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The top women’s golfing event on the local calendar, the Bank Windhoek Namibia Ladies Open Strokeplay Championship will be held at the Windhoek Country Club on Saturday and Sunday. Bank Windhoek, who have sponsored the event for the past 11 years, announced that they will once again sponsor the event to an amount of N$20 000. Additionally, each participant will receive a gift package at registration.

“Bank Windhoek is proud of our association with the Namibia Amateur Ladies Open / Closed Golf Championships. In golf the competitor mostly competes against herself in order to raise the standard of the game. This is an inherent quality of Bank Windhoek as we are constantly exploring ways to improve what the Bank can offer clients,” said Marie Kotze, Communications Practitioner at Bank Windhoek.

“Through this sponsorship, Bank Windhoek shows its commitment to the development of a sporting code that is culturally inclusive and that puts a strong emphasis on the development of youth – a cause that is wholeheartedly supported by our organisation,” she added.

The field will be quite open as the defending champion Bonita Bredenhann will not be back to defend her title, since she will be competing in the World Junior Golf Championships in Jakarta, Indonesia next week. The 17-year-old Bredenhann has dominated women’s golf in Namibia over the past few years and has won the Namibian Open title for the past three years in a row.

In her absence the favourites will include her mother, Wilna, Angie Lohmann and the upcoming juniors Maryke Short and Laetitia Brink.

The 36-hole competition starts at 08h00 on Saturday and continues at 07h00 on Sunday. The prize giving ceremony is scheduled for about 14h00 on Sunday.