Hosted by the St. Maarten Golf Association at the Mullet Bay Golf Course
MULLET BAY:--- The members of the St. Maarten Golf Team that will compete in the upcoming annual Eastern Caribbean Golf Association Tournament are looking forward to represent their country as good as possible while having the benefit of their ‘home field’ advantage at the Mullet Bay Golf Course.
The St. Maarten Golf Team consists of the following 12 players that will compete in 4 categories:
- Ladies : Sidsel Jacobsen, Gitte Poulsen and Anne-Marie Bouillé
- Men : Howard Hobgood, Jesus Rivera, Kit Lee and Stanley Samuel
- Seniors : Sam Bashir, Steven Mix and Philippe Thevenet
- Super-Seniors : Richard Gibson and Keith Graham
The St. Maarten team members were selected based on their 5 best scores from a total of 9 monthly Medal Play tournaments that were organized by the SMGA during the period from October 2014 until August 2015. These monthly Medal Play tournaments attract average around 30 golfers, most of which are very competitive and eager to make the St. Maarten team.
The St. Maarten golf team has been practicing on and off island during the last 2 months to prepare the best way possible for this two day 36 hole tournament and to be able to win team and individual prizes when Sunday evening comes.
The Eastern Caribbean Golf Association Tournament is organized each year by a different host-country and consists of the best players from eleven countries that are a member of the Eastern Caribbean Golf Association (ECGA). These countries are: Anguilla, Antigua-Barbuda, Barbados, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, St. Croix, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Maarten and St. Thomas.
This prestigious tournament is made possible due to our year round major contributors namely, Mullet Bay Resort and Golf Course, CC1 / Coca Cola and the St. Maarten Tourist Office. Combined with the tremendous support and sponsorships the SMGA received from Air France – KLM, Bank of Nova Scotia, Canon Business Systems Services, Caribbean Alliance Insurance, Cariburo Office Equipment, Dauphin Telecom, Holland House Beach Hotel, KPMG accountants, Oyster Bay Beach Resort, PricewaterhouseCoopers, RBC Royal Bank, Sonesta Great Bay Beach Resort, Sonesta Maho Beach Resort and Winair Airlines.
Besides these sponsors the SMGA was able to attract other contributors that contributed in different ways through golf materials, hospitality and other services, manpower, vouchers etc.
The SMGA is a non-profit organization of avid golfers that promotes the practice of the game of golf and to foster community sense. The SMGA organizes golf matches and tournaments for its members and non-members and donates most of its proceeds that are made through membership fees, club tournaments and the annual St. Maarten Open, to multiple community organizations on the island.
If you like more information about this event or schedule an interview with either the SMGA, please contact Marc van Iersel.
The Board of the St. Maarten Golf Association
(Keith Graham, Marc van Iersel, Rodney Tackling, Mark Hanauer, Ricardo Perez, Jan Peter Holtland and Ivan Havertong)
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