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Friendship Secondary School students impress at golf outing
Kaieteur News – 32 students from Friendship Secondary School took full advantage of the opportunity provided by the Nexgen Golf Academy on Woolford Avenue to prepare for their CSEC examinations.
The players excelled at their first attempt at golf and again the numbers were heavily tilted in favor of girls with a 27-5 ratio in favor of female players. And once again, the girls demonstrated great mastery of the techniques taught by the Academy and that was reflected in the perfect scores put up by 8 of the girls.
Coaches Philip Haynes and Harry Dhanai, Friendship Secondary PE Teacher Ms. Marcelle McIntosh-Griffith joined Head Coach Aleem Hussain to teach the students the basics of the game and all were impressed by the rapid results demonstrated by the students in a very short time.
Friendship Secondary was one of the Pioneer schools that took Golf at CSEC for the first time in Guyana’s history and it seems that there will be a 300% increase in the number this year as Rosignol Secondary, Bush Lot Secondary, Wisburg, Bartica, Berbice High, Anna Regina Multilateral, President’s College and Queens College will send up dozens of students for PE CSEC.
With the Nexgen Golf Academy now officially an LPGA Foundation Girls site under Site Director Philip Ha
Students at the golf academy at Woolford Avenue.
ynes, this opens a career path for Guyanese women to earn scholarships and potentially a place on LPGA tour. To become a member of the LPGA/USGA girls club, simply contact the Nexgen Golf Academy at 645-0944. Registration is free.
President of the Guyana Golf Association Aleem Hussain hinted that there is a major announcement forthcoming that will enhance Golf in Guyana in the coming weeks but declined to expound on the matter, simply saying that golfers should stay tuned for the news.
Nexgen Golf Academy is the only three Hole golf course in Guyana and is fully lighted, serving as both a training facility and beginners Golf course. There are no membership fees to join the club and it is open to the public daily from 9 am-9pm.
- Coaches Philip Haynes, Friendship Secondary School, Harry Dhanai, Ms. Marcelle McIntosh-Griffith, Nexgen Golf Academy
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