Race to National Finals Begins in Lagos
The race to the national finals of this year’s International Pairs competition will begin at the golf section of the Ikoyi Club 1938 today, with over 50 pairs battling for the 20- slots available for the South- west region, the Chief Executive Officer of Falcon Golf Development Company, Remi Olukoya has revealed.
The competition which is already generating lots of excitement within the club will feature golfers drawn from Ikeja, Lakowe Lakes Golf and Country Club, Dolphin Golf Club and other golfers from neighbouring states of Oyo, Osun and Ogun.
The Lagos leg of the qualifiers, Olukoya further revealed would be followed by Northern regional qualifiers which will hold at the IBB International Golf and Country Club in Abuja on September 6- 7, 2019
The South-south & South- eastern regional qualifiers will hold at Arsenal Golf Club, Owerri on September 20-21, 2019
The 2019 event is sponsored by AirFrance, CAP Plc, Megamound Investment, RwandAir, Hilton Legend Hotel, SevenUp, Lords Gin and DO. II Designs, among others.
Speaking ahead of this year’s event in Lagos, Olukoya said lots of innovations have been added to this year’s event so as to make it more attractive, noting that so many prizes have been lined up for winnings at all the Regional Qualifiers level and the lots more at the National Finals in Uyo in October 4-6, 2019.
As expected winners at the National Finals will be given an all-expense paid trip to the World Finals of International Pairs in Portugal on November 19- 23, 2019 while flying Business Class on AirFrance.
“Those who want to take part in the World VIP Guests events are not left out as they will also enjoy 15 per cent discount on AirFrance flights to Lisbon Portugal,” Olukoya added.
“There are two Business Class tickets to Kigali & Cape Town up for grabs during this event courtesy of RwandAir. There will be weekend stays at Legend Lagos Airport and Transcorp Hilton Hotel Abuja. We shall also be selling Raffle tickets and shall be giving away some exquisite furniture pieces by Do. II Designs” he further explained.