By CHIMPREPORTS
The Uganda Golf Union (UGU) has named provisional squads of 14 senior and junior golfers on national teams, gearing up for the 2023 Victoria Cup at Uganda Golf Club in Kitante, Kampala.
There squad has 10 seniors on the provisional team and 4 juniors, who will embark on the preparations, before the final team will be confirmed by the head coach Flavia Namakula and manager, Sam Kacungira.
The Victoria Cup is an annual golf tournament between the national teams of Uganda and Kenya. In 2022, the tournament returned after a two-year absence and was held at the Limuru Golf Club in Nairobi. Kenya won the tournament by defeating Uganda in all three rounds.
The 2023 edition was not held last year, as there was a request from Kenya to postpone the event, hence the hosts Uganda Golf Union agreed to hold it this year from 1st to 3rd February 2024.
The cast of senior golfers include; Joseph Cwinya-ai, Ibrahim Bagalana, Michael Tumusiime, Morris Ashaba, John Musimenta, Reagan Akena, Andrew Ssekibejja, Amon Bwambale, Titus Okwong and Joseph Kasozi.
Whilst the four juniors are Brian Mugabi, Elton Thembo, Cosmos Ociti and Ibrahim Ssemakula.
The team will enter residential training on Monday January 22, 2024, before the final squad will be announced on Thursday January 24, 2024.
A committee, headed by Dr Jackson Were (vice president of Uganda Golf Union), has been set up to organize the event.
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