Turkish Airlines, a global leader in civil aviation, brought its ever-growing Turkish Airlines World Golf Cup to Addis Ababa Golf Club in Addis Ababa on Saturday June 2nd.
The airline, first in terms of country and international destinations that reached worldwide, prides itself on its award-winning Business Class service and its commitment to the Turkish Airlines World Golf Cup, which has more than 8,000 invited guests competing in more than 100 tournaments around the world, together with many other innovative and distinguished services, performed for offering its passengers an unparalleled flight experience.
Turkish Airlines is firmly committed to the aspirational vision of sporting competition and trusts in its ability to unite people from different nations.
That support extends from football, basketball, rugby and golf at all levels and the amateur series is a fine example of this from the carrier, which offers a multiple award winning Business Class service and allows guests to take clubs for free.
The Addis Ababa event was well supported by the local business community, numerous ambassadors and military personnel were among the competitors at Addis Ababa Golf Club.
With this year’s tournament is backed by The Financial Times, National, Titanic Hotels and clothing partner Ruck & Maul, the winners of the qualifiers progress to the Grand Finals in Antalya in November, when they have the chance to secure a place in the Turkish Airlines Open pro-am, will fly Business Class in Turkish Airlines and stay at the five-star Titanic Golf Deluxe Hotel.
Natnael Teshome will represent Addis Ababa there after winning the competition with a net score of 69, while Abdul Tekelee was runner-up, General Mehari was third.
The Nearest the Pin competition on the 6th hole was won by Brook Seifu for the men while Senidu Kassaye won the women’s category. Ephrem Selassie won the lowest gross score with 71.
“We would like to thank all of our guests who made the Turkish Airlines World Golf Cup here in Addis Ababa a huge success,” Ufuk Unal, General Manager for Turkish Airlines Ethiopia said.
“Once again, it was a fantastic tournament in the TAWGC series and congratulations to our winner, Natnael. We wish him the best of luck in Antalya.”
Turkish Airlines flies to 301 cities in 121 countries around the world and was awarded ‘World’s Best Business Class Catering Service’, ‘World’s Best Business Class Lounge’, and ‘World’s Best BusinesBusiness Class Lounge Dining’ at the Skytrax World Airlines Awards in 2017.
Turkish Airlines World Golf Cup played in Addis Ababa for the first time
Lucy needs to rise high on Wednesday’s return home leg
Ethiopian Women national side “Lucy” returned home after a 3-1 AWCON first leg qualification defeat to the hosts Algeria. The second leg is due to take place on Wednesday here in Addis Ababa, head coach Selam Zeray and company are optimistic they can turn around the two goal deficit and fly to Ghana for the Nations Cup final. “With the backing of the home crowd and the famous Addis Ababa high attitude, we have every advantage to go past the qualification stage and join the continent’s heavy weights in Ghana-Accra,” Selam told reporters.
The empty stadium due to the Ramadan Fasting season must have helped the visitors for they appeared to be bold and jumped on Lucy’s mistakes and halfhearted goal attempts. They even went further when Rehima Zergaw headed in the opener just fifteen minutes in to the whistle. Nevertheless the goal appeared to disturb the players’ mentality because silly mistakes and defensive errors followed suit. Three minutes later Medina Ramdeni grabbed the equalizer thus Lucy totally surrendered the match to the hosts as they became bolder and went for an all-out attack. Adia Adom added the second at 32nd minute followed by number of goal misses from the hosts.
Back from the dressing room it was all the same depression among the Ethiopian side whereas Algerians mounted pressure after pressure before Fatima Sekowune hammered the final nail halfway through the second half.
With the likes of senior players Losa Aberra and Senayet Bogale unusually quiet, the defense disarrayed with the hosts easily go past through, long and short passes wrongly footed and some fantastic saves from the goalie, Lucy turned up lucky for the result stood 3-1 at the final whistle.
“It is not as such a big deal losing with that score line for that one goal advantage meant a lot at home. I am sure with some adjustments Lucy has the potential of scoring more than two goals and sure they will qualify for the Cup final” one who travelled along with the team suggested. “Selam need to work out on how to score in the first fifteen minutes then after it is going to be an easy job” he added.
The one-goal life line at hand the return leg will take place on Wednesday at Addis Ababa Stadium with the aggregate winner securing a place in 2018 Ghana Cup final.
Saint George takes part in 2018 CECAFA Club Championship
CECAFA Club Cup previously known “Kagame Challenge Cup” is back after two years. Tanzania hosts the championship that brings together twelve teams in three groups. Drawn in group “C” Ethiopian flag bearer Saint George opens the campaign on 22nd June against group favorite and home side Young Africa.
It is the oldest championship of the continent. However, it has not had strong title sponsorship. The CECAFA Club Cup’s most recent edition occurred in 2015 in Darussalam with home side Azam FC winning the title after a 2-0 Cup final victory over Kenyan counterpart GorMahia.
Part of the USD one million dollar FIFA grant to host all the regional championships including the senior men’s and women’s competition, the 2018 event brings twelve sides from ten countries with Sudan and Eritrea the only absent ones. The main sponsor is the giant Tanzanian television firm Azam. Tanzania fields three sides including Young Africa and Simba.
The Ethiopian Premier League season is lagging behind schedule. It is also in title race time as five teams are in contention. The participation of Saint Gorge in the regional championship is on hold until final decision comes from the board of directors.
The tentative schedule for the 2018 CECAFA Club Championship Cup final is 30th June-14th July 2018.
Group A
Azam (Tanzania)
Club Uganda
JKU (Zanzibar)
Kator (S.Sudan)
Group B
Ryon Sport (Rwanda)
Gormahia (Kenya)
Lidya-Ludich (Burundi)
Ports (Djibouti)
Group C
Young Africa (Tanzania)
Simba (Tanzania)
KidusGiorgis (Ethiopia)
Tiret Corporate wins Women’s lower league trophy
Two fixtures to go in to Ethiopian Women 14 sides’ 2018 lower league season, Tiret Corporate won the championship title as well securing an automatics promotion to the upper tier. Four teams to go up the ladder while two teams to relegate from the ten sides’ upper tier.
A 2-0 victory over strong title contender Addis Ababa Ketema, Tiret Corporate not only won the season’s championship trophy but also booked a promotion to join the ten sides’ seniors’ league in the coming new season. Nineteen wins, three draws and two defeats so far in the campaign, Tiret leads the 14 teams table with 60 points from 24 matches and 41 goals. Considered the best organized and well financed side in the league, the champions are highly praised for their balanced team that scored 50 goals while conceding only nine.
Second in the table with 47 points from 23 matches Arbaminch Ketema should have done better in its away match against home side Fasil Ketema. But over confident visitors settled for a 1-1 draw thus an early championship title to rivals Tiret Corporate. Arbaminch also booked an automatic promotion to rub shoulders with the elites next season.
Under achiever Addis Ababa Ketema stands third in the table with 45 points from 24 matches and looking just for two points from the remaining two matches to promote to the upper tier. Fourth in the table with 41 points Ethiopia Bunna also missed the chance of closing the gap after throwing away two points settling for a goalless draw against lowly side Tirunesh Dibaba Academy. The home side Tirunesh Dibaba is sixth in the table with 38 points while Ethiopian Youth Academy stands fifth with forty points. The battle to take the remaining two places will be among Bunna, Tirunesh and Youth Academy is in anticipation.
