{"id":52513,"date":"2025-01-07T07:33:44","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T07:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/rwiyamira-and-mugeni-shine-at-the-8th-mtn-y-ello-golf-challenge\/"},"modified":"2025-01-08T08:31:12","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T08:31:12","slug":"rwiyamira-and-mugeni-shine-at-the-8th-mtn-y-ello-golf-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rwiyamira-and-mugeni-shine-at-the-8th-mtn-y-ello-golf-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwiyamira and Mugeni shine at the 8th MTN Y\u2019ello Golf challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Organized by former MTN employees, the tournament took place on Thursday, January 2, 2024, at Kigali Golf Club and attracted participation from other golf enthusiasts. This year\u2019s event saw over 170 players competing across various categories, including beginners, veterans, and seniors.<\/p>\n<p>Rwiyamira secured the top spot among men with 72 points, while Lynda Mugeni claimed victory in the women\u2019s category with 75 points. In the senior category (55 years and above), Joseph Ntambara led with 40 points.<\/p>\n<p>In the top-tier women (handicap 0\u201318), Lynda Mugeni tied with Alphonsine Murekatete and Stella Matutina at 75 points.<\/p>\n<p>For the beginner women category (handicap 19\u201336), Nadege Nimbona (46 points) led, followed by Mary Mwangi and Irene Wanjiku at 42 points and 40 points respectively.<\/p>\n<p>In the top-tier men (handicap 0\u20139), James Muigai and Marcel Byusa emerged with 71 points each while Anton Larsen got 74 points.<\/p>\n<p>Special awards were also given in categories such as long drives and closest-to-the-pin shots as follows.<br \/>\nLongest drive winners were Anton Larsen (men), Melissa Akanigi (women), and Joseph Ntambara (seniors).<br \/>\nClosest-to-the-pin winners were Kenneth Murangira (men), Media Muvuna (women), and Joseph Ntambara (seniors).<\/p>\n<p>MTN has been supporting golf tournaments for nearly 20 years, with the MTN Y\u2019ello Golf Challenge standing out as a flagship event in its sponsorship portfolio.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-79860 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/mgm001488-b684f.jpg\" alt=\"David Rwiyamira emerged victorious.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-79863 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/mgm001511-c587c.jpg\" alt=\"Various winners were presented with different awards.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-79866 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/m3_42_-dbb45.jpg\" alt=\"Another categories where special awards were give is the closest-to-the-pin shots.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-79867 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/m3_50_-20f00.jpg\" alt=\"Special awards were also given in categories such as long drives.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-79864 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/m2_1_-bce39.jpg\" alt=\"Both men and women participated in this 8th MTN Y&#039;ello golf challenge.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-79862 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/mgm001497-262ec.jpg\" alt=\"The Challenge is organized by former MTN employees.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-79859 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/mgm001465-76e53.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-79868 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/mgm001460-e26c7.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-79865 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/m2_7_-14329.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-79861 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/mgm001493-595b9.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Rwiyamira and Lynda Mugeni emerged victorious at the just concluded 8th edition of the annual MTN Y\u2019ello Golf Challenge in the men and women categories respectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":135,"featured_media":2000079869,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-52513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default 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