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Obotte; Wasanii ondoeni tofauti zenu
Saturday, 25 December 2010 11:28

Elizabeth Suleyman
MSANII nyota kutoka nchini Malawi Anna Obotte, amewaasa wasanii wa Tanzania kupendana na kuondoa tofauti zao, hususani katika kipindi hiki cha msimu wa kuelekea sikukuu ya Krismas na mwaka mpya, na badala yake wamgeukie Mungu zaidi.

Akizungumza na starehe katika mahojiano maalumu, msanii Anna ambaye anakubalika kupitia tasnia ya muziki ndani ya Malawi na nchi jirani, anasema wasanii wa hapa nchini wana mwamko wa uimbaji sana, ila tatizo ni kwamba hawapendani na sababu ni wivu uliokithiri miongoni mwao.

Obotte anasema, kwa upande wake anamshukuru Mungu mwaka huu unatofauti sana kwake na miaka mingine, kwani amepata mafanikio makubwa kupitia tasnia hiyo.

"Nina kila sababu ya kumshukuru Mungu, kwa uzima alionijalia hadi leo na mwaka huu nimemuona akinipigania na kunipa mafanikio, tofauti na miaka ya nyuma," anasema Obotte
Anasema sikukuu hizi, ziwe funzo kwa wasanii wa bongo kuhakikisha mwaka huu wanasherehekea kwa upendo na amani bila kubaguana wala kuendekeza chuki.

"Kwa jinsi ninavyoijua Tanzania kama nchi ya amani na upendo, nilijua pia wasanii wake nao wana upendo, lakini nimeshangaa kuona wasanii hususani wa Injili wamekuwa na wivu wa kukataa hata kuwainua wenzio kiushauri," anasema
Anna aliongeza, kwa kuwataka wasanii wa Tanzania hususani wa muziki wa Injili wajue kuwa wanamwimbia Mungu na sio fedha wala chuki, badala yake waimbe kwa kudhamiri ili jamii imgeukia Mungu kupitia uimbaji.

Hata hivyo msanii huyo kutoka Malawi, anasema amekuwa akiridhika na kile anachokipata na kwamba Albamu yake iliyobeba wimbo wa ‘Niseme nisiseme' yenye nyimbo nane, ambayo iko sokoni hivi sasa imekuwa ikifanya vema na kukubalika na mashabiki.
Na kwamba mwezi April mwakani anatarajia kutoa Video yake kali, nayo itakuwa na nyimbo nane kama kawaida.

Asghal na Temba X-Mass
Saturday, 25 December 2010 11:25

Zaina Malongo
MSANII mchanga wa muziki wa kizazi kipya Ally Goloto a.k.a Asghaly mwenye maskani yake Kurasini Jijini Dar es Salaam amevunja mkataba na kundi la BBM Grew na kuamua kutoka mwenyewe.
Akizungumza na starehe amesema kutoka mwenyewe baada ya kundi hilo kutokana na kundi lkutokuwa na msimamo utendaji kisanii .

"Nimeamua kutoka mwenyewe na singo yangu moja nitakayoitambulisha kwa washabiki kwa jina la ‘Mapenzi sio Pesa' ambapo nimeshirikisha Temba wa kundi la wanaume famili kutokana na kumkubali katika tasnia ya muziki wa kizazi kipya"amesema Goloto

Goloto amesema amekaa kimya kwa miaka mitatu kutokana na kukoza mdhamini wa kumtoa kimuziki ikiwa muziki kwa upande wake upo katika damu.
Amesema bado ajafanikiwa kivile hivyo ameweka milango wazi kwa msamaria ambae ataweza kumtoa kimuziki kwani malengo yake kimuziki ni makubwa kwa nchi ya Tanzani hasa katika kuitangaza.

