Kettunen bags Nass Medal

Manama : Petri Kettunen (net 62) won the 20th edition of the Nass Medal at Awali Golf Club (AWG) which featured around 80 players despite the absence of a number of players due to school holidays.

Like most events at AWG, this was a ‘net’ competition played by men and women and though Kettunen was the overall winner, the actual medal winner for the best gross score was Diab S. Al Noaimi (gross 70) as he pipped Matt Chalmers (70) who lost on count back with the same score.

A special mention should be made of Steve Diaper who managed to live up to that old adage of ‘a game of two halves’ by posting a 63 for the front nine and a 38 for the back!

David Anthony, General Manager of Nass Contracting, and his wife, Yvonne provided a rich array of prizes for the winners and the scorecard draw.

Anthony and club vice-captain, Kerry Diaper, presented the prizes before the former became a temporary auctioneer, after which he was able to announce that a total of BD730 had been raised for Bahraini charities.

Play overall was of such a high standard that there were 13 handicap cuts! with Serwin Rampersad directing the tournament.

Results: Overall Winner: Petri Kettunen (net 62). 

Runner-Up: Murray Brown (64). Medal Winner: Diab S. Al Noaimi (gross 70). Flight 1: 1) Hendrik Wessels (net 65), 2) Abdulla Al Ghatam (65), 3) Diab S. Al Noaimi (66).