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Golf. Home boys Ronald Otile and Daniel Baguma, who were at the Nile Special Uspa Awards last night, will be among the action
Fort portal. Seven golf clubs had by press time confirmed participation at the inaugural Tooro Castle Lite Open that tees off at the par-70 Tooro course this morning.
Tooro Golf Club (TGC), Entebbe, Jinja, Mbarara, Kitante, Kabale and Kilembe are all set to fight for honours according to the hosts club chairperson Robert Asiimwe. “That is a good start for the start,” Asiimwe told Saturday Monitor on Thursday, “We also invited Garuga but they were yet to confirm by today.”
Castle Lite, sponsors of the Uganda Open last year and several other gold competitions in the country, have injected close to Shs15m, according to Asiimwe.
“If we get more funding, this will become the Castle Lite Western Open, which has not been played for eight years now.” The Western Open was formerly sponsored by Bro Group.
“There is no prize money for now because we are starting with amateurs,” added Asiimwe, “But Castle Lite has helped us secure trophies, organise dinner and entertainment among others.”
Both men and women will play gross, with the former grouped in A, B and C and the latter in A and B. Elders of 60-plus years will also compete.
Home boys Ronald Otile and Daniel Baguma, who were at the Nile Special Uspa Awards last night, will be among the action.
Organisers will also use this as a reciprocal event between Tooro and Entebbe, with totals of the top 10 players from each tallied and the winning club taking a special trophy. Entebbe won last year’s similar ‘Entoro’ event.
amwanguhya@ug.nationmedia.com
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