All Africa Challenge Trophy

The All Africa Challenge Trophy (abbreviated as AACT) is a biennial continental ladies golf championship in Africa that had its inaugural edition in May 1992.[1]

History

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The idea of the tournament was mooted by Tessa Covell, who was then President of the Zambia Ladies' Golf Union[2] with the reasoning that "none of the African countries were realistically able to compete in the World Championships, the Espirito Santo – their golfing standards simply needed a home grown training ground, rotating within the geographical area".

The inaugural edition was held in 1992 in Zimbabwe.[3]

Format and timeline

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Initially it was proposed as a biennial event.

Each participating country is represented by three players and a non-playing captain. Using Eisenhower scoring, the best two scores per round count towards the daily team score in the 54-hole stroke play format.[4]

Hosts and national team winners

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Year Host country Host course Host union Dates Winner
1992 Zimbabwe Chapman Golf Club, Harare Zimbabwe Golf Ladies' Union   South Africa
1994 Kenya Muthaiga Golf Club, Nairobi Kenya Golf Ladies' Union   South Africa
1996 Nigeria Ikoyi Club, Lagos Ladies Golf Association of Nigeria   South Africa
1998 South Africa Rand Park Club in Johannesburg Women's' Golf South Africa   South Africa
2000 Uganda Kitante Golf Course, Kampala Uganda Ladies Golf Union   South Africa
2002 Cote d’Ivoire Ivoire Golf Club, Abidjan Côte d'Ivoire Golf Federation   South Africa
2004 Namibia Windhoek Golf & Country Club, Windhoek Namibia Ladies Golf Federation   South Africa
2006 Zambia Lusaka Golf Course, Lusaka Zambia Ladies Golf Union 3–7 Jun   Egypt
2008 Egypt Katamaya Heights Golf & Tennis Resort, Cairo Egypt Golf Federation 26–31 Aug   South Africa
2010 Nigeria IBB International Golf & Country Club, Abuja Ladies Golf Association of Nigeria
2012 Botswana Phakalane Golf Estate, Gaborone Botswana Ladies' Golf Union
2014 Kenya Muthaiga Golf Club, Nairobi Kenya Ladies Golf Union[5] 10–12 Jun   South Africa
2016 Tunisia Citrus Golf Course, Hammamet[6] Golf Tunisia Ladies
2018 Ghana[7] Achimota Golf Club, Accra Ghana Ladies' Golf Union 26–31 Aug   South Africa
2020 Namibia Rossmund Golf Club, Swakopmund Namibia Golf Federation 30 Mar – 4 Apr TBD

Source:[8]

Individual winners

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Year Winner Country represented
1992 Gill Tebbutt   South Africa
1994 Wendy Warrington   South Africa
1996 Michelle Burmester   Zimbabwe
1998 Joanne Norton   South Africa
2000 Natu Soro1   Ivory Coast
2002 Rose Naliaka   Kenya
2004 Lumien Lausberg   South Africa
2006 Naella El Attar   Egypt
2008 Monique Smit   South Africa
2010 Henriette Frylink   South Africa
2012 Kim Williams   South Africa
2014 Michaela Fletcher   South Africa
2016 Ivanna Samu[9]   South Africa
2018 Madina Hussein[10]   Tanzania

1 Defeated Norah Mbabazi in a playoff

Source:[11]

References

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  1. ^ Oma-Ofozor, Steve (24 August 2018). "All Africa Challenge Trophy History". Independent. Archived from the original on 2019-05-21. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  2. ^ Chitsiga, Takudzwa (2018-08-31). "Zimbabwe: Zim Golfers in Ghana". allAfrica.com. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  3. ^ "TZ golfers for Africa Challenge tournament". The Citizen. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  4. ^ "AACT RETURNS TO KENYA AFTER A DECADE – Kenya Golf Guide". www.kenyagolfguide.co.ke. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  5. ^ "AACT RETURNS TO KENYA AFTER A DECADE – Kenya Golf Guide". www.kenyagolfguide.co.ke. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  6. ^ "Uganda ladies in fair start at AACT in Tunisia". www.newvision.co.ug. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  7. ^ "All Set For AACT Tourney". DailyGuide Network. 2018-08-15. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  8. ^ "SA defends All Africa Challenge Trophy in Abuja, Nigeria". Golf RSA. 2010-11-06. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  9. ^ "SA sweeps to 12th AACT victory". Ladies Golf Gauteng. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  10. ^ "SA trio sweeps to 14th AACT victory in Ghana". Golf RSA. 2018-09-01. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  11. ^ "Monica Ntege replaces Covell as new AACT President – Golf100 Magazine". Retrieved 2020-03-06.