THE Unit of Allied Arts (UAA) in collaboration with the Guyana Golf Association (GGA) and NexGen Golf Academy, has planned a Golf Skills Challenge for schools participating in the approved Golf Pilot Project.

The Golf Skills Challenge will take the form of an activity for students to score points by hitting golf balls towards a target.

According to the organisers, the competition will be held in two stages which are the Preliminary Selection of School Teams and Execution of Virtual Inter-School Skills Challenge.

Preliminary Selection of School Teams took the form of a school competition at each Pilot School and was completed by February 26. The top 5 girls and boys will advance to represent the school at the Virtual Inter-School Skills Challenge.

Meanwhile, the Virtual Inter-Schools Skill Challenge will be held from 09:00h -11:00h on March 5 and will utilise the same structure and rules of play as the preliminary competition.

The skill challenge will take place at each school’s respective playfield. In the event of a tie, a playoff will be held immediately so teams are asked to remain in place until the UAA declares the final winner.

Schools with the same scores will take part in a playoff involving one male and one female player who will represent the school for the playoff. In the event there is a continued tie, another male and female player will rotate to represent their respective schools until a final result is achieved.

Prizes will be awarded at the end of the event to the top scorer in both the boy’s and girl’s finals, top school overall, Runner-up school and third to fifth place schools.

The sponsors on board this event are NexGen Global, Assuria General Insurance, Copa Airlines, Guyana Golf Association, Trophy Stall, and AR Printery.

The organisers (UAA, NexGen Golf Academy and the GGA) noted that they will work assiduously to ensure that all elements of this proposal are put in place for the respective activities to be properly executed at each participating school.