For their inaugural Pre-Valentine’s Day Golf Tournament on Saturday February 8, playing off a handicap of 15, Ravindra Harry produced an excellent gross of 74 to finish with the fantastic net score of 59 and claim the spoils.
The Wine Vault reps and the winners proudly displaying their Ventisquero wines
Maurice Solomon came closest to Harry with an outstanding net score of 63.
With fine golfing weather and superbly well-manicured grounds, the golfers teed-off excitedly at 12:30 hrs, many of them captivated and stimulated by the fine selection of wine prizes on hand.
In the highly competitive 10-18 Flight, where the bulk of the golfers play, Harry’s 59/15 had no close contender. Following him were former Guyana Open female champion Shanella London (66/13) and Parmanand ‘Max’ Persaud (67/13) respectively.
The bunch after that was close, as some 9 golfers placed within 5 strokes from the Winners’ Row. These were: Aasrodeen Shaw (68/13); Lekhnarine Shivraj (68/15); Kalyan Tiwari (69/15); Patanjilee Persaud (71/14); George Bulkan (71/16); reigning Guyana Open Female champion Christine Sukhram (72/12); Maxim Mangra (72/18); Rakesh Harry (73/14), and former Guyana Open female champion Dr Joaan Deo (73/16).
In the 19-36 Flight, the best net scores were returned by wine connoisseur Maurice Solomon (63/26) – 1st. He was followed by a tie between Troy Cadogan (67/26) – 2nd and Nirmaldeo Sarwan (67/24) 3rd. Other good performances in the Flight were offered by Brian Hackett (73/22); Rohan Albert (75/25); Bholawram Deo (77/19); Carlos Adams (79/26) and Eion Blue (79/28).
In the 0-9 Flight, Former Guyana Open Champion Mohanlall Dinanauth – very likely motivated by the Ventisquero prize – produced a great play to beat the group, scoring both the group’s best net (66/6) and the tournament’s Best Gross (72). Former Captain Patrick Prashad was close on his heels with a good 67/9. After them, Mike Mangal’s 75/8 placed him 3rd, while reigning Guyana Open Champion Avinash Persaud delivered net 77 off a 2 handicap. Visitor Romick Cummings netted 85 off a 7 handicap.
On Saturday, both red and white Ventisquero wines offered by the Wine Vault at the Marriott were exquisite, crisp, firm, fruity, and soothingly refreshing. And indeed so, the competition of the day was similarly firm and refreshing.
