Circular: Mercury Golf Tournament- 2009

MERCURY GOLF TOURNAMENT- 2009
Open only for Golfers of Corps of Signals
General: Mercury Golf Tournament will be played at Army Golf Course, Delhi Cantt.

Date: 09 Feb 2009 (Monday)

Handicap: Participants should indicate their handicap at the time of submission of entries. Proof of handicap would be crosschecked at the time of Tee Off. Minimum handicap will be considered at 18.

Tee Off Details
• 0700 hrs onwards from Tee No 1 and 10 simultaneously for below 65 yrs.
• 0900 hrs from Tee No 1 for veterans above 65 yrs and ladies.
• Officers are requested to check up exact Tee Off time on 09 Feb 09 either directly from Army Golf Course or on Tele 9910387517/9910387519.

Conduct: The tournament will be played over 18 holes on stableford format. However, officers above 65 Yrs and ladies can play 18 holes but the score of front 9 holes will only be evaluated for the competition.

Ladies Putting: To commence at 1130hrs. Ladies taking part in Putting Competition are requested to wear Flat heeled shoes to avoid damage to practice green.

Reporting Time- 15 mins prior to Tee Off time for golfers - 1115 hrs for Ladies participating in Putting Competition.

Scoring The scoring scheme for the competition is:
• Net one over Par - 1 point
• Net Par - 2 points
• Net Birdie - 3 points
• Net Eagle - 4 points

Prizes: The following prizes would be awarded:
Tournament for Players below 65 yrs
• Winner Team (Net Score)
• Runners Up Team (Net Score)
• Best Gross Card (Card of golfer against the course rating)
• Best Net Card (Gross card minus the handicap of the player against course rating)
• Maximum Birdies
• Maximum Pars
• Nearest to Pin (Hole No 9)
• Longest Drive (Hole No 8)
Tournament for Players above 65 yrs and Ladies
• Winner Team (Net Score)
• Runners Up Team (Net Score)
• Best Gross Card
• Best Net Card
• Nearest to Pin (Hole No 9)
• Maximum Birdie
Ladies Putting
• First Prize
• Second Prize
• Third Prize

Submission Of Entries: Members desirous of participating in the tournament are requested to intimate their handicap, residential telephone number, preference of four ball to the following: email– mercurygolf@gmail.com

Maj Avinash Bhandare
Secretary

Two colleges for children of ESM planned

Pune, April 07 To enable the children of ex-servicemen and widows of army personnel to get higher and better quality education, the Department of Sainik Welfare, Maharashtra, has proposed two professional colleges predominantly for them. Slated to be on the lines of the Army Institute of Technology (AIT), the department plans to construct the colleges and hand over their management to the Army. The Southern Command GOC-in-C Lt Gen Noble Thamburaj has said that he will discuss it with the Ministry.

Department director Col Bhagatsinh Deshmukh (Retd) has suggested a proposal to the Southern Command for the two institutes in Kolhapur and Pune, with at least 50 per cent of the seats reserved for the children of ex-servicemen. “The land is available with the department in both the locations. We have offered to construct the colleges on the site. We have suggested that the Army Welfare Education Society (AWES) should run the colleges,” said Deshmukh.

On 07 April 2007, while addressing retired veterans of Bombay Sappers, Southern Command GOC-in-C Lt Gen Noble Thamburaj stressed the importance of education among the wards of the army personnel. “We have received the department’s proposal and it’s definitely feasible. However, the department’s demand about the percentage of reservation needs to be discussed with the AWES,” said Thamburaj.

“The institutes will be on the lines of the Army Institute of Technology (AIT) located here in Dighi Hills,” said Deshmukh. “However, we have proposed that the children of ex-servicemen hailing from Maharashtra be entitled to 50 per cent of the seats, while the remaining can be thrown open to children of serving officers and ex-servicemen from other states,” he added.

Pune: 21,564 ex-servicemen and 3,137 widows of army personnel.

Kolhapur: 10,183 ex-servicemen and 3,712 widows of army personnel.

Maharashtra: 154,554 ex-servicemen and 40,464 widows of army personnel
Two colleges for children of ex-servicemen planned
AIT

Comment: A noble idea and 18 months have elapsed since birth of the concept. When is the expected date of the two Institutes becoming a reality?