After a year’s hiatus, Demerara Mutual’s sponsorship will return to the Lusignan Golf Course this weekend as the insurance company collaborates with the Lusignan Golf Club to host yet another exciting tournament.
LGC President Aleem Hussain
Demerara Mutual, which has been in the business of providing financial security and assurance since 1891, has grown to become a leader in Guyana as more than 100 employees provide services to thousands of clients.
Senior Marketing Manager Clarence Perry noted that the company was now focused on giving back to their customers and one avenue through which it hoped to do so was sport.
“We do believe that sport in general is a very good thing to support. We believe that it helps to foster good community relations, so we’re happy to be partnering with Lusignan Golf Club to host this tournament this weekend,” Perry said.
Zeroing in on the gentleman’s sport, Perry disclosed that it was his hope that golf could continue to gain popularity in Guyana.
“We do hope that we can see not only as a result of ourselves, but other corporate groups participating, so golf will grow from strength to strength. You know in Guyana, it’s traditionally cricket and football, but with continued exposure and sponsorship of these events, hopefully, we can have more persons participating in golf in the future.”
Turning his focus to this weekend’s open, the Marketing Manager stated that he was looking forward to fierce competition come Saturday. “We do expect it to be a very competitive tournament,” he said.
Coming up just three weeks before the annual Guyana Open, the Demerara Mutual tournament is being seen as a ‘warm up’. As such, the competition will see the participation of at least 35 golfers, but Club President Aleem Hussain expects that that number will reach 50. Many of the successful participants from the Suriname Invitational tournament will participate, in addition to veteran golfers Clifford Reis, Maurice Solomon and Robert Hanoman.
In an attempt to make the competition more enticing, the arrangement of prizes will differ for this tournament. “The Demerara Mutual Group has asked us to make sure that we have a wide range of winners, so as a result this tournament is going to be run a little different from our traditional tournament where there’s just a winner overall,” the Club President said.
As such, there will be categories A, B, and C, where the first and second prizes will be distributed. Additionally, there will be special prizes for the golfers with the best gross, best net, chipping, and putting.
Hussain also took the opportunity to thank the sponsors, stating, “On behalf of the Lusignan Golf Club and all its members, I want to say thank you to Mr Perry and, of course, the entire organisation that has stood behind us for so many years.”
Tee-off time on Saturday, October 13 will be 12:30h.
