CIBC FirstCaribbean golf for the cure reaches target

The golf bags have been put away, the results are in, the contributions have been tallied and the CIBC FirstCaribbean Golf for the Cure has reached its target of raising $50,000 for the Breast Screening programme of the Barbados
Cancer Society.

As part of the annual Walk for the Cure activities, one hundred and six golfers from a number of corporate entities along with bank officials and some members of the Barbados Golf Club got together recently to play golf for the
worthy cause.

There were numerous prizes up for grabs including a Hyundai Kona EV which was the Hole-in-One prize on hole no 10 and a one-year membership at the club for a Hole-in-One at hole no 2. No one won the car or the golf membership.

However, players collected a slew of other prizes including watches valued at $1,000, tours, gifts baskets, massages, cruises, magnums of champagne, and iPhones among other items for their placement during the tournament.

In addition, they were several fun prizes distributed to selected golfers.

First place in the tournament went to Sean Edey and Jerry Cooper who amassed 45 points. They each took away a watch from Diamonds International, a gift basket from Cavi and Vino and a tour of Harrison’s Cave.

They barely edged out the very youthful team of Shaquan Harding and Dario Sargeant who accumulated 44 points and collected lunch for two at the Sea Shed and a massage at Coral Reef, a spa and perfume set compliments Bridgetown Duty-Free plus lunch for two at Champers and a cruise for two aboard the Cat in the Fiddle.

One of the few females in the tournament was Gail Fields who won the prize for Closest to the Pin for ladies which she won on Hole no 13, while one of the other ladies in the tournament was bank official Kim Campbell who won the ‘longest drive for ladies’ on hole number 5. She collected an iPhone from Digicel.

The golfers were addressed at the ceremony by Colette Delaney CEO of the bank who thanked them for taking part in the tournament and assisting with the raising of the funds of the bank’s Walk for the Cure activities, which will hopefully be a physical walk this year in Barbados, following the two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (PR)