20th St George’s College OBA Golf Challenge on this Sunday
THE St George’s College Old Boys Association (OBA)will be staging the 20th renewal of an alumni golf tournament tomorrow at Caymanas Golf & Country Club, with a shotgun start at 8:30 am.
The St George’s College OBA golf challenge invites alumni from other Jamaican high schools to compete against each other in a “friendly” game of golf. This very popular tournament on the golfing calendar provides an opportunity for old “boys” and “girls” to enjoy a day of camaraderie and spirited competition.
The tournament is a challenge event wherein St George’s College OBA challenges alumni teams from other schools to see who has the best golfers. Past winners include Campion College, Calabar, Glenmuir, Munro, Clarendon College, Manchester High, Jamaica College as well as St George’s.
In fact, golfers not only win individual prizes but the school of the overall winners receives an award for it’s student feeding programme on behalf of the winning team of past students. Other alma mater teams from Kingston College, decarteret College, Holmwood Technical, Immaculate, and Hillel are expected to compete for this year’s top honour.
Last year, Campion College past students Dr Nigel Knight and Gordon Munn combined to score the highest points in the alumni category.
President of the St George’s College Old Boys Association Ian Telfer presented a cash award of $50,000 to Brian Phillipots-Brown, director of sports at Campion College, on behalf of the alumni champions.
The presentation was made at the launch of St George’s College Homecoming Weekend on Sunday, September 16 at Spanish Court Hotel.