{"id":10544,"date":"2020-06-16T17:17:24","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T17:17:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/tanzania\/?p=10544"},"modified":"2020-06-16T17:17:24","modified_gmt":"2020-06-16T17:17:24","slug":"diplomatic-golf-sees-new-dawn-in-east-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/sport\/diplomatic-golf-sees-new-dawn-in-east-africa","title":{"rendered":"DIPLOMATIC GOLF SEES NEW DAWN IN EAST AFRICA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>AfricaPress-Tanzania: <\/strong>DIPLOMATIC Golf Competition has earned a massive boost after the outgoing World Food Program (WFP), Representative to Tanzania Michael Dunford promised to be its ambassador his new station in Kenya.<\/p>\n<p>Dunford made a promise to the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation, Damas Ndumbaro during his special farewell golf fiddle at Dar es Salaam Gymkhana Club over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The nine-hole event which was organised by the Diplomatic Golf Committee was staged at the DGC in the City as an event to bid a farewell to Dunford who has been among the biggest envoys of the Diplomatic in his four-year stay in the country as a WFP representative.<\/p>\n<p>The farewell golf event also collided with Minister Ndumbaro\u2019s birthday, and the Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation deputy minister had to award Dunford beautiful photo\u00a0 of Mount Kilimanjaro.<\/p>\n<p>Dunford said: \u201cI could not expect this much, I am very grateful for the government and Ndumbaro, he has been a\u00a0 very good friend. I thank him for a wonderful gift of Mount Kilimanjaro, I aim going to remember Tanzania in Nairobi when I look at this picture.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI promise to do anything possible to come to Arusha for this year\u2019s Diplomatic Golf Championship as I earlier planned and I also promise to be a good ambassador of the event and I will use the opportunity to lure other golfers to join the event,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The second edition of the Diplomatic Golf that was previously scheduled for a tee off on May 30<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0 this year at Kili Golf Club of Arusha, has been postponed to November 7<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0 due to Covid-19 threat.<\/p>\n<p>The event is open for Diplomats, Chief Executives Officers (CEO\u2019s) and other men\u2019s and ladies golfers. Ndumbaro, who is a Diplomatic Golf brainchild, stressed among others, the event aims at boosting tourism sector in the region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ministry sees it is wise to gift Dunford a beautiful photo of Mount Kilimanjaro because it is part of the tourist attractions and it is based in Tanzania.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have organised this event to bid farewell to Dunford who has been a very good friend, we wish him all the best and we welcome him again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The nine-holes stable-ford event saw Rishard Karimjee taking the overall winner\u2019s prize after posting 17 stable ford points while the ladies division\u2019s\u00a0 top prize went to Marianne Mugo who carded 18 points.<\/p>\n<p>Mugo thanked Ndumbaro for inviting him to the event and said: \u201cI enjoyed playing this event, golf is wonderful sport, I want to take this opportunity to encourage more people, especial Tanzanians to join the game for the health well-being\u00a0 and making\u00a0 friendship besides expanding business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jack Lungworthy, one of the participants also thanked Dunford and WFP for doing a commendable job and he (Dunford) will be missed in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AfricaPress-Tanzania: DIPLOMATIC Golf Competition has earned a massive boost after the outgoing World Food Program (WFP), Representative to Tanzania Michael Dunford promised to be its ambassador his new station in Kenya. 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