🇲🇺 Africa Region IV Men Team Championship– Final Results 🥇 Mauritius 🇲🇺 (+1) 🥈 Kenya 🇰🇪 (+32) 🥉 Seychelles 🇸🇨, Réunion Island 🇫🇷 & Tanzania 🇹🇿 (+39) 6⃣ Burundi 🇧🇮 (+57) Individual Championship 🥇 Adrian Andrade (Seychelles 🇸🇨) (-7) 🥈 Ludovic Bax (Mauritius 🇲🇺) (-4) 🥉 Tanishq Nobeen (Mauritius …
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