Steven Chang and Jodi Munn-Barrow, winners of last year's Shipping Industry Benefit Golf Tournament, are expected to defend their titles at this year's renewal on Saturday, April 22 at the Caymanas Golf & Country Club. - CONTRIBUTED
FABULOUS TROPHIES and numerous attractive prizes are being offered to amateur golfers who will be top performers at the first renewal of the Shipping Industry Benefit Golf Tournament to take place at the Caymanas Golf and Country Club on Saturday, April 22. The event begins with a Shotgun Start at 8:00 a.m. and golfers are to be on their tees at 7:50 a.m. to ensure that play will be completed by noon.
The beneficiary of this year's tournament will be the Marcus Garvey Basic School, located in Greenwich Town. The tournament will be played as an 18-hole Stableford 7/8 Handicap event in five categories - Overall, Ladies, Male Handicap 0-7, Male Handicap 8-15, and Male Handicap 16-24.
Participants can look forward to great tee gifts, including designer golf shirts, golf-shoe bags and caps, as well as trophies and attractive prizes for 'Nearest to the Pin' and Men/Ladies 'Longest Drive'. A highlight of the tournament is the 'Hole-In-One' prize of a 2006 Chevrolet Aveo, courtesy of GM Challenger, that will be offered on the scenic 10th Hole. Other prizes include DVD players, golf equipment, cellular phones, gift baskets, gourmet meals from top hotels and restaurants, choice wines, spa treatments and a weekend for two at the Half Moon Hotel. There is an entry fee of $3,500 that includes lunch.
To ensure an early start, the first 50 golfers to collect their cards on the morning of the tournament, will receive a free package of bun and cheese.
Kingston Wharves Limited is the Platinum Sponsor of this Jamaica Golf Association sanctioned event and other sponsors include the Shipping Association of Jamaica, APM Terminals Jamaica Limited, Port Computer Services Ltd., Assessment Recoveries Ltd., Lannaman & Morris Shipping Ltd., Seaboard Marine, Seafreight, Lascelles Wines & Spirits, Air Jamaica, GM Challenger, Hilton Kingston hotel, Half Moon, First Global Financial Services, Allied Insurance Brokers, Spectrum Systems Limited, Totally Male, Protection & Security Ltd., Digicel, Mitchell's Auto Supplies, Rose Hall Golf and Country Club, Caribbean Broilers, Golden Crust Bakery, Dairy Industries, the Gleaner Company Ltd., the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, Margaritaville, and KLAS Sport Radio.
Entry forms are available from Andrea Cameron, the Shipping Association of Jamaica, telephone: 923-3491-2 or the Jamaica Golf Association, telephone: 906-7636.
