{"id":84,"date":"2025-08-23T09:59:52","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T09:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/waramutse.icu\/?p=84"},"modified":"2025-08-23T09:59:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T09:59:53","slug":"rwanda-to-launch-first-ncba-junior-golf-tournament-for-youth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/waramutse.icu\/?p=84","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda to Launch First NCBA Junior Golf Tournament for Youth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Kigali, Rwanda \u2014 August 22, 2025<\/strong> \u2014 The <strong>NCBA Junior Golf Series<\/strong> will make its debut in Rwanda, bringing together <strong>80 junior golfers aged 4\u201316<\/strong> in a competition designed to encourage youth participation in the sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event will be played in four categories, with some juniors competing on three holes while others challenge the full 18-hole course. The initiative follows similar tournaments in <strong>Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania<\/strong>, making Rwanda the newest addition to this fast-growing East African series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ambassador Bill Kayonga<\/strong>, President of the Rwanda Golf Association, stated: <em>\u201cPromoting golf among children is investing in the future of Rwandan sports. This series marks a key step in that journey.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to <strong>NCBA Bank Rwanda CEO Maurice Toroitich<\/strong>, junior golf instills values of discipline and self-confidence, preparing participants for future opportunities both on and off the course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Organizers also highlighted the broader benefits for <strong>sports tourism<\/strong>, as Rwanda continues to position itself as a regional hub for international sporting events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kigali, Rwanda \u2014 August 22, 2025 \u2014 The NCBA Junior Golf Series will make its debut in Rwanda, bringing together 80 junior golfers aged 4\u201316 in a competition designed to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":85,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/waramutse.icu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/waramutse.icu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/waramutse.icu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waramutse.icu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waramutse.icu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=84"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/waramutse.icu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86,"href":"https:\/\/waramutse.icu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84\/revisions\/86"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waramutse.icu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/85"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/waramutse.icu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waramutse.icu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waramutse.icu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}