By MOSES CHIMFWEMBE –
ZAMBEZI Paper Mills produced an astonishing performance to scoop the Rotary Club of Ndola annual golf fundraising tournament played at the Ndola Golf Club.
The team comprising Gabriel Chibale, Patrick Desai, Charles Chibale and Umesh Pateo finished top after amassing 107 points during a tournament held at the weekend.
Guardian Insurance‘s team of Esther Yambayamba, Rose Katebe, Darius Tongwa and M Shankar, could only manage second position after amassing 102 points but two ahead of the third placed quartet of Ron Bouverie, George Morton, Yogesh Desai and Dhiru Patel, representing team Reekays.
Oscar Phiri of ZAMEFA was unstoppable in the individual event as he claimed first prize after outclassing other golfers to lead the chart on 39 points.
In second position was Tara Allin of Tiger Feeds, who finished two points off the pace while, Kelvin Chibuye of Unimex Chemicals and Mohan Chugani of Amalgamated Dress, were tied on 36 points in third and fourth place respectively.
Indeni’s Sanguliyo Tembo, Caristo pair of Clavel Nguluta and John Kabuka finished fifth, sixth and seventh with 35, 34, and 33 points respectively while, Jaysukh Vaghela of Amalgamated Dress, completed the top eight with 33 points.
Katebe hit the longest drive in the ladies category with Gabriel Chibale in the men’s category while Allin, scooped the prize after teeing in the nearest to the pin in the ladies class as Willie Osborn of First Quantum Minerals (FQM) claimed the men’s nearest pin.
Rotary Club of Ndola District 9210 president Martha Lungu said the club raised more than K90, 000 from the tournament which will be channelled toward the less privileged people in society.
“Despite the economic hardships Zambia is facing at the moment, the sponsors turned up to offer us support, we did not expect the overwhelming response that we got and we are so thankful to the corporate world and the teams that turned out for the tournament,” Lungu said.
In a bid to supplement Government efforts toward improving the livelihoods of the under-privileged, Lungu said part of the funds realised will be used to put up a modern Kitchen at the Luanshya State Prison.
