The Guyana based European contingent for this weekend’s Guyana Open will be looking to sharpen their skills at the European Union (EU) sponsored Medal Play tournament billed for today (Public Holiday) at the Lusignan Golf Club.
The tournament is expected to attract a large field including several overseas players who are already here for the prestigious Guyana Open as well as staff of the EU.
The European contingent will be led by EU Ambassador Geert Heikens includes his wife Rita, an ardent golfer as well as Albert Russell (head of administration), Chris Ingelbrecht (head of technical section) and Lindley Jones (head of the economic section) all regular players at Lusignan.
Also listed to compete are Roy Cummings who won last weekend’s Digicel Classic, Bholawram Deo, Avinash Persaud, Colin Ming, Patrick Prashad, William Walker, Mike Mangal, Ronald Bulkan, Mark Lashley, Alfred Mentore, Christine Sukhram, Deoram Dinanauth, Francois Montour, Gavin Todd, Dr. Ram Singh, Andre Cummings, Mohanlall Dinanauth, Rawle Imran Khan, Troy Codogan, Brian Hackett, Mike Gayadin, Chatterpaul Deo, Kashun Bacchus, Muntaz Haniff, Munaff Arjune, Vijay Deo, Carlos Adams and Ian Gouveia.
Tee off is at 08:30 hours, Shot gun start.
The prizes will include best gross, best net in the men’s division, best net ladies and best net overall as well as second and third.
There will also be other special prizes.
The presentation ceremony will take place at the EU Ambassador’s residence in Turkeyen starting at 19:30 hours.
Meanwhile, players today is the final day for registration for this weekend’s Guyana Open set for Saturday and Sunday at Lusignan.
The Guyana Open will be sponsored once again by beverage giants Banks DIH Ltd. who will announce their sponsorship at a Media Briefing tomorrow at Thirst Park at 11:0 hours.
There will be a ladies category 0-36 and three men’s categories 0-9 handicap, 10-18 and 19-28.
