Championship

Abuja, November 6, 2026 (www.crestnewsonline.ng) South Africa won the 2026 All Africa Challenge Trophy (AACT) in Abuja on Friday after maintaining their leadership of the event from day one to win with a final score of 464.

They scored 154 on the opening day on Wednesday and went on to score 155 each on Thursday and Friday to ward off a stiff challenge from Kenya which finished with 470 to claim second place.

Kenya scored 158 each in rounds one and two and finished with an improved score of 154 on the final day, a result which was however not enough to upstage South Africa.

Tanzania were third with 479 at the end of the three-day competition at the IBB International Golf and Country Club following scores of 160, 165 and 154 respectively.

Hosts Nigeria improved from fifth to finish fourth after three days of intense golfing, scoring a total 500 after scoring 166, 161 and then 173  on the final day.

Uganda finished fifth after scoring 163, 168 and 173 to earn a total of 504.

Zambia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Ghana and Rwanda respectively finished in the sixth to tenth places, while Tunisia, Gabon, Mauritius, Namibia, Malawi, Eswatini, Senegal, Cameroon and Togo occupied the 11th to 19th places on the team play ladder.

In the individual play category, the battle was intense until the final evening, with the game dragging on to sudden death play.

Kenya’s Kanana Muthomi Jnr overcame all opposition after a final score of 229 over three rounds of 18-hole play, scoring 75, 77 and 77.

Ferreira Isabella of South Africa finished second with a total score of 235, while her compatriot Millard Charlotte was third with 239.

The highest ranked Nigerian in the individual play was Juliana Ehinomhen who scored 250 for 11th, while Diana Osmond was 13th with a score of 251.

Josephine Benjamin Jnr scored 269 to place 29th, with Hawah Brito in 35th place with 278.

The three-day competition, which was teed off on Tuesday by the First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, ended on Friday.(www.crestnewsonline.ng)

*Edited by Olawale Lawanson Alabi