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Peter Chin (L) of the title sponsor Alliance Investment Management presents his sponsorship to Teddy Richards (C) of the Buccaneers while Michael Chung (R) of the beneficiary Laws Street Trade training Centre shares in the moment. The presentation was made this morning at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston. The Alliance Buccaneer Memorial Golf Tournament will be held this Saturday and Sunday at the Caymanas golf Club in St. Catherine.
The Alliance Buccaneer Memorial Golf Tournament was launched on Tuesday, November 18 at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston.The 19th staging of the tournament which is Alliance’s 7th consecutive year of sponsorship will tee-off this Saturday and Sunday (November 22-23) at the Caymanas Golf Club with tee times between 7 am – 1 pm each day.
The tournament features two different competitions running concurrently. One will be a two-day – 36-hole Jamaica Golf Association (JGA) qualifier while the other to be played on Sunday will be a modified Stableford competition in the form of a charity fund raiser for the Laws Street Trade Training Centre. The objective for this year is to hand over in excess of the eight hundred thousand dollars which was paid last year.
The format of play features: Saturday and Sunday – Medal Play HCP 1-12, Modified Stableford HCP 13-24, Professional, Men, Seniors, Super Seniors, Ladies and Juniors while on Sunday it will be Modified Stableford HCP 10-12, 13-24, 25-36, Men and Ladies. The Juniors will compete for the Vitoria Marley Trophy who died in an accident on a golf course. The Juniors will play in the U17, U15 and U13 age groups.
According to tournament director David Mais, some of the golfers who will be on the course are: Pros: Defending champion Fabian Campbell, Wesley Brown, Ewan Peebles, Paul Warren, and; Super Seniors – Gordon Hutchinson (former president of the JGA), Maurice Foster, new category entrants Peter Chin (president of JGA and captain of the Buccaneers as well as president of Alliance Investment Management – title sponsor) and Teddy Richards; Seniors – Wayne Chai Chong. Robert ‘Bobby’ Chin, Rory Jardine, Gregg Chong and Shawn Morris; Men – Paul Thompson and Radcliffe Knibbs; Ladies – defending ladies champion Jodi Munn Barrow and Maggie Lyn as well as Juniors – Khai Harris and Tiana Cruz.
Mais said that the course is not in the best shape but is good enough to host a well run tournament.
Michael Wong of the charity Laws Street Trade Training Centre (LSTTC) thanked the organizers of the tournament for their annual generosity over the years. The LSTTC started on July 1, 1984. It provides training in sewing, baking and computing as well as 300 -350 food and care packages to the needy every other week.
Last year eight hundred thousand dollars were handed over to the charity with over four million dollars to date.
Peter Chin, the president of title sponsor Alliance Investment Management said the charity was a worthy one and that his company and the Buccaneers were pleased to be able to assist them to help the need.
Last year’s defending champion in the professional section, Fabian Campbell said that he was looking forward to the tournament. He feels that the competition will be stiff against people as such as Wesley Brown who had a very good 2014 on the US circuit and others like Paul Warren and Ewan Peebles.
This year’s competition is being played in the memory of five of Jamaica’s outstanding past national representatives, namely Milton ‘Buddy’ Josephs, Izette Rhone, Lenan Lennie Chin, John Fulford and Al Chong.
The title sponsor is Alliance Investment Management while the associate sponsors are AMG Packaging & Paper Company, CGM Gallagher Insurance Brokers, Chad-Ad distributors, Digicel Business Solutions, Remax-Elite, Wata, Maxxis and Supreme Ventures.
The awards presentation ceremony is scheduled for Monday, November 24 at Constant Spring Golf Club in Kingston beginning at 7:00 pm.
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