Absa Financial institution Uganda has efficiently concluded the 2026 Absa Chairman’s Bell Golf Event after per week of top-class competitors, culminating in a vibrant nineteenth Gap awards ceremony on the Uganda Golf Membership, Kitante.
Backed by a UGX 185 million title sponsorship from Absa Financial institution Uganda, this 12 months’s version marked the financial institution’s eighth consecutive 12 months because the event’s title sponsor. Greater than 400 members took half, together with 32 skilled golfers, 58 gross amateurs and 71 caddies, with a complete prize purse of UGX 28 million awarded throughout 4 aggressive classes.
The event topped champions within the Caddies, Gross Amateurs, Professionals and Foremost Occasion classes, with Grace Kasango rising because the Professionals champion after edging Ronald Rugumayo in a dramatic three-hole playoff following a tie on the ultimate day. Joseph Kasozi and Judith Komugisha claimed the lads’s and girls’s Gross Newbie titles, respectively.
Judith Komugisha Absa Champions Bell Girls Newbie Winner
A defining spotlight of this 12 months’s event was the introduction of the inaugural Caddies Event, an initiative designed to offer caddies a devoted aggressive platform whereas creating new pathways for expertise improvement inside Ugandan golf. Basil Akinoi and Joweria Namanda emerged victorious within the males’s and girls’s classes, respectively.
Basil Akinoi Caddies Mens Winner
Joweria Namanda Caddies Winner Girls
Talking in the course of the nineteenth Gap awards ceremony, Absa Financial institution Uganda Managing Director David Wandera stated the brand new caddies competitors demonstrated the event’s rising impression past elite golf.
Absa Financial institution Uganda MD David Wadera with Grace Kasango Professional Winner
“Eight years into this partnership, the Chairman’s Bell continues to show why it’s value investing in. This 12 months’s standout second was the introduction of the Caddies Event. Offering our native caddies with an expert platform to compete and showcase their expertise is an initiative we’re proud to help, and one we intend to develop even additional. We’re honoured to be a part of these tales alongside the Uganda Golf Membership. Congratulations to each participant who made this event a hit.”
The 2026 version additionally marked a historic milestone for the Uganda Golf Membership, with the ceremonial ringing of the Chairman’s Bell formally transitioning from the Membership Captain to the Membership Chairman, signalling the evolution of one of many event’s most cherished traditions.
Uganda Golf Membership Chairman Paul Nuwagaba welcomed Absa Financial institution Uganda’s continued dedication to the game.
Chairman Paul Nuwagaba rings the Bell
“The Chairman’s Bell stays a celebration of custom, management and the enduring spirit of our membership. We’re proud to associate with Absa Financial institution Uganda, whose unwavering help allows us to develop the sport, nurture expertise and create extra inclusive alternatives for everybody obsessed with golf.”
Absa Financial institution Uganda’s sponsorship of the Chairman’s Bell is anchored in its model promise, ‘Your Story Issues.’ By sustained funding within the event, the financial institution continues to make use of sport as a platform for neighborhood improvement, expertise nurturing and increasing financial alternatives inside Uganda’s sporting ecosystem.
Because the curtain falls on the 2026 version, Absa Financial institution Uganda reaffirmed its dedication to working alongside golf golf equipment, governing our bodies and gamers to raise the sport and strengthen Uganda’s standing as a regional {golfing} vacation spot.