The Lusignan Golf Club (LGC) held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Sunday last, and in the end the Executive of the Lusignan Golf Club (LGC) was returned with minor changes for a second term, signaling broad approval for the organisation’s direction.

A total of thirty-four (34) financial voting members along with many non-voting members and guests were all interested in the outcomes and deliberations. The first order of business was the election of the Returning Officer (RO). A non-partisan independent Returning Officer by the name of Stephano Ramnaught, who has an auditing background and also worked for GECOM, was appointed.

There were two competing slates for the general elections. They were:
Slate 1: led by incumbent president, Patanjilee ‘Per’ Persaud; V.P. Brian Hackett, Secretary Chetwynd Bowling; Ground Superintendent, Rabindranath Persaud; Captain Emmanuel London, Treasurer Miguel Yunes; Assistant Secretary/Treasurer Eureka Giddings and PRO, Paton George.

Slate 2: Led by president Pastor Balgobin Ragnauth; V.P. Richard Hanif; Secretary Rommel Bhagwandin; Captain Ayube Subhan; Treasurer Selochni Ramsundar; Ground Superintendent Hardeo Ganpat; Assistant Treasurer/Secretary Seeru Deo, and PRO Robin Tiwari.

The slate led by Patanjilee Persaud got an overwhelming majority of over 70 per cent of the votes, demonstrating the confidence the membership has in his leadership and that of the full committee, most of which had served on the management committee over the previous two years.

However, there were three new entrants, namely Giddings, Yunis and London, bringing new blood into the management committee.
Returning president Patanjilee Persaud took the floor and highlighted the club’s achievements of the past year which included a successful Guyana Open, more than 24 tournaments and improved playing conditions.

As part of the president’s report, the vice president, Brian Hackett, presented some of the future plans which included a commitment from Republic Bank (Guyana) to sponsor this year’s kids youth camp and golf clinic scheduled to begin in the second week of August.

Hackett also reported that the committee was able to have an aerial drone survey done of the entire golf course to identify low lying areas. This survey will enable the club to further improve the drainage of the grounds which will allow more play during the wet seasons.

The management committee has noted that they will continue to work with the broader membership in a big-tent approach and as such will reach out to the full membership including the members from the other slate to work together to ensure they have buy-in and contributions and diverse ideas so that LGC can realise its full potential.