{"id":81,"date":"2025-08-23T10:00:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T10:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/burimunsi.xyz\/?p=81"},"modified":"2025-08-23T10:00:02","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T10:00:02","slug":"rwanda-joins-east-africa-in-hosting-ncba-junior-golf-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/burimunsi.xyz\/?p=81","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda Joins East Africa in Hosting NCBA Junior Golf Series"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Kigali, Rwanda \u2014 August 22, 2025<\/strong> \u2014 Rwanda will officially host its first <strong>NCBA Junior Golf Series<\/strong>, welcoming <strong>80 young golfers aged 4 to 16<\/strong> to compete at Kigali Golf Resorts &amp; Villas. Players will participate across four categories, ranging from three-hole competitions to the full 18-hole course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tournament is part of a wider regional program already established in <strong>Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania<\/strong>, where more than <strong>1,000 juniors take part annually<\/strong>. Organizers say the event not only strengthens youth sports development but also contributes to Rwanda\u2019s ambition of boosting <strong>sports-driven tourism<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking ahead of the event, <strong>Ambassador Bill Kayonga<\/strong>, President of the Rwanda Golf Association, said: <em>\u201cBy investing in junior golf, we are shaping the future of this sport in Rwanda. This is a milestone for our golfing community.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>NCBA Bank Rwanda CEO Maurice Toroitich<\/strong> highlighted that golf helps children grow in discipline, confidence, and professionalism, while <strong>Gaston Gasore<\/strong>, Acting CEO of Kigali Golf Resorts &amp; Villas, praised the tournament as a platform for showcasing young talent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kigali, Rwanda \u2014 August 22, 2025 \u2014 Rwanda will officially host its first NCBA Junior Golf Series, welcoming 80 young golfers aged 4 to 16 to compete at Kigali Golf Resorts &amp; Villas. Players will participate across four categories, ranging from three-hole competitions to the full 18-hole course. The tournament is part of a wider [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":82,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/burimunsi.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/burimunsi.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/burimunsi.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/burimunsi.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/burimunsi.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=81"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/burimunsi.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83,"href":"https:\/\/burimunsi.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions\/83"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/burimunsi.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/82"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/burimunsi.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/burimunsi.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/burimunsi.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}