All Africa Challenge Trophy

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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]

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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
1992 Zimbabwe Chapman Golf Club, HarareZimbabwe Golf Ladies' UnionFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
1994 Kenya Muthaiga Golf Club, NairobiKenya Golf Ladies' UnionFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
1996 Nigeria Ikoyi Club, LagosLadies Golf Association of NigeriaFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
1998 South Africa Rand Park Club in JohannesburgWomen's' Golf South AfricaFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
2000 Uganda Kitante Golf Course, KampalaUganda Ladies Golf UnionFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
2002 Cote d’Ivoire Ivoire Golf Club, AbidjanCôte d'Ivoire Golf FederationFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
2004 Namibia Windhoek Golf & Country Club, WindhoekNamibia Ladies Golf FederationFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
2006 Zambia Lusaka Golf Course, LusakaZambia Ladies Golf Union3–7 JunFlag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
2008 Egypt Katamaya Heights Golf & Tennis Resort, CairoEgypt Golf Federation26–31 AugFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
2010 Nigeria IBB International Golf & Country Club, AbujaLadies Golf Association of Nigeria
2012 Botswana Phakalane Golf Estate, GaboroneBotswana Ladies' Golf Union
2014 Kenya Muthaiga Golf Club, NairobiKenya Ladies Golf Union [5] 10–12 JunFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
2016 Tunisia Citrus Golf Course, Hammamet [6] Golf Tunisia Ladies
2018 Ghana [7] Achimota Golf Club, AccraGhana Ladies' Golf Union26–31 AugFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
2020 Namibia Rossmund Golf Club, SwakopmundNamibia Golf Federation30 Mar – 4 Apr TBD

Source: [8]

Individual winners

YearWinnerCountry represented
1992 Gill Tebbutt Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
1994 Wendy Warrington Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
1996 Michelle Burmester Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
1998 Joanne Norton Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
2000 Natu Soro 1Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast
2002 Rose Naliaka Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
2004 Lumien Lausberg Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
2006 Naella El Attar Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
2008 Monique Smit Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
2010 Henriette Frylink Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
2012 Kim Williams Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
2014 Michaela Fletcher Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
2016 Ivanna Samu [9] Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
2018 Madina Hussein [10] Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania

1 Defeated Norah Mbabazi in a playoff

Source: [11]

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