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.
History The idea of the tournament was mooted by Tessa Covell, who was then President of the Zambia Ladies' Golf Union 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.
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.
Hosts and national team winners Year Host country Host course Host union Dates Winner1992 Zimbabwe Chapman Golf Club, Harare Zimbabwe Golf Ladies' Union 1994 Kenya Muthaiga Golf Club, Nairobi Kenya Golf Ladies' Union 1996 Nigeria Ikoyi Club, Lagos Ladies Golf Association of Nigeria 1998 South Africa Rand Park Club in Johannesburg Women's' Golf South Africa 2000 Uganda Kitante Golf Course, Kampala Uganda Ladies Golf Union 2002 Cote d’Ivoire Ivoire Golf Club, Abidjan Côte d'Ivoire Golf Federation 2004 Namibia Windhoek Golf & Country Club, Windhoek Namibia Ladies Golf Federation 2006 Zambia Lusaka Golf Course, Lusaka Zambia Ladies Golf Union 3–7 Jun 2008 Egypt Katamaya Heights Golf & Tennis Resort, Cairo Egypt Golf Federation 26–31 Aug 2010 Nigeria IBB International Golf & Country Club, Abuja Ladies Golf Association of Nigeria2012 Botswana Phakalane Golf Estate, Gaborone Botswana Ladies' Golf Union2014 Kenya Muthaiga Golf Club, Nairobi Kenya Ladies Golf Union 10–12 Jun 2016 Tunisia Citrus Golf Course, Hammamet Golf Tunisia Ladies2018 Ghana Achimota Golf Club, Accra Ghana Ladies' Golf Union 26–31 Aug 2020 Namibia Rossmund Golf Club, Swakopmund Namibia Golf Federation 30 Mar – 4 Apr TBD Source:
Individual winners YearWinnerCountry represented1992 Gill Tebbutt 1994 Wendy Warrington 1996 Michelle Burmester 1998 Joanne Norton 2000 Natu Soro1 2002 Rose Naliaka 2004 Lumien Lausberg 2006 Naella El Attar 2008 Monique Smit 2010 Henriette Frylink 2012 Kim Williams 2014 Michaela Fletcher 2016 Ivanna Samu 2018 Madina Hussein
1 Defeated Norah Mbabazi in a playoff
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