Joaan Deo emerges as champion

Sterling Products’ inaugural Golf Tourney…

Former Guyana Open ladies champion Dr Joaan Deo, with almost surgical precision, gained access to the inaugural Sterling Products’ Golf Tournament Champion’s Trophy on Saturday at the Lusignan Golf Course.
As part of its sponsorship, Sterling Products had provided six hampers that contained a combination of its products, and these were distributed to appropriate winners.

Deo’s performance earned her first place in her Flight (10-18) – the highly competitive ‘middle Flight’ – which led her to emerge as overall winner.
She received the Tournament Champion’s Trophy, while the golfer placing next in that flight received the 1st place prize for the Flight. (This format was instituted from the previous tournament to avoid the tournament winner also gaining a prize for winning their Flight.)
Winners of the 10-18 Flight were Joaan Deo (62/15) – Champion; Hilbert Shields (66/16) – 1st; Rakesh Harry 67/14) – 2nd. Very good performances were returned by Ravindra Harry (69/13), Ayube Subhan (70/14), Patanjilee Persaud (71/14), Maxim Mangra (71/17), Rabindranath Persaud (72/17); Aasrodeen Shaw (73/12), Lekhnarine Shivraj (73/15), Ian Gouveia (74/14) and Paton George (76/16).
In the 19–36 Flight, Brian Hackett produced a great 69/22 to gain the 1st place, while Anasha Ally delivered a commendable 72/32 to be 2nd. Eion Blue’s 74/28 and Eureka Giddings’ 76/27 showed that these players are continually improving their game.
In the 0-9 Flight, current Guyana Open champion Avinash Persaud was 1st with a magnificent 70/2, gaining him the Best Gross (72) prize as well; he also won the Longest Drive prize. In 2nd place was Jetendra Dhanpat (73/9,) who was playing after a long absence from the sport. Nearest the Pin was won by Rabindranath Persaud.