandise or give cash to take part on this competitors.
The company companions play an important function in executing the match and elevating the golfer’s expertise. Because the Official Insurance coverage Companion, ICEA LION Insurance coverage will showcase its Clubman’s Insurance coverage, a specialised cowl designed for golfers.
The coverage gives safety of as much as UGX 4 million towards loss or harm to {golfing} tools and private results whereas enjoying, training, or in transit, in addition to protection for third-party property harm incurred throughout play. Whereas Kenya Airways serves because the Official Airline Companion and can award the profitable four-ball crew with air tickets, CFAO is presenting an unique Gap-in-One Expertise Automobile, a Toyota Land Cruiser 300 Collection and Ruby Hospital joins as a wellness companion.
Talking throughout the launch, Noela Byuma, Head of Advertising and Communications at KCB Financial institution Uganda, highlighted, “The ‘Roar on the Inexperienced’ theme displays the arrogance and dedication required to succeed each on the course and in enterprise. The KCB East Africa Golf Tour gives a singular platform for constructing relationships, fostering significant connections and bringing collectively folks from various backgrounds. We aren’t solely selling sport and group, but additionally deliberately investing in a greener and extra sustainable future for generations to come back, by way of our tree planting initiatives. This match embodies the values of excellence, sustainability and shared prosperity.”
Match Coordinator, Paul Kaheru, famous that the occasion establishes a premier stage for regional pleasure and endurance, whereas Golf Director Theodor Van Rooyen emphasised that the competitors brings out the best parts of precision and teamwork as Uganda’s high qualifiers put together for the grand finale in Nairobi.
Constructing on its inaugural success, the match returns with a robust legacy of aggressive excellence and group impression. Ultimately yr’s occasion, crew “On the Cash”, that includes Gloria Nanyonga, Dipak Patel, Nic Snyman, and Mathew Nviiri secured the general crew title with a stellar 111 Stableford factors, whereas Enoch Nuwagaba (39 factors) and Florence Namara (32 factors) topped the boys’s and women’ particular person divisions.
This dedication to social and environmental accountability stays central to the match’s identification. Alongside the sporting motion, KCB Financial institution Uganda is advancing its Go Inexperienced Marketing campaign.
Following the earlier planting of 300 bushes at Serena Kigo, the financial institution is actively working towards its broader environmental goal of planting 15,000 bushes nationwide to advertise regional conservation.
The match motion on twenty seventh June will conclude on the nineteenth Gap, which is about to host a sublime All-White Social gathering for golfers, companions, and friends. To enter the competitors, golfers can be required to register by way of a web-based portal which shall be supplied by Lake Victoria Serena Golf Resort & Spa