• Sport
• Tiger Woods

Gillette ends contract with Tiger Woods

Shaving brand will not renew advertising deal with golfer Tiger Woods

• guardian.co.uk, Friday 24 December 2010 12.18 GMT <li class="history">
  Gillette has joined the list of companies to have cut ties with Tiger Woods since last year's revelations of marital infidelities. Photograph: John Sommers /Reuters Gillette has announced that it will not renew its endorsement deal with the golfer Tiger Woods at the end of the year.
  The shaving brand's move adds another name to the list of companies to have cut ties with the golfer after last year's revelations of marital infidelities.
  The company has used Woods, Roger Federer, Lionel Messi and dozens of other athletes as part of its three-year "Gillette champions" marketing campaign. Gillette said yesterday it was phasing out that programme and not renewing its contracts with Woods and several other athletes. It stopped using Woods in the campaign months ago.
  The golfer was once sought after by advertisers and the first athlete to earn $1bn from endorsement agreements. Many corporations cut ties or distanced themselves from him after the scandal that broke just over a year ago and dominated headlines for months.
  The consultancy firm Accenture, telecoms giant AT&T and soft drinks manufacturer Gatorade have all dropped Woods. Companies such as Gillette and Tag Heuer did not end their relationships outright but stopped featuring him in advertisements. Nike and Electronic Arts, which had invested in his skills as a golfer rather than as a more general symbol of excellence, stuck with him.
  Woods is trying to rebuild his golf reputation after his first year as a pro golfer without a tournament victory and losing his ranking as the world's top player.
  Gillette is also ending its contracts with other athletes, including the footballers Messi, Thierry Henry, and Kaka, as the marketing programme concludes.
  It is keeping others, including Federer, thehockey star Alex Ovechkin and the New York Yankees captain, Derek Jeter, for new marketing campaigns.
  

Red Ribbon yakusanya milioni 24/-


na Makuburi Ally

JUMLA ya sh milioni 24 zimepatikana katika maonyesho ya mavazi ya &#8216;Red Ribbon 2010' ambayo yalifanyika kwa ajili ya kuchangisha fedha kwa ajili ya kununua gari la watoto yatima na wanaoishi na virusi vya ukimwi katika kituo cha Tanzania Mitindo House (TMH), cha jijini Dar es Salaam.
Fedha hizo zimetokana na mnada wa vitu mbalimbali na maonyesho ya mavazi yaliyoandaliwa na Mwenyekiti wa TMH, Khadija Mwanamboka kwenye hoteli ya Double Tree By Hilton iliyopo Masaki jijini Dar es Salaam.
Maonyesho hayo ya mavazi yaliwashirikisha wanamitindo nyota wa hapa nchini pamoja na Flaviana Matata, ambaye alisafiri kutoka Marekani kuja kuendesha mnada huo ambao ulidhaminiwa na kampuni ya Vodacom Tanzania na kampuni ya bia Tanzania (TBL), kupitia bia yake ya Redd's.
Katika mnada huo, Mbunge wa Singida Mjini, Mohammed Dewji alichangia sh. milioni 7, ambako Mbunge wa Bumbuli Tanga, January Makamba alitoa sh. milioni 3.
Pia Vodacom Foundation walitoa sh milioni 5, wakati Miss Tanga ambaye pia aliwahi kushiriki mashindano ya Miss Tanzania, Sophia Byanaku alitoa sh milioni 1.6 na mtangazaji wa kituo cha radio cha Choice FM, alitoa sh 800,000.
Pia kulikuwa na wadau wengine wa masuala ya maonyesho ya mavazi, ambao walichangia katika mnada huo na kufanikisha kupata fedha hizo.
Mwenyekiti wa TMH, Khadija Mwanamboka aliwashukuru wote waliotoa michango yao na kuahidi kutumia fedha hizo kwa kusudio hilo.
"Fani ya mitindo nchini inazidi kukua na ni jukumu letu kusaidia jamii, TMH inamiliki kituo hicho kilichopo Magomeni Mikumi ambapo mpaka sasa kina jumla ya watoto 10. Natoa shukrani za dhati kwa Flaviana ambaye amesafiri kutoka Marekani kuja kwa ajili ya shuguli hii, huyu ni balozi wetu wa TMH," alisema Mwanamboka.
Alisema, wanamitindo mbalimbali walishiriki katika maonyesho hayo wakiwamo Mustafa Hassanali, Jamila Swai, Farha Sultan, Martin Kadinda, Subira Wahure, Binti Afrika, Bianca Timoth, Zamda George, Franko Designs, Paka Wear, Gabriel Mollel, Manju Msita, Diana Magesa, Kim Dean na Mwanamboka mwenyewe.
Wadhamini wengine ambao walisaidia kufanikisha shughuli hiyo ni View Media, Benchmarks Production, KCI, , MJ Records, Double Tree By Hilton, Clouds Entertainment, Mohammed Enterprises Tanzania Limited (METL), EFFCO TANZANIA LTD, Azania Bank Limited, Uhuru One, Women in Power, BancABC, Summer Trends, Amina Designs, Ffron Line, Management, Vijana Zaidi, Dk. David Zakaria, Fiderine Iranga, Rehema Samo, Jenifa Pemba, Joket Mwegeleo, Mariam Khamis, Masha Seif,
Nafisa Abubakary, Belina Mgeni na 8020 Fashions.

