Miguel Ovideo dominated the field at the Lusignan Golf Club Saturday to walk away with the Best Net score of 62 and win the A&R Printery tournament. Ovideo, in addition to winning his first tournament, also walked away with the longest drive prize.
Playing on pristine greens and in brilliant sunshine, the competition was run under the medal play format in two Flights with Patrick Prashad (76/8) winning the premier flight (0-12 handicap) trailed by William Walker (79/11) who was second.
In the second Flight for 13-28 handicaps, Ovideo copped 62/27 to take the spoils, forcing Carlos Carbo (68/28) to settle for second. They were closely marked by Bholawram Deo (69/19) in third with Ayube Subhan (70/14), Shanella London (70/15) who won Nearest to the Pin, Fazil Haniff (70/15) who won the Best Gross, Robert Hanoman (71/28) and Maxim Mangra (71/19) turning out good performances.
Minister of Social Cohesion with responsibility for Sports, Dr. George Norton was on hand to present the prizes.
“I am very pleased with the conditions of the grounds and the development of the sport in general and have discussed with Aleem [Hussain] several options for increased cooperation,” Dr Norton told the gathering.
He added, “As a medical doctor, I am extremely interested in starting a pilot programme that will involve young women and children who are not particularly interested in team sports and whom may be shy or introverted. I have seen first-hand what Mr. Hussain has done for the club and sport and I want to say that our full support can be counted on for further development of the game in Guyana.”
President of the club, Hussain, who retired with an injury, expressed gratitude to the Minister personally and in his official capacity for the support he has given to the game saying, “without Minister Norton’s continued support, much of what we have accomplished would not have been possible.”
Joining the Honorable Minister at the LGC for the first time and assisting with the prize presentation was Dunstan Andrews, formerly from St. Cuthbert’s Mission but now residing in Canada.
Andrews said that he was extremely impressed by the club.
“I didn’t even know that our country had such a wonderful facility and I will definitely recommend it to everyone and return myself as often as possible,” he remarked. Hussain also thanked the many players and sponsors who have been supporting the club and development of the game over the past few years.
“AR Printery has been there for us, as have many new sponsors in the past few years because they believe in what our vision is for the sport. Today we saw many players honing their game in anticipation of the upcoming Copa Airlines Invitational on January 25,” he said.
