A day of golf amid sophisticated ambience

THE premium corporate networking platform presented by Nawras Business Solutions, dazzled the business community of Oman with a day of golf, high-powered gathering, sophisticated ambience and mind-blowing entertainment on the cool greens of Muscat Hills recently.

With over 200 CEOS, managers, business leaders and virtually the who’s who of Oman’s corporate world taking part in the biggest event in the Sultanate’s corporate calendar, OER CEO Golf 2012 broke new ground in terms of participation, unique game format, thrilling activities and exciting prizes.

The golfers were divided into teams of four and played the 18-hole Texas Scramble. One of the most noteworthy parts of this year’s OER CEO Golf was the enthusiastic participation of a number of women golfers.

For the non-golfers, a special golfing clinic was arranged. A sim- ple competition of chipping, pitching and putting was organised which enabled participants to not only understand the finer nuances of golf but also gave them a chance to win the biggest prize of the day — a Rolex watch.

The OER CEO Golf 2012 champions were Ravi Narayanan, Chandra Sekhar Das, Debabrata Mukerjee, and Pamela Mouries. And the Most Promising Golfer-to-be was Samir Hamamji who won himself a Rolex.

Presented by Nawras Business Solutions for the fourth consecutive year, OER CEO Golf 2012 was powered by Infiniti while Rolex, from Khimji’s Watches was the Official Time Keeper.

The morning session began with a welcome address by Sandeep Sehgal, Chief Executive, United Media Services (UMS) followed by Dr Mohammed bin Hamad al Rumhy, Minister of Oil and Gas; Samir Fancy, Chairman Renaissance Services; Ross Cormack, CEO Nawras; Divyendu Kumar, Managing Director, Infiniti; and Madhu Jesrani, General Manager, Khimji’s Watches unveiling the tournament’s score card.

The ceremonial tee-off was also done by Rumhy, Fancy, Cormack, Kumar and Jesrani as the golfers eagerly awaited to get their clubs to the tee. Before they went on the greens, the golfers got a few expert tips from world famous trick shot specialist and South African PGA golfer, Michael Scholz.

The Nawras kiosk hosted a complimentary massage centre throughout the day for the golfers and nongolfers to unwind and de-stress themselves with a soothing and invigorating massage. The Infiniti Putting Challenge saw many guests winning a special gift designed by the chief designer of Infiniti cars Shiro Nakamura. A swanky display of Infiniti M, FX & QX models also attracted a number of inquisitive and prospector buyers.

For the golfers-to-be, well-known leadership consultant, John Mitchell, delivered an inspiring talk on ‘Driving Change from the fairway to the boardroom’ before the golfers-to-be took to the fairway for the chipping, pitching and putting competition.

The morning gave way to a scintillating evening of music, entertainment and of course the gala awards. Starting with a brilliant dance performance by LED Dancers that launched the Infiniti FX model, the excitement and anticipation of the awards was taken to a crescendo by Daniela Maxova, renowned international illusionist who charmed the audience with her tricks against a background of hypnotic music and dance interludes.

Ross Cormack, CEO, Nawras, gave an interesting presentation to showcase the company’s many Nawras firsts to the business sector and their latest pleasingly different product for the business community — Nawras Business Mousbak.