BTC wajizatiti kufuta ukimwi shuleni


na Method Millanzi, Mkuranga

WALIMU wanaofundisha kwenye shule za msingi Kata ya Kimanzachana Wilayani hapa, wametakiwa kuyatumia vema mafunzo elekezi kuhusu unasihi ili yasaidie katika mapambano dhidi ya maambukizi mapya ya Virusi vya Ukimwi (VVU) kwa wanafunzi wao.
Wito huo umetolewa na Mkurugenzi wa Halmashauri ya Wilaya ya Mkuranga, Sipora Liana, alipokuwa akifungua mafunzo elekezi kuhusu unasihi wa mapambano mapya ya virusi vya ukimwi.
Alisema mafunzo kuhusu maambukizi mapya ya ukimwi ni muhimu kwani ugonjwa huo umekuwa ukipoteza wasomi na watu wa kada mbalimbali hapa nchini.
Alibainisha kuwa Serikali ya Ubelgiji imefanya jambo kubwa la kufadhili mafunzo hayo ambayo yatasaidia kwenye mapambano ya ukimwi
Naye mratibu wa serikali ya Ubelgiji Wilaya ya Mkuranga, Meckitrida Kahindi, wanashirikiana na idara ya ustawi wa jamii kuhakikisha wanaifikisha elimu kujikinga na ukimwi kwa kutumia njia mbalimbali ikiwemo sanaa.
Kahindi aliwaomba wazee, viongozi wa dini na serikali kwenye shule za mradi huo Kimanzichana, Kimbwanindi, Nkenge na Kilimahewa kuwaunga mkono kwa kuhubiri madhara ya ukimwi ambao tiba haijapatikana.

