RWANDA’s national golfer’s team will have no one to blame if they fall short in next week’s East African Golf Challenge. The team has had good preparations for the three-day tournament which gets underway this Tuesday, November 18 at the Leisure Lodge Beach & Golf Resort Club in Diani Village - Mombasa, Kenya. 

"We have had excellent preparations and should be in the right frame of mind to make a genuine challenge in Mombasa,” said Steven Katwiremu, the team captain.

Meanwhile, Kigali Golf Club (KGC), Kiboko tours and Romalo guest house are the latest sponsors to throw their weight behind the team.

The trio join the likes of Ericsson South Africa, Universal tradings, Tele-10 and Computer Point. Ericsson footed the team’s air tickets; Tele-10 offered the team a variety of golf accessories while Universal Trading and Computer Point have dressed the team.

"It can not get better than this. We are grateful for all the support we have received. It’s now up to us (team) to try and justify the support with good results in Mombassa,” said Davis Kashaka, the team manager/player. 

Other players on the eight-man team include Davis Kashaka, Rwanda Open runner up Olivier Munyaneza, Celestine Habineza, Ernest Ndayisenga, Fraterne Rubangura, Jules Dusabe and Emmanuel Nsengamungu.

In Mombasa, the team will square up with golfers from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Burundi.

After winning the last six editions, Kenya are hot favourites to reclaim the event. Last year, Rwanda failed to make a genuine challenge to the title and finished in a distant fourth position.

Rwanda’s best performance in the competition came in 2005 when they finished second after beating Uganda and Tanzania.

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