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Let’s now get spotty the 2024 magical Kenya ladies open culminates today at the vipingo ridge in kifi County as a new Champion awaits to be crowned the winner is set to bank £45,000 an equivalent of 7.9 million Kenya Shillings ntv’s Hillary anaka now joins us live from vipingo uh Hillary good to
See you how is the general mood today and what can you tell us so far thank you very much Melita o G this is premium golfing action right here at the vingage kify county I’m at the 18th Hall and as you can see on the other
Side on the ninth hole there are players just making their way around Fantastic action here we expect to Crown a new Champion today considering that ad d a shock the champion or rather the winner in 2023 did not make an appearance to the magical Kenya ladies open this year so
We expect a new champion and as we speak uh shanon tan of Singapore tops the leaderboard overnight leader shanon tan tops the leaderboard playing 11 under as we Pi at Whole Nine if my colleague Peter W on the other side of the camera can show you the leaderboard over right
There that is shanan at whole n with 11 under she’s the overnight leader she tied first place yesterday alongside Alexandra finali of Italy who was playing a nine under at Whole Nine as we speak but it’s been a very volatile uh leaderboard to say so to speak over the
Past two days South African Cara go the leaderboard the first and the second day coming to the third day yesterday things went a little bit South for her she played one and and finished tied for 12th Place this goes a long way in showing you just how tough this
Competition really is I mean this is how it turns right now but you never know things could a little bit change in the next few minutes at the same time you know as we wind up action here we had a goal that this time around you know the
Organizers here had a goal to impact the community here to grow golf in the country and it’s only fair that we look back and see as we wrap this up have we achieved what we intended to achieve at the very beginning and right with me here is one of the stakeholders who’s
Been played a key role in ensuring the success of these years magical can your ladies open Mr pet if you could just come here first things first I like to get your sentiments I know it’s drizzling this weather is a little bit unusual it’s shining one moment is
Drizzling again talk to me about your experience are you loving it and what are you loving about your experience over here well it’s been fantastic uh the last 4 days um you know watching a great golf in a on a great course uh the weather has been good uh and as usual
The people of kifi have been very hospitable to all of us all right yeah is it the weather you know this is very different from Nairobi I know you’re resident of Nairobi what do you think really attracts people to come over here is it the warm weather what is it well
This great uh weather this is a fantastic course uh but more importantly the the ladies golf you know it’s it’s it’s a worldclass golf and that is what has brought all these people around okay yeah now it’s been a very long period of preparation but we came here we’ve had a
Fantastic tournament at least as we speak as a stakeholder who has played a key role in ensuring the success of the 2024 magical Kenya ladies open do you think you’ve achieved what you intended to achieve at the beginning absolutely you know uh one of our goals was to make
Sure that we are able to bring uh you know world class Golf and we’ve been in the in the world of golf for over 14 years now now bringing world class golf into Kenya and not just golf we we we are in very different sports because we believe that Sports help Empower
Communities and for us to see the action that is happening here uh the activities that are happening around you know the connections that people are making the empowerment if you walk into the village you find that they their Traders they are selling their wear uh their people
Enjoying themselves food is is on sale you know that is part of the empowerment so it goes beyond what is happening on the on the golf course uh all the way into uh you know empowering the communities here yesterday we had a fantastic time uh planting trees with
The community uh um you know not very far from the golf course at tungu so it’s part of what we doing and for us that is what we aim to do to empower each and every Kenyan all right fantastic thank you for your efforts of course I’ll be catching up with you
Later during the prize giving ceremony I want to talk to one two fans here if you may allow me right over here we have got a number of fans who have lined up here it’d allow me to move my camera uh if my colleague OA could just come on this
Other side you sitting right at the 18th Hall what brings you here is it the action is it the weather what brings you here uh for me it’s the action the golf action it’s today has been very awesome and I’ve just come to enjoy the day all
Right so I mean how does it feel watching this International Players here is it something you looked forward to coming to watch them yeah sure it’s something that I heard and I came and I’m just seeing it for myself all right yeah so fantastic I want to talk to a gentleman behind Here Now that’s the sentiment I’d like to take one if you allow me J just one just one and wrap this up I promise I have to jump over this rope just one get one sentiment from my uncle over here you are the 18th Fantastic action what is it
What is it about the action here that that really you know appeals to you it’s beautiful go very high quality golf on a very good golf course right vingo R is now famous all around the world okay it’s a very good publicity for Kenya okay and we
Should honor and uh welcome them again in the future all right fantastic there you have it folks beautiful beautiful action I I’m trying not to raise my voice too high because I’m right at the 18th I don’t want to be a distraction to the players on the course but as we
Speak I’m reliably informed that Prime cabinet secory that is Mia mudavadi will be the guest of honor to officiate the prize giving ceremony for now I take you back to Studio Nairobi well thank you anak for that comprehensive report and of course uh for keeping tabs for our letter
Bulletins I believe and I have seen that uh the are fans there are quite Cal compared uh to H soccer fans and of course Hillary an AA is uh keeping tabs on that story uh to give us a comprehensive report a later