Babu Poulsen awakuna wengi Stars


na Waandishi wetu

SIKU moja baada ya Kocha Mkuu wa timu ya soka ya Tanzania, Mdenish Jan Poulsen &#8216;Babu' kupitia kwa msaidizi wake Marsh Sylivestre kutangaza kikosi cha nyota wake 23 maalumu kwa ajili ya michuano ya &#8216;Nile Basin' wadau kadhaa wa soka wamekunwa na uteuzi wake na kumwagia pongezi. Wadau hao wakizungumza kwa nyakati tofauti jana jijini Dar es Salaam na Mwanza, walisema kocha huyo tangu awasili na kutwaa mikoba ya Mbrazil Marcio Maximo uteuzi wake umekuwa ukiwagusa wachezaji ambao wanastahiki hata kwenye mawazo ya mashabiki, bila kujali itikadi za Usimba na Uyanga kama ambavyo zilikuwa zikijikita wakati wa Maximo.
Makamu Mwenyekiti wa Marafiki wa Simba wa Jiji la Mwanza, Ishu Ashraf Mukadam alisema kuwa, amefurahishwa na uteuzi huo na kuwataka wachezaji wote wapya walioitwa na Poulsen kutomwangusha.
Ishu alipongeza uteuzi wa nyota wa kimataifa wa Tanzania ambao wanakipiga nje ya nchi, Said Maulid &#8216;SMG', na Athumani Machupa anayekipiga nchini Sweden kuwa ni muono wa mbali wa kocha huyo.
Pia alikuwa na uteuzi wa nyota mpya wa Wekundu wa Msimbazi, Simba, Ali Ahmed Shiboli katika kikosi hicho na kuwa ana matumaini naye makubwa.
Kwa upande wake, Kocha maarufu hapa nchini, Kenny Mwaisabula alikunwa na uteuzi wa Babu hasa kwa kukiona kipaji kipya cha Taita anayekipiga sasa Kagera Sugar.
Mwaisabula maarufu kama Mzazi alibainisha kuwa, anamfahamu vilivyo Taita hasa alipokuwa akimnoa Ashanti United ya jijini Dar es Salaam.
" Yule mtoto ni mtaalamu, hakika babu kanikuna kwa kumuita Taita, hakika anazidi kutukuna nadhani anasikiliza na kufuatilia kwa karibu maoni ya wadau," alisema Mwaisabula ambaye pia alikunwa vilivyo pale Mdenish huyo alipomrejesha kundini Tanzania One, Juma Kaseja.
Pia wadau hao walieleza maoni yao kuwa, kipa wa timu ya Taifa ya Zanzibar &#8216;Zanzibar Heroes' Mwadini Ali Mwadini, kuwa anafaa kuwemo katika kikosi hicho na kumtaka Babu Poulsen amfuatilie kwa ukaribu na atabaini uwezo wake ambao utakuja kilebeba Taifa.
Kikosi kamili kilichoitwa na Mdenish huyo ni makipa Juma Kaseja (Simba), Shabani Kado (Mtibwa), na Mohammed Said (Majimaji).
Walinzi ni Shadrack Nsajigwa &#8216;Fusso', Stephano Mwasika (Yanga), Aggrey Morris (Azam), Kelvin Yondani, Juma Nyoso (Simba), na Nadir Harob &#8216;Canavaro' (Yanga).
Viungo yupo Idrisa Rashid (Sofa Paka), Nurdin Bakari, Abdi Kassim &#8216;Babi'
(Yanga), Shabani Nditi (Mtibwa), Henry Joseph (Vancouver Norway), Dodfrey Taita (Kagera Sugar), na Jabir Aziz (Azam).
Washambuliaji wako Salum Machaku (Mtibwa), Mrisho Ngasa (Azam), Jerry Tegete (Yanga), Ali Ahmed Shiboli (Simba), Athumani Machupa (Sweden), Said Maulid (Marquis de Angola), na Nizar Khalfan (Canada).

&#8216;Fitna' uchaguzi ZFA kuanza leo


na Makuburi Ally

WAGOMBEA wote waliojitokeza kuwania nafasi mbalimbali za uongozi wa Chama cha Soka Visiwani Zanzibar (ZFA), wamefanikiwa kupenya katika usaili uliofanyika jana kwenye ofisi za Baraza la Taifa la Michezo Zanzibar (BTMZ), na sasa wako huru kwa kampeni zinazoanza leo.
Kwa mujibu wa Katibu Mkuu wa Kamati ya Uchaguzi ya ZFA, Mustafa Omar Abdallah, wagombea waliojitokeza ni 10, ambao wanawania nafasi ya Rais, Makamu wa rais wa Zanzibar na Pemba.
Abdallah aliwataja waliojitokeza kuwania nafasi ya Rais kuwa ni anayemaliza muda wake Ali Ferej Tamim, Hafidh Kassim Hafidh, Nurdin Kakaria Taib, Suleiman Mahamoud Jabir na mtangazaji wa kituo cha Chanel Ten, Munir Zakaria.
Nafasi ya Makamu wa rais kwa Unguja inawaniwa na Ali Khatib Dai, Ameir Haji Ameir &#8216;Bosi Mpakia' na Aman Ibrahim Makungu wakati kwa upande wa Pemba inawaniwa na Ali Mohamed na Suleiman Amour Suleiman.
Abdallah alisema kampeni kwa wagombea zinaanza leo hadi Desemba 30, siku moja kabla ya uchaguzi ambao utafanyika ukumbi wa Uwanja wa michezo wa Gombani Pemba, ambako alitoa wito kwa wagombea kufanya kampeni zitakazofanikisha kunyakua nafasi hizo.

