Reading like a who’s who of Jamaica’s top business elite, a group of well-heeled Covid-compliant golfers gathered early on Saturday Nov 27, 2021 to help celebrate Sterling Asset Management’s 20th Anniversary at the Caymanas Golf & Country Club Course in St Catherine, Jamaica.
Bright and early the Sterling Senior Executive team (L-R) Christine Rankine, Manager Personal Financial Planning, VP Sales & Marketing, Toni-Ann Neita-Elliott, AVP Marketing & Communications Michelle Valentine, AVP Personal Financial Planning Dwayne Neil were all on deck to greet and register Sterling’s 20th Anniversary golf tournament’s participants
The five-yearly milestone event hosted golfers of all abilities. Though billed as a fun event, when a group of the Caribbean’s leading business minds gathered on the lush course, it quickly became apparent that their competitive instincts overcame any notion of laid-back putting. From the first sounds of the post-dawn klaxxon, participants approached the importance of the day with a quiet but determined fierceness.
Peter Lindo, General Manager Caymanas Golf & Country Club gets proceedings underway with the blaring sound of the klaxxon.Wayne Wray, Director of Wiltshire Consulting gets ready to attack his drive as he tees offShowing some skill, Tarik Minnott, managing director of Minnott Dialysis Supply Limited, gives his putt some spinTanya Barnes Eligon, Delivery Consultant for Franklin Covey readies her ballJodi Barrow, the first female president of the Jamaica Golf Association (Amateurs) strikes gold with a quiet tap into the hole.
Around 60 smart putters, split into mixed foursomes for a brisk round of golf, banter and, the all-important, eventual bragging rights.
Tanya Barnes Eligon, Delivery Consultant for Franklin Covey exhibits great poise with her follow through(L-R) Anthony “Tony” Hogarth, Managing Director Marander Industries Ltd., Richard Scholefield, Director Phoenix Printery, alongside their caddy have a friendly discussion about which ball is closer to the holeDonovan Perkins, former President & CEO of Sagicor Bank, gives a magnificent view of the Caymanas Park Golf CourseJohn O’Donoghue, of JMO Adjusters, Paul Leyow of Vin Leyow & Company Limited watch on in awe as Sean Morris, Contractor, stirs up the earth as he connects to his driveSterling Asset Management President & CEO, Charles Ross successfully negotiates a difficult chip out of the sandbox
Throughout the day, the competition remained calmly intense as the golfers teed off. Friendly rivalries were tested as the day progressed as some channeling the spirit of Tiger Woods in his peak were heard to ‘up the stakes’ at any given hole. Although hole-in-ones, birdies and eagles were in short supply, the unique invitational gathering was all in aid of supporting charitable initiatives.
Sterling Asset Management President & CEO, Charles Ross admires the rocket he’s just launched on the 11th.Sterling Asset Management President & CEO, Charles Ross is all smiles on the 11th.(L-R) Gordon Hutchinson, Engineering Consultant, JenTech Consultants; Larry Stewart, Director, KLA Sports Radio and retired businessman, Tony Gooden, tally up their scores for the day.Metry Seaga, CEO Jamaica Fibreglass Products Limited indulges in animated discussion with his pars (pun intended).Howie Lau, managing director of Scientific and Medical Supplies Limited gives a winning smile to the camera
The real winners were the donation recipients, Maxfield Park Children’s Home and Calabar High School. They received a significant contribution from the ‘mulligans’ innovation. Best described as a ‘do-over’ shot tariff when a strike had gone awry, golfers pre-purchased cash tickets for their imperfect strokes.
Metry Seaga, CEO Jamaica Fibreglass Products Limited graciously accepts a trivia prize from Sterling’s VP Sales & Marketing, Toni-Ann Neita-ElliottGregory Mayne, Managing Director of GM Realty Group happily accepts his prize given to him by Sterling’s Christine Rankine, Manager Personal Financial Planning
Diane Hudson, Managing Director of Kid City Nursery & Preschool and Sterling’s AVP Marketing & Communications, Michelle Valentine, celebrate the former’s award.Calabar alumni Major Desmon Brown and Sterling Asset Management Chairman, President & CEO, Charles Ross shake hands on a job well done
This ingenious system helped raise J$105,000. An amount that will be matched in full by Sterling, therefore doubling the charitable proceeds raised by the event to J$210,000.
Sterling Asset Management President & CEO, Charles Ross and sister, Alison, appreciate the jokes and onstage post-Tournament banter throughout the latter part of the day.
Of the event, a beaming Sterling Asset Management President & CEO, Charles Ross commented: “We really appreciated everyone participating. It was all for a good, worthwhile cause and the Sterling team and I hope to see everyone in the next five years for the 25th anniversary.“
(L-R) Group company shot Sterling Asset Management President & CEO, Charles Ross, VP Fixed Income & Foreign Exchange Eugene Stanley, Manager Operations Damian Harris, Accounts Officer Audrey Dobson, Manager Personal Financial Planning Christine Rankine, Consultant Attorney-at-law Myers Fletcher & Gordon and wife of Charles Ross- Natalie Farrell-Ross, AVP Personal Financial Planning Dwayne Neil, VP Sales & Marketing Toni-Ann Neita-Elliott, VP Finance & Compliance Marva Chang, VP Operations Wayne Walker, AVP Marketing & Communications Michelle Valentine, AVP Finance Michico Miller, AVP Finance Lavine Reid.
All in all, an event which many participants suggested needed to be yearly, we can only ask, anyone fancy a round? If so, may the fores be with you!
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