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David GOMBE
KCB Financial institution Uganda has at present launched the second version of the KCB East Africa Golf Event, 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 event 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 event is open to golfers of all ages who maintain a legitimate handicap and are registered with a CDH ID. Individuals will compete in four-ball groups, the place the best rating on every gap counts towards the staff complete, mixing particular person talent with collaborative staff play. The competitors will make the most of the Stableford format, a points-based system that rewards constant and strategic play. Aside from the caddy charges, participation within the competitors is free and the eligible individuals won’t be required to buy any merchandise or give cash to take part on this competitors.
The company companions play a significant function in executing the event and elevating the golfer’s expertise. Because the Official Insurance coverage Accomplice, ICEA LION Insurance coverage will showcase its Clubman’s Insurance coverage, a specialised cowl designed for golfers.
The coverage supplies safety of as much as UGX 4 million in opposition to loss or injury to {golfing} gear and private results whereas taking part in, working towards, or in transit, in addition to protection for third-party property injury incurred throughout play. Whereas Kenya Airways serves because the Official Airline Accomplice and can award the successful four-ball staff with air tickets, CFAO is presenting an unique Gap-in-One Expertise Automobile, a Toyota Land Cruiser 300 Sequence 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 boldness and dedication required to succeed each on the course and in enterprise. The KCB East Africa Golf Tour supplies a novel 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 return, by means of our tree planting initiatives. This event embodies the values of excellence, sustainability and shared prosperity.”
Event Coordinator, Paul Kaheru, famous that the occasion establishes a premier stage for regional satisfaction and endurance, whereas Golf Director Theodor Van Rooyen emphasised that the competitors brings out the best components of precision and teamwork as Uganda’s prime qualifiers put together for the grand finale in Nairobi.
Constructing on its inaugural success, the event returns with a robust legacy of aggressive excellence and group influence. Eventually yr’s occasion, staff “On the Cash”, that includes Gloria Nanyonga, Dipak Patel, Nic Snyman, and Mathew Nviiri secured the general staff title with a stellar 111 Stableford factors, whereas Enoch Nuwagaba (39 factors) and Florence Namara (32 factors) topped the lads’s and girls’ particular person divisions.
This dedication to social and environmental accountability stays central to the event’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 event motion on twenty seventh June will conclude on the nineteenth Gap, which is about to host a chic All-White Occasion for golfers, companions, and visitors. To enter the competitors, golfers shall be required to register by means of a web-based portal which shall be supplied by Lake Victoria Serena Golf Resort & Spa
