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First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial
inclusion services provider, has announced the commemoration of the 2021
and 60th edition of its annually sponsored Lagos Amateur Golf
Championship. The tourney is scheduled to Tee-Off at the golf section of
Ikoyi Club 1938 on Thursday, 18 – Sunday 21 November 2021.
The FirstBank Lagos Amateur Open Golf Championship is a World Amateur
Golf Ranking (WAGR) listed competition that attracts the best golfers
from the amateur scene, not only in Nigeria but across the continent and
indeed the world. Participating in the competition contributes to the
points for golfers to aid their WAGR rankings.
Preceding the competition will be a press conference, scheduled to hold
on Wednesday 10th November 2021 at the Ikoyi Club House Terrace, where
the CEO of FirstBank Nigeria Limited, Dr. Adeola Adeduntan will unveil
the landmark edition of the longest-running known golf competition
sponsorship the 60th FirstBank Lagos Amateur Open Golf Championship.
The highlights of the press conference are the unveiling of the
“Corporate Golf Challenge”, “CEO’s CUP”, ProAm and Ladies
Invitational. The Corporate Golf Challenge for Charity will be
participated by twenty-Five (25) corporate teams of 4 players to compete
in a networking environment of corporate hospitality designed to drive
corporate social responsibility goals. It holds on Thursday 18th
November, while the official competition will Tee-Off on Friday, 19th
November through to the Championship Finals on Sunday, 21st November
2021. The net proceeds from team entry fees will be disbursed to
charities under the FirstBank SPARK initiative. SPARK, an acronym -
Start Performing Acts of Random Kindness - is a values-based initiative
designed to raise consciousness that we can choose to be kind.
In addition, the “CEO’s CUP” is a newly introduced prize for the
overall gross winner of the championship to recognise this indelible
landmark and the unbroken legacy at the diamond jubilee.
The ProAm event, scheduled for Sunday 21st November 2021 is earmarked to
recognise Professional Past Winners of the competition. Tagged ROLL OF
HONOUR, the past winners play with invited amateur guests for a cash
prize of US$5,000.00 (Five Thousand Dollars) as well as trophies and
other prizes.
The LADIES INVITATIONAL is a subset event of the ProAm,
comprising female guests invited by the Bank.
Speaking on the landmark event the Group Head, Marketing and Corporate
Communications, Ms. Folake Ani-Mumuney said “at FirstBank, we are
excited to celebrate the landmark diamond jubilee of the Lagos Amateur
Open Golf Championship which is indeed the longest sponsored golf
championship in the country and arguably, the continent. For decades
FirstBank has been at the forefront of the growth and development of
sports in Nigeria, cutting across various and notably sporting events in
the country. Sponsoring sports reflect our belief in the role of sports
as a major vehicle for social development, whilst also being a unifying
force of individuals, irrespective of language, culture, religion and
social strata in any given society.
To continuously encourage and develop the game of golf, a series of
professional coaching clinics and skills competitions are held during
the Championships.
The clinic will be facilitated each day, from Friday,
19th to Sunday 21st November 2021 at Ikoyi Club 1938 Golf Club Driving
Range. Participants in the clinic include school children as well as
advanced golf players that want to learn and/or improve their golf game.
Participants are also able the exhibit their skills in Beat the Pro –
Longest Drive and Beat the Pro – Nearest-To-the-Pin competitions.
Other FirstBank sponsored sporting events include the Georgian Cup of
Kaduna Polo Tournament, sponsored for 102 years; the Dala Tennis Hard
Court in Kano Club for over 30 years; the Obasanjo Pro-Amateur Golf
tournament of Abeokuta Club now in its 5th year. The Bank’s influence
in the development of sport in Nigeria is under its First Sport
initiative.