Nine-year-old Adam Nesbitt scored 35 points to lead his teammates in occupying the top four positions.
Premier Academy and Kenton College dominated in the first inter-school golf tournament played at the Windsor Country Hotel and Golf Club.
The girls and boys 11-14 years category was the most competitive with Premier Academy, Braeburn, and Kenton College posting good results.
Tsevi Soni from Premier Academy scored 72 points to win the category followed by Aidan Gachora of Kenton College and Amar Shah of Braeburn both with 75 points and Audrey Gachora in fourth place with 77 points.
Premier Academy carried the day with 234 points overall with Kenton managing 249 and Rosslyn Academy collecting 257 points in third.
Premier Academy extended the hot streak in the girls and boys 15-18 years category that attracted 35 golfers from 9 schools. Chanelle Mwangi was in a class of her own scoring 75 points, but that was not enough for Rosslyn Academy to win the category.
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They had an overall score of 243 points, six points behind winners Premier Academy. Premier had Lee Kimathi scoring 78 in second place, Junaid Manji managing 79 points in fourth place and Mitansh Thacker scoring 80 in 5th place.
“The tournament was good and the course is in very good condition but the greens were challenging. I just found the greens to be a bit slow but other than that, everything else was fine,” said Chanelle.
Kenton College won the girls and boys of 10 years and below category. They boast of producing some of the best junior golfers in the country.
Nine-year-old Adam Nesbitt scored 35 points to lead his teammates in occupying the top four positions. Ashely Gachora scored 40 Points to finish second as Aria Dodhia and Mikhail Ladal scored 41 and 44 points to finish third and fourth respectively.
Kenton College managed 116 points as Braeburn placed second with 145 points. Montessori sealed the podium with 151 points.
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