Awali Golf Club celebrates 80 years
Manama : Awali Golf Club (AGC) celebrated its 80th Birthday last weekend with its first competitions of the New Year for the Bapco Inter-Departmental Trophy and 80th Anniversary Stableford competition. A social tournament was held the following day to coincide with the club’s foundation on 4 January 1937 and believed to be the oldest course in the region.
Around 90 players competed in the stableford event which started out in chilly and gusty conditions but warmed up for the afternoon. Mohammed Sultan Faraj (40 points) continued his excellent form claiming first place on countback, followed in second by Adel Al Gaoud (40) with Hussain Salem (40) in third 40 points, Serwin Rampersad (39) secured fourth place after winning on countback from Bill Scarth (39).
Diane Loney got the ladies a mention by winning a prize for nearest the pin on Hole 4 along with Rashid Al Hajji (Hole 6) and Serwin Rampersad (Hole 14).
Bapco employees competed for the much coveted Inter-Departmental Trophy, a competition dating back to 1957 and open to non-handicappers as well. For some, it was their first experience playing in an 18 hole competition but they were so keen to represent their respective departments in teams of three with the best two scores counting.
First place went to Security (80 points) comprising Adel Al Gaoud (40), Hussain Salem (40) and Nasser Eid, while Management (72) were runners-up with a two-man team of Mark Hodgkinson (37) and Peter Hughes (35).
After the competition, players and their guests gathered together to await the prize giving and enjoy supper, courtesy of Bapco. Club Captain, Bill Scarth thanked Bapco for supporting Awali Golf Club. Continuing the Captain’s initiative to auction off AGC’s old tee-box signs, two more, Hole 7 and 8, were offered up to keen bidders where BD95 was raised for local children’s charities.
Finishing off the celebrations the following day, a Social competition was held with more than 40 players, in teams of three turning out for The Waltz. The event followed a unique format where the dance tempo of 1-2-3, 1-2-3 was reflected in the score, with Hole No 1 only the best score counts, Hole No 2 the two best scores and then on Hole No 3 all three scores were counted, then the same format for 4, 5 and 6 throughout the 18 holes.
First place went to the team of Mark Hodgkinson, Paul Anderson and Maggie Winwood (88 points), second place went to Yoy Young, Les Young and Eui Mo Koo (82) and third place to Steve Diaper, Nicky Bailey and Dave Bailey (78) who edged out Beth Robinson, Tony Robinson and Nathan Prince (78).
Nearest the pin on Hole 4 and 14 were won by Beth Robinson and Eui Mo Koo respectively.
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