Minziro aumiza kichwa kuinususru Shooting


na Ruhazi Ruhazi

KOCHA wa maafande wa Ruvu Shooting, inayoshiriki Ligi kuu ya soka Tanzania bara, Fred Minziro, amesema kuwa suala la kuiepusha timu hiyo kushuka daraja linamuumiza kichwa.
Minziro alisema kuwa hilo lilimsukuma kuwapa mapumziko mafupi vijana wake, kabla ya kuanza maandalizi ya ngwe ya pili ya Ligi hiyo, ambayo anaamini itakuwa ngumu kwa kila timu.
Alisema katika mzunguko wa kwanza Ligi ilikuwa ngumu, lakini ugumu huo hautafikia ule utakaokuwa katika mzunguko wa pili ambao huenda ukatoa matokeo yasiyotarajiwa.
Kocha huyo aliyeitwaa timu hiyo mwanzoni mwa msimu huu, alisema kitakachowahakikishia kubaki katika Ligi hiyo ni ushindi katika mechi nyingi za mzunguko wa pili.
"Kutokana na timu yetu kutokuwa katika nafasi nzuri katika msimamo wa Ligi tuliwapa vijana mapumziko mafupi kisha tukaanza maandalizi ya mzunguko wa pili mapema," alisema Minziro.
Ruvu Shooting inashika nafasi ya 10 katika Ligi hiyo ikiwa na pointi tisa moja juu ya Majimaji inayoshika nafasi ya 11 na nne juu ya AFC Arusha inayoburuza mkia katika Ligi hiyo yenye timu 12 ambako mbili za mwisho zitashuka daraja.

Africa win was highlight of the golf season

Courtesy Photos Coca-Cola president Nathan Kalumbu during a past golf tournament at Windsor Hotel and Country Club
By LARRY NGALA lngala@ke.nationmedia.comPosted Friday, December 24 2010 at 21:00
In Summary

• There was plenty to celebrate for amateur golfers as the year comes to an end, but professional golfers still have some work to do

Events surrounding the golfing world in 2010 were as sizzling off the golf course as they were on the course.

For the Kenyan golfing fraternity, perhaps the highlight of the year was the victory of the men's amateur team at the Africa Golf Championships in Botswana.

This was Kenya's first victory in their 21-year appearances.

The team, led by KGU chairman Parshu Hirani and anchored by Kenya's top amateur golfers, Stefan Andersen and Collins Omondi, demolished the South African opposition, writing history with this victory.

For decades Kenya had played second fiddle to South Africa and in recent times, even Swaziland and Zimbabwe had bettered our boys.

Kenya will now host the 2011 edition of the Zone VI and our team will be firm favourites as defending champions and hosts.

Incidentally, a team led by former KGU chairman Samson Ndegwa is seeking sponsorship for the 2011 Africa Golf Championship and Kenyan corporates will do well to support this event. The venue of the event is not decided but Leisure Lodge Golf Resort is favourite.

Kenya's success at the Zone VI was, unfortunately, not replicated at the East Africa Golf Challenge in Kigali in November; Kenya tied defending champions Uganda on 17.5 points and consequently our Ugandan brothers kept the trophy.

Kenya also sent a team to the Eisenhower Trophy in Argentina in October, this was Kenya's second visit to this top international event in 56 years!

Controversy in team selection

The trip to Argentina and the preceding "boot-camp" were supported by the GTF, led by Thika's Davies Njoka and Royal's Patrick Musimba.
Controversy surrounded the team selection, with the KGU opting for the KGU Golfer of the Year ranking and the GTF favouring trials.

The team that consequently represented Kenya included Collins Omondi and Boniface Simwa, whom the KGU had no quarrel with; however, the team also included Stefan Andersen, who was top in the trials but not so on the KGU Goty series &#8211; and this was the source of much controversy that eventually led to the dissolution of the GTF board in total!

With the GTF disbanded, the KGU turned its attention to the Junior Golf Foundation and summarily disbanded that body as well. In an unprecedented move, the KGU chairman, Parshu Hirani, has now asked prospective JGF chairmen to send in applications to the union, a good move indeed.

Away from the elite amateurs, the weekend golfers at club level continued to enjoy tremendous corporate sponsorship. According to the CEO of IMG Events and PR, Peter Maina, golf, a relatively small sport, continued to attract top-dollar sponsorship.

"In our estimates, golf, and especially amateur golf, continued to attract over Sh240 million," Maina said. "This monies go towards luxury merchandise for the golfers, food and wine, prizes and entertainment."

Top sponsorship billings continue to flow from the financial sectors with banks and insurance companies leading the way.

