Exciting weekend of golfing at LGC as it honors Life Members

Jan 31, 2020 Sports

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Tomorrow and Sunday, the Lusignan Golf Club (LGC) will devote activities to honor both the lifetime achievements of some of its outstanding members along with the celebration of birthdays of Maurice Solomon and Hemraj Kissoon.

LGC President Aleem Hussain said “Giants aren’t always big people…sometimes they’re captains of industries, unassuming heroes, or simple persons who rise to the occasion when called.
Such are the stories of the following people – those who have dedicated their lives to betterment of themselves, their communities, and the lives of those that they come into contact with on a daily basis. We are fortunate to have persons like these at the Lusignan Golf Club and to follow in their footsteps, learning from their examples.”
Doreen De Caires celebrated 50 years as a member of the LGC and has certainly earned her spot as a Life Member. For many years, De Caires served as Women’s Captain alongside her late husband David – the Club’s longest serving Captain.
During the ‘lean years’, it was Doreen who merged the women and men’s teams to ensure that there were sufficient players to host a tournament. She remembers driving to pick up members in an effort to make sure they were on time and acknowledges that her game suffered as a result of her self-imposed drive in her organisational role as she sought to promote the game alongside her husband. To her credit, she represented herself and the country well, playing in Trinidad, Antigua and Barbados and she continues to win in the United Kingdom.

Doreen was Guyana’s honoree for the United States Secretary of State’s Award for International Women of Courage. She received amongst many other accolades, the GMSA Lifetime Achievement Award for her long and dedicated service, and for promoting the development of the private sector.
Joe Solomon, for many years now a member of the Lusignan Golf Club, and of course a batting icon who has his name etched forever in cricket history, was born in 1930 in Port Mourant, Berbice.
In the 1950s he represented the Port Mourant Cricket Club. Joe’s contribution to West Indian cricket was immortalized when he secured the first tie in the history of Test cricket by running out Ian Meckiff in the first Test against Australia at Brisbane in 1960.
These days Joe enjoys a new sporting activity- one that he has brought over his cricketing proficiency to use at – golfing, with his brother Maurice Solomon. Even at age 90, Joe still has uncanny ability to keep his eye on the ball and drive it straight.

Hemraj Kissoon, past President of the Lusignan Golf Club, has been a leader in several industries including banking and business. One of nine children, he took over Kissoons’ Furniture company after his brother passed away and built it into the now major company it has become.
Growing up in No. 60 Village, Corentyne, Berbice, Hemraj demonstrates that a person is a product of imagination and hard work and not their environment, as today, the Kissoon Group of Companies is a distinct and prestigious conglomerate with a long history of successful operations in Guyana. Kissoon as President of the Golf Club, led it through a major transformation, the removal of the original Clubhouse from where it was and the establishment of the current clubhouse some 300 yards away, placing it central to the golf course. He continues to offer good counsel to recent Club administrations.
As he celebrates his birthday in February, members of the Club are pleased to have his continued presence, support and cheerful disposition amongst them and do look forward to have his warm personality for many years to come.
Maurice Solomon has been a member of the Lusignan Golf Club for over 50 years and was recently awarded life membership. As the head of Maurice Solomon & Co., a firm founded in 1998 with Maurice Solomon as the sole Partner, he has demonstrated his astute ability to build a major business.

An avid golfer who plays at least three times per week, Maurice is a living example of how good genes, healthy lifestyle and a strong competitive spirit form the key to longevity. Maurice also sponsors the annual Maurice Solomon & Co. Golf tournament and has willingly contributed to the development of the club over the past years.
Robert Hanoman has been a longtime member of the Lusignan Golf Club and has played a key role in securing sponsorship from Muneshwers Travel, Maersk Shipping, and Guyana Shorebase Inc. over the years.
One of the leading legal minds in the country, Hanoman boasts the distinction of possibly being the only Guyanese lawyer to be qualified in London, New York and California and often expresses that those bar exams were much easier than the game of golf.
In 2019, Hanoman was awarded life membership in recognition of his years of involvement and dedication to the growth of the club and sport. Robert will also celebrate another milestone in March and is pleased that currently his game is at its best level…having shot (63) his lowest net score in history last February.
This weekend’s activities will feature two tournaments, tomorrow teeing-off at 12:30hrs and on Sunday from 08:30hrs. As has become the norm, prizes will be awarded to the top two finishers in three categories but this weekend will feature a special fourth category – a Seniors Flight – in honor of the awardees.
Members of the public are invited to join the activities and interact with these stalwarts of industry and golf, and learn from them on a personal basis.

 

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