Shah, Nyambura emerge overall winners as US Kids Nairobi Tour event comes to an end

Amar Shah emerged as the winner of the US Kids Local Tour Tournament boys’ 12 years category held at the Muthaiga Country Golf Club on Wednesday.

The youngster, who had for the better part of the season exchanged wins with Aidan Gachora, played one of the greatest rounds of golf by the juniors, winning the category with an impressive score of +1.

The result gave Shah the overall group win with 230 points, while Gachora settled for second with 152.25 points.

Justin Ngera, who was fourth on the day, finished third overall in the group with 149.50 points.

“Today I started off really bad. I had three bogeys, and then after that, I started to focus more on my game and it was good after that. I went two under from there,” Amar said after the win. “Next season I want to shoot under par first, then I want to win all my games in all the tournaments.”

In the girls’ 13-14 years category, Amelia Sheikh emerged the best with a score of +7, three strokes ahead of Gachora with a score of +10.

Marya Nyambura had a rare off day with a score of +17 in third place but this did not seem to affect her match as she did just enough to emerge the overall winner in the category with 175 points.

Audrey Gachora finished second overall with 160 points while Yolanda Yu who finished fifth on the day was third overall with 137.50 points.

In the boys' 11-year category, Gitobu Gitonga continued his dominance and won at Muthaiga with a score of +6.

He was followed by Jeff Kivi with a score of +12 and Murithi Gitau with a score of +13.

One stroke behind him was Benny Dinkins with a score of +14 in a tight finish for the 2nd to 4th positions.

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“The season has been ok; I shot under once,” Gitobu said. “Today it was OK but not the best because I made a bogey in the 18th hole which is not good.

“Next season I'm definitely winning everything! I'm not giving the other guys a chance, I'm not even giving them an option to win,” he added.

The girls 5-18 category saw Navya Nagda win in a playoff with Cherise Wachira after they both scored +15.

Hazel Kuria finished third.

Navya also finished first overall in the rankings with 205 points. Cherise Wachira settled for second with 145 points with Hazel Kuria finishing third with 120 points.