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Absa Chairman’s Bell Raises the Bar as New Caddies Event Steals the Present » The Touchline Sports activities – The Panorama Uganda
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.
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Commonwealth Games 2026: Gymnast Ruby Evans wins first gold for Wales
Gymnast Ruby Evans has won Wales’ first Commonwealth Games gold in Glasgow with victory in the floor final.
Evans, 19, performed the final routine of the women’s programme and defeated England’s Abigail Martin into silver, with her team-mate Shantae-Eve Amankwaah securing bronze.
Evans left the arena in tears on Sunday after her disappointing sixth in the all-round individual competition, that after Wales finished fourth in the team event.
Now, after Welsh identical twins Abigail and Emily Roper won bronze medals within a couple of hours of each other on Monday, Evans has delivered gold.
It was the first victory for Team Wales in Scotland and a ninth medal alongside two silver and six bronze.
There is also a guaranteed podium position for boxer Connor Williams after he reached the semi-finals.
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Saltburn-Norton match investigated over alleged ‘finger clicking’ cheating
An amateur cricket match has made global headlines after a fielder was accused of cheating by clicking his fingers to get a wicket.
The North Yorkshire and South Durham Cricket League has started an investigation into a second XI Division 2 game between Saltburn and Norton.
A viral video on social media appears to show a Saltburn fielder clicking his fingers as the ball passes Noman Shabir’s bat before being caught by wicketkeeper Josh Bowes. Saltburn appeal and the umpire gives Shabir out.
It has been suggested that the finger-clicking was designed to trick the umpire into thinking the batter edged the ball.
Saltburn won by 159 runs and are top of Division 2 by 17 points.
“The league have received a formal complaint regarding alleged incidents in a Division Two game on Saturday,” the league said in a statement on X.
“A full investigation has been initiated and until such time as the formal processes are complete no further comment will be made.”
Last week Bowes took eight catches in Saltburn’s 22-run win over Shildon Railway. The men’s Test record for catches by a keeper in an innings is seven.
Bowes leads the league standings with 31 catches, 10 more than any other player.
Rory Cotterill, who captained Middlesbrough second XI during a 29-run defeat by Saltburn last month, responded to a social media post containing the video and alleged two further incidents of cheating by Saltburn in that match.
The original video of the incident has had more than three million views on X, with publications in Australia and New Zealand among those to report it.
The BBC has contacted the league and Saltburn. Norton declined to comment.
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West Indies v Pakistan: Justin Greaves takes five wickets for none in incredible spell
First Test, Tarouba (day three of five)
West Indies 311 (Hope 92; Ali 4-50) & 126-7 (Chanderpaul 35, Abbas 3-14)
Pakistan 282 (Masood 109; Greaves 5-27)
West Indies lead by 155 runs
West Indies all-rounder Justin Greaves took five wickets without conceding a run in an incredible spell of bowling on day three of the first Test against Pakistan.
Greaves, who is playing in his 17th Test, claimed his maiden Test five-wicket haul to help dismiss Pakistan for 282 in response to West Indies’ first-innings total of 311.
The 32-year-old Barbadian’s spell – five consecutive wicket maidens – was all the more remarkable given he had bowled six overs earlier in the day for 27 runs without taking a wicket.
“When I came on captain Roston Chase just said ‘continue to be disciplined in what you are doing’ and to see if I can get some wickets for the team,” Greaves said.
“The ball nipped around and I got some reward. Anytime I get the ball in hand the team looks to me to be that solid player for them [and] try to dig us out of situations.
“To get five wickets for the first time in Test cricket, I’m really happy, but there’s still a lot of work to do in the game.”
Pakistan captain Shan Masood was Greaves’ first wicket at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Trinidad when he was bowled for 109 in the 64th over following a superb set-up.
Greaves had pushed the ball wide to the left-hander from over the wicket before he tailed a delivery back into Masood who played down the wrong line and inside edged on to his stumps.
Aamer Jamal had his middle stump uprooted in Greaves’ next over as the seamer speared one through his defences.
Greaves then trapped Ali Usman lbw before he had Mohammed Rizwan and Mohammad Abbas both caught behind as Pakistan lost their last seven wickets for just 38 runs.
West Indies reached stumps on day three on 126-7 in their second innings – a lead of 155 runs – to leave the match finely poised.
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