Barbados: The seven-year-old O’Kola from Barbados received his division on the 2023 First Tee – Doral Jr Traditional Golf Match in Miami, Florida. He scored a low par of 34 within the two-day competitors held final week.
Sponsored by the Orange Bowl, the tournament attracted over 600 younger golfers from 45 nations within the 14 and Below age group.
O’Kola, who attends Windfall Elementary, is not any stranger to worldwide competitions. Final 12 months he received the 2023 Pepsi Little Individuals’s Match in Quincy, Illinois with a rating of 29, which was one of many lowest scores within the historical past of the event and a successful whole of 63. He additionally got here first at Doral and was on the rostrum in video games in Italy and Brazil.
This 12 months, he positioned first in tournaments in Uganda and South Africa and received the bottom spherical in each tournaments.
O’kola is unquestionably a younger golf sensation, and the nation is trying ahead to listening to about his performances in 2024.
Apart from this, one other participant, named Noah Clarke, has received the under-14 part of the IRT Híbrido Iberoamericano U1800 2023 on-line hybrid chess occasion.
A hybrid occasion is one the place gamers play on-line by way of a chess-playing platform, however all from one place underneath the supervision of an arbiter or chess.
Clarke was the top-rated participant in his part and after the primary three video games performed on the primary day of the six-round occasion, he was the only real chief with 2-1/2 factors. On the second day, he duly repeated the outcomes to complete in clear first place on 5 factors from six video games. He received 4 video games and drew two in opposition to Miguel Andres Perez Marcano and Aranza Victoria Luzardo Lopez, each of Venezuela.
Within the under-10 part, Jerimiah Farley positioned second, however it was powerful going for the opposite Barbadians who competed within the event that attracted 60 gamers from Venezuela, Peru, St Lucia and Barbados in 5 sections.
These two athletes introduced immense potential to Barbados for being represented on the worldwide athletes in 2023.
