Veteran golfers; Munaf Arjune, Clifford Reis and Aasrodeen Shaw starred in Wednesday’s well-attended Annual Crown Mining Supply (CMS) Golf Tournament which teed off at 09:30h at the Lusignan Golf Club (LGC) East Coast Demerara.
Arjune is no stranger to the winners row and continues his good form by taking away the first place prize in the ‘A’ or Championship flight from the other veterans in that group.
The Flights Tournament allows golfers to emerge as winners in their Flight, when they would not normally score wins in the Medal Play format. Reis, for example, who has won his Flight for the second time in two months, expressed his delight and preference for the Flights system that allowed him to excel in his group. For this CMS Tournament the first and second net places were awarded prizes in each Flight.
The Championship Flight saw keen contest between Munaf, Nazeem “Papo” Haniff and Avinash Persaud, the reigning Guyana Open champion. But the scores declared in the end saw Arjune 73/8 in first place followed by Haniff 74/7 in second and Persaud 75/3 in third.
In the ‘B’ or 10 – 18 handicap Flight, Club Treasurer Shaw carted off the trophy with an emphatic win over the competitors.
Winners of the ‘B’ Flight were: Shaw 67/16 and Bridgelall Harry 69/18 in second place. Since the competition in this Flight was so keen, honourable mention is given to Lekhnarine Shivraj 70/17; Roy Cummings 71/13; Ayube Subhan 72/17; Lakeram Ramsundar 73/13 and Patrick Prashad 74/10.
In the ‘C’ or 19 – 28 handicap Flight, veteran Clifford Reis was the undisputed winner. Scores were: first place Reis 72/26 and second Guillermo Escarraga, winner of last Saturday’s Hospitality Tournament. Mark Lashley placed third with 80/24.
The fascinating brand new Parsun Outboard Engine was not won, but Roy Cummings defied CMS Executive Max Persaud’s dare and won the Longest Drive competition with an approximately 288 feet drive. Nearest to The Pin (some 3 feet), was won by Bholawram Deo. The Best Gross (78) was won by Persaud.
CMS Managing Director Patanjalee ‘Pur’ Persaud participated, but with the mental demands for ensuring the day’s Tournament was a great one, he could not deliver his normal good performance, (as may well have also been the case with Max Persaud.) However, ‘Pur’ expressed extreme gratitude for the golfers being present in such good numbers to support their sponsorship, and looked forward to CMS continuing to contribute to the development of the sport and the club.
