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Virtual Inter – Schools golf challenge set for March 5
Students getting ready to practice their skills in preparation for the first ever school Golf championship.
Kaieteur News – The Unit of Allied Arts (UAA) in collaboration with the Guyana Golf Association (GGA) and NexGen Golf Academy will be hosting a Golf Skills competition for schools participating in the approved Golf Pilot Project. The competition will take the form of an activity for students to score points by hitting golf balls towards a target.
The Competition will be held in two stages; Preliminary Selection of School Team and Execution of Virtual Inter-School Skills Challenge.
The Preliminary Selection of School Team will take the form of a school competition at each Pilot School. The Virtual Inter-Schools Skills Challenge will be held between 09:00h-11:00h on March 5 and will utilize the same structure and rules of play as the preliminary competition.
The target circle will be placed 50 yards away from players and students will score points according to where the ball lands on the target: The center scores 50 points, the inner ring scores 25 points, the outer ring scores 10 points and balls outside the circle scores five points.
For the preliminary selection of the school team, the entire class will participate by hitting five balls each towards the target. The top five girls and top five boys will be selected to represent the school at the virtual inter-school skills challenge.
The virtual inter-school skills challenge will take place at each school’s respective playfield. In the event of a tie, a playoff will be held immediately so teams are asked to remain in place until the Unit of Allied Arts declares the final winner. The schools with the same score will take part in a playoff involving one male and one female player who will represent the school for the playoff. In the event there is a continued tie, another male and female player will rotate to represent their respective schools until a final result is achieved.
Prizes will be given to the top score boys (finals), Top score girls (finals), top school overall, second place school, third place school, fourth place school and fifth place school.
The competition is being sponsored by NexGen Global, Assuria General Insurance, Copa Airlines, Guyana Golf Association, Trophy Stall and AR Printery.
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