Ragnauth supreme at Demerara Mutual golf tourney

As was expected the Demerara Mutual Life Assurance annual golf tournament on Saturday October 22, at Lusignan was very competitive, but it was Balgobin Ragnauth who stood firm to resist fierce competitors as he emerged as champion of the tournament.
In a tournament which was played on the open Medal Play format, Ragnauth stood superior against players whose net scores were awesome at the end of play. First through to fourth place finishers tied on their net scores. However, it was the performance on the back-9 that determined the final places.

In picture from left: Gavin Todd, Aleem Hussain, Kalyan Tiwari, Avinash Persaud, Balgobin Ragnauth, Clarence Perry of Dem Mutual, Parmanand Persaud and Club President Oncar Ramroop
In picture from left: Gavin Todd, Aleem Hussain, Kalyan Tiwari, Avinash Persaud, Balgobin Ragnauth, Clarence Perry of Dem Mutual, Parmanand Persaud and Club President Oncar Ramroop

Winners were: 1st Balgobin Ragnauth 69/27; 2nd Aleem Hussain 69/17; 3rd Parmanand ‘Max’ Persaud 70/14; and 4th Kalyan Tiwari 70/15. Meanwhile other golfers who must be honourably mentioned in that they did well and were close to the final 4 included: Avinash Persaud 71/2; Assrodeen Shaw 71/18; Deanand Bissessar 71/18; Gavin Todd 72/19; Hilbert Shields 72/16; and Patrick Prashad 72/9.
Other winners were: Best Gross – Avinash Persaud (73); Nearest to The Pin (7’) – Gavin Todd; Most Honest Golfer – Guy Griffith.
Club President Oncar Ramroop expressed distinct gratitude for the nearly 25 years of unwavering support that Demerara Mutual has given to the Lusignan Golf Club. He noted that Demerara Mutual, in existence for some 125 years, serving the peoples in Guyana, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, and Grenada, is one of the main providers of Life, Health, Loss and other financial indemnities. He noted that it is also their faithful, consistent, and remarkably long standing support of golfing in Guyana that makes them dear to the Lusignan Golf Club.
Responding to Ramroop, Clarence Perry, Marketing Manager of the Demerara Mutual Group of Companies indicated, “We are very appreciative of the gracious words of President Ramroop concerning Demerara Mutual. We can assure you that Dem Mutual will continue to support golfing in Guyana and is likely to even increase this support in the future. In fact, we look forward to the time when members of Dem Mutual will have a permanent membership relation with the Club, and not only be here for tournament occasions.”
Winner Ragnauth, styling himself as ‘a preacher who plays golf’, said, “My life as a preacher helps me in this game, because I am able to apply mental discipline to the sport just as I need to do in my ministry. In addition, the camaraderie at the Lusignan Golf Club is very refreshing and encourages me to play regularly. Moreover my wife, Pauline is also a big support and encouragement for me to play and do well.”
This is Apostle Ragnauth’s third time in the winning circle in a little over a month, as he placed first in the Household Plus tournament on Saturday, September 10 and placed third in the Trophy Stall tournament of Saturday, October 15.
President Ramroop also expressed appreciation to members Hilbert Shields, Deanand Bissessar and Mike Gayadin, who have undertaken to improve the golf course and its environs, and have so far done a very good job with the preparation of the course.