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Rotary Club of Kingston golf tourney main fundraiser for major projects

Published:Sunday | February 23, 2020 | 12:31 AM
Chairman of the Rotary Club of Kingston’s Annual Charity Golf Tournament Committee and past president of the club, Richard Josephs (left), looks on as club president Steven Hudson (second left) presents the winner’s trophy to Teddy Richards. In the background is the club’s immediate past president and member of the golf committee, Linval Freeman.
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Chairman of the Rotary Club of Kingston’s Annual Charity Golf Tournament Committee and past president of the club, Richard Josephs (left), looks on as club president Steven Hudson (second left) presents the winner’s trophy to Teddy Richards. In the background is the club’s immediate past president and member of the golf committee, Linval Freeman.

The Rotary Club of Kingston’s annual Charity Golf Tournament continues to generate 40 per cent of the funds raised by the service club to carry out much-needed community intervention programmes. And, on Saturday, February 15, the tradition continued at the Sandals golf course in Upton, St Mary, where golf enthusiast Teddy Richards was declared tournament winner, with 38 points from among 65 participants. He won a weekend for two at Half Moon and the winner’s trophy.

There were 22 other prizes, including weekends for two at Spanish Court Hotel, Montego Bay; Secrets Hotel and Breathless Resort. There were also dinners for two at Round Hill, Strawberry Hill, Mystic India, Pimentos; as well as gift certificates for golf equipment and rounds of golf at Cinnamon Hill.

“Our goal this year is to raise $1 million to fund the Rotary Club of Kingston’s major projects for 2019-2020. These will be the construction of a community centre in Hector’s River; the delivery of medical equipment to the Bustamante Hospital for Children and the refurbishing of a classroom at a selected school in Kingston,” said Steven Hudson, president of the Rotary Club of Kingston.

“I am elated at the support we received from no less than 27 sponsors for the staging of this year’s golf tournament, and must make special mention of Sandals Resorts International, which provided its Upton golf course at minimal cost. We look forward to continuing to serve those in need, in keeping with our mission,” Hudson added.

SPONSORS

Among the sponsors were: Allied Trucking & Maritime Services, BDO, Breathless, Montego Bay, Bearings & Seals Limited, CGM Gallagher, Duggan Consulting Limited, Desmond Mair Insurance Brokers Limited, Guardian General Insurance Limited, Half Moon Resort, Jamaica Deposit Insurance Corporation, Jamaica Producers Group, Keith Ryan & Company Limited, Kingston Wharves Limited, Mayberry Investments Limited, Magna Motors, Marketing Consultant Services, NCB Insurance Company Limited, Oak Dentistry, Pulse, PROVEN Wealth, Spanish Court Hotel, Montego Bay, Sandals Resorts International, Sagicor, Sealand Foods International, Secrets, SportsMax and the JMMB Group.