"Banks like CBA, EcoBank, Barclays Bank, Development Bank and CFC Bank are huge supporters of the game and then you have the insurance companies, UAP, Eagle, Kenya-Re, AON and Chartis who also support amateur golf tremendously," Maina added. "On the corporate golf scene, IBM set a new high at Karen this year and of course Microsoft continued to put on a great show at the same venue."

Amateur golf also continued to receive top golf series sponsorship including the South African Tourism Golf Series, NMG's Nation Classic, Mumias Golf Series, Zain BlackBerry Golf Challenge, the KCB Pro-Am and the recently launched Misitu Golf Challenge.

EABL were back in 2010 with the Tusker Malt Golf Carnival that sent the winners to a golfing week at various golf courses in the Limpopo Province of South Africa and the Dasani Golf Gala ended the year in style, hosting over 18 events around the country, hosting over 3,000 golfers from all 39 golf clubs across the country.

The winning team from the Eldoret Golf Club were treated to a VIP trip to the Coca-Cola Championship at the Fancourt Golf Resort where they had the pleasure of meeting the legendary Gary Player, one of the most successful golfers in the history of the game!

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Africa win was highlight of the golf season

Courtesy Photos Coca-Cola president Nathan Kalumbu during a past golf tournament at Windsor Hotel and Country Club
By LARRY NGALA lngala@ke.nationmedia.comPosted Friday, December 24 2010 at 21:00
In Summary

• There was plenty to celebrate for amateur golfers as the year comes to an end, but professional golfers still have some work to do

Events surrounding the golfing world in 2010 were as sizzling off the golf course as they were on the course.

For the Kenyan golfing fraternity, perhaps the highlight of the year was the victory of the men’s amateur team at the Africa Golf Championships in Botswana.

This was Kenya’s first victory in their 21-year appearances.

The team, led by KGU chairman Parshu Hirani and anchored by Kenya’s top amateur golfers, Stefan Andersen and Collins Omondi, demolished the South African opposition, writing history with this victory.

For decades Kenya had played second fiddle to South Africa and in recent times, even Swaziland and Zimbabwe had bettered our boys.

Kenya will now host the 2011 edition of the Zone VI and our team will be firm favourites as defending champions and hosts.

Incidentally, a team led by former KGU chairman Samson Ndegwa is seeking sponsorship for the 2011 Africa Golf Championship and Kenyan corporates will do well to support this event. The venue of the event is not decided but Leisure Lodge Golf Resort is favourite.

Kenya’s success at the Zone VI was, unfortunately, not replicated at the East Africa Golf Challenge in Kigali in November; Kenya tied defending champions Uganda on 17.5 points and consequently our Ugandan brothers kept the trophy.

Kenya also sent a team to the Eisenhower Trophy in Argentina in October, this was Kenya’s second visit to this top international event in 56 years!

Controversy in team selection

The trip to Argentina and the preceding “boot-camp” were supported by the GTF, led by Thika’s Davies Njoka and Royal’s Patrick Musimba.
Controversy surrounded the team selection, with the KGU opting for the KGU Golfer of the Year ranking and the GTF favouring trials.

The team that consequently represented Kenya included Collins Omondi and Boniface Simwa, whom the KGU had no quarrel with; however, the team also included Stefan Andersen, who was top in the trials but not so on the KGU Goty series – and this was the source of much controversy that eventually led to the dissolution of the GTF board in total!

With the GTF disbanded, the KGU turned its attention to the Junior Golf Foundation and summarily disbanded that body as well. In an unprecedented move, the KGU chairman, Parshu Hirani, has now asked prospective JGF chairmen to send in applications to the union, a good move indeed.

Away from the elite amateurs, the weekend golfers at club level continued to enjoy tremendous corporate sponsorship. According to the CEO of IMG Events and PR, Peter Maina, golf, a relatively small sport, continued to attract top-dollar sponsorship.

“In our estimates, golf, and especially amateur golf, continued to attract over Sh240 million,” Maina said. “This monies go towards luxury merchandise for the golfers, food and wine, prizes and entertainment.”

Top sponsorship billings continue to flow from the financial sectors with banks and insurance companies leading the way.

