Hubert Chin tops Kingston Lodge event

Jamaica Observer | Wednesday, June 23, 2010

HUBERT Chin won the Kingston Lodge 1933 Golf Tournament and a weekend for two at the Half Moon Hotel last Saturday at the Constant Spring Golf Club.

The charity event which sees part proceeds going towards the Reg Keiz Basic School and National Children's Home, fell short of the number of entrants from last year.

With entry fees being $3,500, Ivan Ricketts, a part of the organising committee, told the Observer they received far lest than the 85 players that took part last year.

"We wanted to raise about $600,000, but the entries did not go as expected. We got about 54 entrants, which is still a good number in light of the present economic climate," said Ricketts.

Based on the number of entrants, the organisers collected approximately $189,000, but Ricketts said the exact amount to be donated to the two charitable organisations would not be known until the committee meets.

The tournament, which used an 18-hole stableford (7/8 handicap) format, saw Chin topping the points system with 42.

Stableford is a scoring system where, rather than counting the total number of strokes taken, as in strokeplay, points are scored based on the number of strokes taken at each hole. Unlike traditional scoring methods, where the aim is to have the lowest score, under Stableford rules, the objective is to have the highest score.

Ossie Lee won the Best Mason trophy with 39 points in which there were several sectional winners and a lot of prizes.

List of prizewinners:

Overall winner -- HUBERT CHIN (Weekend for two at Half Moon)

MEN'S FLIGHT 0-8

1st Freddie Sutherland -- Weekend for two at Breezes Braco

2nd Tommy Lee -- Microwave

3rd Carl Bruce -- Dinner for two at Spanish Court Hotel

MEN'S Flight 9-17

1st Ossie Lee Microwave

2nd Dave Cameron -- Juice Extractor

3rd Livingstone Morrison -- Gift Certificate (Sangsters)

4th Paul Seaton -- Gift Basket

5th Carl Scott -- Gift Basket

6th David Mair -- Gift Basket

7th Patrick Gordon -- Gift Basket

MEN'S Flight 18-24

1st Cedric Blair -- Microwave

2nd Brett Jones -- Golf Bag

3rd D. Mullings -- Blender

4th Karl Lewin -- Fan

5th Douglas Stiebel -- Gift Certificate

WOMEN's

1st Mrs H Coe -- Microwave

2nd Mrs Nora Henriques -- Juice Extractor

3rd Mrs Rita Lewin -- Gift Basket

NEAREST TO THE PIN

Men: Ivanhoe Ricketts -- 10 Piece Knife set

LONGEST DRIVE

Men: Freddie Sutherland -- Coffee Maker

Women: Mrs H Coe -- Steam Iron

Best Mason Ossie Lee