bmobile golf raises $10k for charity

Now in its fourth year, it was all business along the course for the 96 players including world renowned former West Indian batsman Brian Charles Lara. After a competitive day’s play, the legendary cricketer along with his three-man team of Richard Smith, Joseph Rahael and Clint Alfred clinched a narrow victory with a winning score of 59 points.

Following 18 holes of play, they stood at a golden 13 under par which was just enough to hold off several other teams that were trailing by just one shot on 12 under par. This win for Lara however, saw him capture an impressive triple crown of titles in the event’s four-year history, having also topped the field in 2014 and 2016.

“It was a wonderful day put together by bmobile for their top customers,” said the world record holder. “This is a tournament I look forward to every year because of its professional and efficient approach to every aspect of the day. The bmobile team knows the importance of their customers and they ensured we all had a great day.” Holding on to runner-up spot on the day was TSTT CEO Dr.

Ronald Walcott’s team (inclusive of David Brizan, Dominique Chatoor and Ravi Deonarine) which tallied 60 points. The quartet of Dushyant Sookram, Robert Alleyne, Errol Jones and Junior Charles placed third overall.

This year’s edition of the Charity tournament saw a total of $10,000 raised for the selected charity - PAVI (Persons Associated with Visual Impairment).

All invited guests and players, who are all experts in their line of business, chimed in with their welcomed contributions for the ‘Closest to the fifth hole’ challenge and a raffle courtesy Angostura.

Capturing the crown of ‘Nearest to the Pin’ on the fifth hole was Tommy Peebles, who fell 11 feet and three inches short; while Errol Jones took top honours in the same division on hole 15, with the ball landing just one foot and 11 inches shy. The title for ‘Most Fores’ (3) went to the team of Robin Lewis, Anthony Smart, Rikhi Rampersad and Marshall Ogle; ‘Most Bunkers’ (8) went to the unit of Camille Chatoor, Elizabeth Lawrence, Gisele Marflete and Paige Hurd while the squad of Allan Murphy, Stephen George, Radesh Bassant and Corey Sheppard were fondly awarded for the ‘Most Balls Lost’ (11).

Rakesh Goswami, TSTT’s Executive Vice President, Strategic Alliance, Enterprise and Tobago Operations, commented on the successful staging of this year’s event. “We at TSTT are happy to once again play host to Trinidad and Tobago’s premier golf invitational tournament,” he said. “I was especially pleased to see a record number of participants this time around and we expect our tournament to continuously grow over the coming years. I thank you all for your welcomed contributions to PAVI since this event was centred around giving back to the Foundation. I also would like to congratulate all stakeholders who got involved in this initiative for a good cause.

Your beneficence is destined to go a long way towards helping these persons affected with disability.”