“Banks like CBA, EcoBank, Barclays Bank, Development Bank and CFC Bank are huge supporters of the game and then you have the insurance companies, UAP, Eagle, Kenya-Re, AON and Chartis who also support amateur golf tremendously,” Maina added. “On the corporate golf scene, IBM set a new high at Karen this year and of course Microsoft continued to put on a great show at the same venue.”

Amateur golf also continued to receive top golf series sponsorship including the South African Tourism Golf Series, NMG’s Nation Classic, Mumias Golf Series, Zain BlackBerry Golf Challenge, the KCB Pro-Am and the recently launched Misitu Golf Challenge.

EABL were back in 2010 with the Tusker Malt Golf Carnival that sent the winners to a golfing week at various golf courses in the Limpopo Province of South Africa and the Dasani Golf Gala ended the year in style, hosting over 18 events around the country, hosting over 3,000 golfers from all 39 golf clubs across the country.

The winning team from the Eldoret Golf Club were treated to a VIP trip to the Coca-Cola Championship at the Fancourt Golf Resort where they had the pleasure of meeting the legendary Gary Player, one of the most successful golfers in the history of the game!

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Football: All set for polls


Published on 23/12/2010
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By GILBERT WANDERA
World football governing body Fifa has blown the first whistle to this year's football elections by naming an electoral board to undertake the process.
The board is made up of eight members and will be chaired by Nairobi advocate Joe Okwach.
Of significance is the fact that former international footballers have also been included in the board the first truly independent body to organise the polls.
Former AFC Leopards striker Joe Masiga and Gor Mahia midfielder Nahashon Lule will both serve on the board. Other members of the board are Maxwell Shamalla (vice-chairman), Mathew Kyalo, Ahmed Adan, Penina Wahome and Peter Ogonji (Chief Executive Officer).
While announcing the list of board members Fifa associations committee member Leodegar Tenga said they will among other things publish election guidelines, register eligible clubs and supervise the elections.
Of significance is the announcement that the board will also study the current Football Kenya statutes and recommend clauses that need to be amended in order to a allow for free and fair elections.
The Independent Electoral Board (IFB) will be required to come up with an electoral code which will spell out the criteria for who is a member club and qualification of candidates vying for different positions.
The code will also spell out the appeal process to be followed by prospective candidates not satisfied with any of its decisions.
The board has been given a four-month mandate within which to finish the electoral process. They have to have an office by Monday and have until January 23 to draft and adopt an electoral code.
The elections will begin at the sub-branch level between March 7 and 13 to be followed by the branch polls on March 28. The national polls will follow thereafter and have been proposed to be held between April 18 and 24.
Tenga also said that FKL would be required to transform itself back to an association once the electoral process is over.
"This will be first major assignment of the newly elected Executive Committee and upon completion of that process all other associations should be deregistered leaving Kenya with only one football association," Tenga, also Cecafa chairman said.
Tenga urged all football stakeholders to support the process because it is the only way to bring to an end the long-standing wrangles in local football. "Fifa urges all capable, qualified and committed Kenyans to seek positions in the up-coming elections and look at the documents particularly those seeking top positions to come up with campaign documents informing the public about their intended vision for Kenyan football," he added.
Maxwell Shamala the vice-chairman of the IEB promised that the process will be free and fair and promised that his board will do everything in a transparent manner.
Sports Minister Paul Otuoma who witnessed the unveiling of the board said the Government is fully behind the process and will avail all the necessary support to make it a success. "We are committed to have in place officials who are transparent and pass the test of integrity to run football," he said.

Fergie challenges his squad to show the 'bottle' needed to win a record 19th title

Published 23:00 25/12/10 By Derick Allsop

Alex Ferguson has challenged his players to show they have the bottle to deliver a record 19th Premier League title for Manchester United.
Ferguson's team go into another Christmas period leading a campaign characterised by the erratic form afflicting all the major contenders.
And the United manager believes that any club now capable of producing a killer burst of pace can run away with the top prize.
Ferguson said: "It's been such a strange League this year that if somebody had the bottle they could take it by the scruff of the neck. If somebody went on a winning run of about 10 games they'd win the League. We've done it in the past.


