Seldom will you encounter a national team with a set of biological siblings the core and lifeline of the side.
Ethiopian brothers, Binyam Glslase, 17 and Ephrem Glslase, 20 are the only set of brothers participating at the on going East African Golf Challenge in Entebbe.
The Addis Abbaba based golfers were born in a typical golfing family.
“It is a pleasure to play with my elder brother on the same team”, Binyam, a student at Strakers’ Academy in Addis Ababa told Kawowo Sports.
Binyam, a handicap 3 player believes his team has charges of a performing well amidst the challenging Entebbe course.
His elder brother, Ephrem Glslase, 20 is a lower ranked handicap playing on 2. Ephrem works at the African Union headquarters as an administrator.
The duo are part of the Ethiopian team participating at the ongoing East African Golf Challenge.
“These two brothers on Team Ethiopia have undoubted passion for the game to drive the team”, teammate, Natanim Fantahun says of the brothers.