All Africa Challenge Trophy

The All Africa Challenge Trophy (abbreviated as AACT) is a biennial continental ladies golf championship in Africa that had its inaugural edition in May 1992.[1]

History

The idea of the tournament was mooted by Tessa Covell, who was then President of the Zambia Ladies' Golf Union[2] with the reasoning that "none of the African countries were realistically able to compete in the World Championships, the Espirito Santo – their golfing standards simply needed a home grown training ground, rotating within the geographical area".

The inaugural edition was held in 1992 in Zimbabwe.[3]

Format and timeline

Initially it was proposed as a biennial event.

Each participating country is represented by three players and a non-playing captain. Using Eisenhower scoring, the best two scores per round count towards the daily team score in the 54-hole stroke play format.[4]

Hosts and national team winners
YearHost countryHost courseHost unionDatesWinner
1992ZimbabweChapman Golf Club, HarareZimbabwe Golf Ladies' Union South Africa
1994KenyaMuthaiga Golf Club, NairobiKenya Golf Ladies' Union South Africa
1996NigeriaIkoyi Club, LagosLadies Golf Association of Nigeria South Africa
1998South AfricaRand Park Club in JohannesburgWomen's' Golf South Africa South Africa
2000UgandaKitante Golf Course, KampalaUganda Ladies Golf Union South Africa
2002Cote d’IvoireIvoire Golf Club, AbidjanCôte d'Ivoire Golf Federation South Africa
2004NamibiaWindhoek Golf & Country Club, WindhoekNamibia Ladies Golf Federation South Africa
2006ZambiaLusaka Golf Course, LusakaZambia Ladies Golf Union3–7 Jun Egypt
2008EgyptKatamaya Heights Golf & Tennis Resort, CairoEgypt Golf Federation26–31 Aug South Africa
2010NigeriaIBB International Golf & Country Club, AbujaLadies Golf Association of Nigeria
2012BotswanaPhakalane Golf Estate, GaboroneBotswana Ladies' Golf Union
2014KenyaMuthaiga Golf Club, NairobiKenya Ladies Golf Union[5]10–12 Jun South Africa
2016TunisiaCitrus Golf Course, Hammamet[6]Golf Tunisia Ladies
2018Ghana[7]Achimota Golf Club, AccraGhana Ladies' Golf Union26–31 Aug South Africa
2020NamibiaRossmund Golf Club, SwakopmundNamibia Golf Federation30 Mar – 4 AprTBD

Source:[8]

Individual winners
YearWinnerCountry represented
1992Gill Tebbutt South Africa
1994Wendy Warrington South Africa
1996Michelle Burmester Zimbabwe
1998Joanne Norton South Africa
2000Natu Soro1 Ivory Coast
2002Rose Naliaka Kenya
2004Lumien Lausberg South Africa
2006Naella El Attar Egypt
2008Monique Smit South Africa
2010Henriette Frylink South Africa
2012Kim Williams South Africa
2014Michaela Fletcher South Africa
2016Ivanna Samu[9] South Africa
2018Madina Hussein[10] Tanzania

1 Defeated Norah Mbabazi in a playoff

Source:[11]

References
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  3. "TZ golfers for Africa Challenge tournament". The Citizen. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  4. "AACT RETURNS TO KENYA AFTER A DECADE – Kenya Golf Guide". www.kenyagolfguide.co.ke. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  5. "AACT RETURNS TO KENYA AFTER A DECADE – Kenya Golf Guide". www.kenyagolfguide.co.ke. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  6. "Uganda ladies in fair start at AACT in Tunisia". www.newvision.co.ug. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  7. "All Set For AACT Tourney". DailyGuide Network. 2018-08-15. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  8. "SA defends All Africa Challenge Trophy in Abuja, Nigeria". Golf RSA. 2010-11-06. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  9. "SA sweeps to 12th AACT victory". Ladies Golf Gauteng. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  10. "SA trio sweeps to 14th AACT victory in Ghana". Golf RSA. 2018-09-01. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  11. "Monica Ntege replaces Covell as new AACT President – Golf100 Magazine". Retrieved 2020-03-06.
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