Nexgen GolFun Camp successfully wraps up

Aug 28, 2022 Sports

In attendance at the closing ceremony of the third annual Nexgen GolFun summer camp hosted by the Guyana Golf Association at the Scouts Association Ground on Woolford Avenue in memory of Coach Colin Ming and the Shafura Hussain Foundation were High Commissioner of India to Guyana Dr. KJ Srinivasa, dozens of parents and sponsor representatives as the Camp came to an end with a grand tournament and graduation ceremony.

Participants of the camp with other stakeholders at the closing ceremony

His Excellency spoke about the potential the program held, “the team, led by Mr. Hussain is superb and the response from these amazing kids showed an interest in golf that even I hadn’t thought possible. We will continue to support this program development in the years to come.”

Speaking on behalf of the parents, Phil Rietema from Exxon who also had four children in the camp said, “As a golfer myself, this is extremely pleasing to see such a fantastic response from kids of all ages. The work done by the Nexgen GolFun team to pull off such an event shows that golf in Guyana is in good hands and will become a sport that attracts all ages and talent. For parents, this was a 10/10 based on the kids responses and the overall involvement of everyone.”

154 kids including dozens from Lions, Scouts, PYARG, and Enmore Orphanage were able to participate as a result of contributions by sponsors. They took part in Golf, Table Tennis, Archery, Physical Fitness Challenges, First Aid and Self Defense classes, Drone Training and finished with a skills tournament for prizes and trophies, donated in part by Pegasus Hotel & Suites, Trophy Stall and V&V Distributors.

Parents were treated to complimentary massages, taught to fly a drone, play golf, Table Tennis and archery whilst waiting for the kids to complete classes. Snacks were provided by Giftland FoodMaxx and Sunshine Snacks, ice-cream by Sterling Products, water by CIDI BlueLife Waters, beverages by Guyana Beverages Kool Kidz, Pepsi and Rica Juices.

President of the Guyana Golf Association Aleem Hussain thanked the coaches and sponsors, “Our widening sponsor base shows that there is a desire to support our GolFun program and we had an incredible coaching team from Praetorian Executive Security, ProArchers Guyana, Caliper Drones, the Guyana Table Tennis Association and ModFin Salon along with Golf Coaches Vishal, Harry, Vicky, Vudoo, Kevin, Sam, Gwynett, Philip, Nikita, Steve and secondary school PE Teachers Al Wilson, Kareem and Mark.”

Representatives from Pegasus Hotel & Suites; official hotel of the CPL, Digicel Business Services, Movietowne Guyana, Toolsie Persaud Ltd, Sterling Products Ltd, V&V Distributors, Vivaanta Spa, MVP Sports Giftland, Kings Jewelry, Palm Court, Caliper Drones, Assuria General Insurance, Rentokil Initial Guyana Ltd, Survival Supermarket Sheriff Street, Praetorian Security Services, Darthan Investments Print; Party Castle, ModFin Salon & Spa, Trophy Stall, Jaxx Restaurant, H. Nauth & Sons, Panko Steel; Tristone Auto Sales and many others who supported Nexgen Golf Academy and the Guyana Golf Association were also present. Also in attendance was current Guyana Open Golf Champion Avinda Ganguly Kishore.

For more information on upcoming events or learn to play, stop by the Academy on Woolford Avenue or call 645-0944.

Results from the tournament were as follows:

Boys   Ages 3-4                        5-7
1st     Andrew Rietema           Jermaine Newton
2nd    Muditya Mohan            Winner the Great Phillips
3rd     Aaron Rodriguez

Boys   Ages 8-10                   11-13                     14+
1st      Elon Rickford            Delquan Peters    Ezekiel Haji
2nd     Jonathan Alert          Omar Sharif          Jermone Hodge
3rd      Anthony Kennedy    Jamaine Hodge    Stephan Lall

Girls   Ages 5-7                        8-10
1st      Isabela Sharif             Ameena Perreira
2nd     Maranda Nicols        Anumanie Dyal
3rd                                          Gianna Ramkellawan

Girls    Ages 11-13                   14+
1st      Ella Pierson                 Solena Crum-Ewing
2nd     Miracle Hodge           Angela Josiah
3rd     Nasya Hope                Teromani Dyal

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