“I came to have fun and play a good round of golf with the guys; it was fun. More significantly, before the start of the tournament I had a talk with the sponsor, His Holiness, Pope Emmanuel, Rev Dr London, and he inspired me to perform the way I did. He was a great inspiration!”
From left: Alim Hussain, Maurice Solomon, Mike Mangal, Kalyan Tiwari, Mike Gayadin, Dr London, Hilbert Shields, Parmanand Persaud (kneeling), Fazil Haniff, Roberto Grissi, Patrick Prashad, William Walker, Avinash Persaud and Shanella Webster
Those were the words of Mike Gayadin following his win in the Beacon Ministries fourth annual golf tournament on Saturday at the Lusignan Golf Course, East Coast Demerara.
With trophies for first to third place in each category, 18 trophies were accounted for. Categories included three Flights, the Longest Drive, the Nearest-to-the-Pin and the Overall Net. A gross tournament was not played.
Gayadin emerged with the best overall net of 63, followed by Roberto Grissi (65) and Hilbert Shields (66). By virtue of having the best net score, Gayadin was declared champion of the tournament.
In the ‘A’ Flight (0-9 handicap), Mangal (70/79) won ahead of Avinash Persaud (73/75) and William Walker (74/82), while the ‘B’ Flight (10-18 handicap) was won by Gayadin (63/77), followed by Shields (66/83) and Kalyan Tiwari (67/85).
In the ‘C’ Flight, Grissi (65/91) won from Shanella Webster (69/88) and Maurice Solomon (72/96). Parmanand “Max” Persaud has the Longest Drive, while Patrick Prashad was Nearest-to-the-Pin.
Last year’s net champion Richard Haniff noted that the competition on Saturday was so fierce that his “good” net score of 68 really did not count for anything.
Typical of his passionate love for the salvation of men’s souls, Pope Emmanuel took time to explain the simplicity of the magnificent grace of the gospel to all present. He assured those present that Beacon Ministries would continue supporting Lusignan Golf Club in any way it can, and he is very pleased to be involved in sponsoring tournaments.
Vice-president Patrick Prashad thanked Dr London for the sponsorship of an excellent tournament and noted that since Beacon Ministries has been involved in the Lusignan Golf Club it has only inspired great camaraderie and brought positivism not only to the club, but also to those associated with the club.