"We hope that we've cut out the stupid mistakes we were making earlier in the season.
"A lot of people said we weren't at top form but we'd had some good performances, though not of a consistent nature.
"I still think our performance at Everton was as good as we'd had in the last few years. We could have been six up but lost two goals at the end.
"That was interspersed with some ordinary football, like away to Sunderland. We need to start winning away from home."
Ferguson confronts his old boy Steve Bruce in the reverse fixture against Sunderland today intent on finding that winning momentum.
United remain undefeated in the League, yet are conscious of the danger posed by a posse of burgeoning clubs as well as the usual suspects.
Ferguson said: "It's a tough league now, probably the toughest Premier League I've known in terms of the condensing between the top and teams in the middle.
"You may say Sunderland and Bolton aren't going to last, but you look at their squads and they aren't actually old.
"There are points to be dropped in this league, even if you are playing well. What you try to do is take something from every game.
"We stole a point at Sunderland when we didn't really deserve anything."
Ferguson is anxious for his side to get back into their stride after the frustration of losing a second match to the weather at Chelsea last week.
"They obviously wanted the game off, though it wasn't their decision," he said.
"But do people not walk to shops and restaurants? What do they do, go on a broomstick? Or a magic carpet?
"Our pitch is perfect, so the game should be on unless we decide to call it off because there's a bit of snow on the pavement."
Ferguson, 69 on Friday and now United's longest serving manager, maintains his experience enables him to handle the modern player.
He said: "You are dealing with more fragile people because they've been brought up much softer, much easier than I was brought up.
"The players' behaviour off the pitch has changed. They are different animals now. Two things have created that.
"One, the money they are paid means they can't afford to have a different life. They have a dedication to the game. Two, very few foreign players drink.
"But the basics of management are the same. You have your standards and my discipline hasn't change a bit.
"And my training philosophy has not changed in terms of the workload they have."

Liverpool's season so far, a fan's view: 'It's been very poor and I blame Roy'

By Mirror Football in Mirror Football Blog
Published 23:22 25/12/10

By Garreth Cummings
1) How do you think your club's season has gone so far?
You don't need me to tell you that it's been poor. Very poor, in fact. I blame Roy.
2) What would be a good finish for your side in the league? Do you fancy your chances in the FA Cup?


I fear that the manager is more accepting of mediocrity than the majority of the *support, and would probably settle for a top-half finish. A good finish would be *somewhere in the European places, and it's not beyond us as things stand. I blame Roy.
3) Where would you like to strengthen your team in the January window and will it happen? Any particular players you'd like to see at your club?
I don't think that there will be any major strengthening of our squad in January &#8211; Comolli has not long come in to his role, and the new owners need time to assess the *direction they want us to go in. I'd expect player (and manager) replacements in the summer rather than January. I blame Roy.
4) Are you bothered that England failed to land the 2018 World Cup bid?
On a personal level, I would have loved to have seen a World Cup in this country, but I'm more worried about Qatar getting 2022 than I am about Russia 2018. I blame Roy.
5) Is there one big decision your club has to take or has taken? Will it make or break your season?
The decision to replace Rafa Benitez with Roy Hodgson. It appears to have already *broken our season. I blame Roy.

Bolton's season so far, a fan's view: 'The top 10 should be our aim, but we could maybe sneak a Europa League spot'

By Mirror Football in Mirror Football Blog
Published 23:06 25/12/10

By Jarreth Bentley
1) How has your club's *season gone so far?
Extremely well, I've been very impressed with the whole squad.
2) What would be a good finish for your side in the league? Do you fancy your chances in the FA Cup?

The top 10 should be our aim, but we could maybe sneak a Europa League spot. With York in the 3rd round of the FA Cup, who knows how far we could get?
3) Where would you like to strengthen your team in the January window and will it happen? Any particular players you'd like to see at your club?
A new centre back. With Gary Cahill and Zat Knight our main two players in that area, there doesn't seem much back-up, especially as Andy O'Brien looks like making his loan move to Leeds permanent.
4) Are you bothered that England failed to land the 2018 World Cup bid?
Of course, but our time will come &#8211; it's just a *matter of when.
5) Is there one big decision your club has to take or has taken? Will it make or break your season?
There is talk of *Johan Elmander and Cahill *going in January but I'm sure Mr Coyle has a decent contingency plan.