Bhandary emerges Total Charity Golf Tournament champion
AMATEUR golfer, Bhandary has emerged winner of the 24th Total Charity Golf Tournament, which holed out at the Golf Section of Ikoyi Club 1938 on Saturday.
Bhandary defeated over 150 other participants to win the event’s coveted trophy, leaving Richard Iweanogie in the second position.
The top prize in the Ladies category went to Fatoumata Valet, who grossed 30-stableford points to win on countback. Coming in the second position was Princess Oghene with 30stableford points; she also won on countback, while Christine Vaughan with 30stableford points came third.
Other winners in the keenly contested 18-hole competition were Seyi Siwoku, Ewi
Akpata, who won in the gross category for men and Asue Ighodalo, who won in the veteran category
TUCN category for men had Patrick Olinma as winner; Obina Okoli came second, while Funto Sokefun won in the ladies category.
But the high point of the tournament was the donation to Charity by Total E&P as part of its Social Corporate Responsibility. Beneficiaries of this year’s donations are Paroche Outreach Foundation; a
Non Governmental Organisation created to campaign against substance use and abuse and Naijawives Braille Book Production Centre.
Apart from Naijawives and Paroche that received donations from Total this year, Pacelli School for the Blind and Partially Sighted People, Cancer Aware Nigeria, Fortitude Children Home and Anawin Home had all benefitted from the proceed of Total Charity Golf Tournament in the past.