20th CARIBBEAN AMATEUR JUNIOR GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS CEDAR VALLEY GOLF CLUB Antigua 10th-12th July, 2007

The 20th Caribbean Amateur Golf Championships, organised by the Caribbean Golf Association and hosted this year by the OECS Golf Association, took place at Cedar Valley Golf Club, Antigua, on 10th-12th July, 2007.  Teams from eight countries contested the Hank James Trophy and 85 participants entered the individual competitions.  There had been very little rain in Antigua this year leaving the golf course very dry and hard, almost resembling links golf at the hot of summer.  The competitors were unused to the difficult conditions but ultimately adapted to post some very good scores on a very tight, windy and difficult course.  Trinidad & Tobago demonstrated their strength in depth and won the Hank James Trophy with 148.5 points.  Puerto Rico finished second with 125.5 points, with the Dominican Republic finishing third with 123.5 points. As always, the individual championships were hotly contested, particularly the Boys 16-17 year bracket where Wilson Rancier from the Dominican Republic shot 69 on the last day to catch Ben Martin of Trinidad & Tobago from 6 strokes back, resulting in joint winners. See all the results below. Thanks are due to the many sponsors of the Championships, in particular, the Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews, Scotland and America Airlines.                             Special thanks are also due to the many volunteers from the OECS Golf Association who made the Championships go so smoothly. The Hank James Trophy 1st       Trinidad & Tobago     148.5 points 2nd      Puerto Rico     125.5 points  3rd        Dominican Republic   123.5 points 4th        Barbados   101 points 5th       Jamaica     87.5 points 6th       Bahamas   85.5 points 7th       OECS    54 points 8th       Cayman Islands   15.5 points       The winning team from Trinidad & Tobago hold aloft the Hank James Trophy Boys 13 and Under     Strokes 1st        Warren Bynoe, Barbados   237 2nd        Ramon Brenes, Dom. Rep.   239 3rd        Jonathan Newnham, Jamaica   240     Boys 14 to 15     Strokes 1st        Timothy Martin, Trinidad   232 2nd        Talin Rajendranath, Trinidad   235 3rd        Shehzad Hafiz, Cayman   239     Boys 16 to 17     Strokes 1st=       Wilson Rancier, Dom. Rep.   219 1st=       Ben Martin, Trinidad   219 3rd        Marco Reyes, Puerto Rico   231       Girls 13 and under     Strokes 1st        Maria Torres, Puerto Rico   251 2nd        Anneke Ward, Trinidad    260 3rd        Serena Smith, Barbados   262       Girls 14 to 15     Strokes 1st        Patricia Garcia, Puerto Rico   236 2nd        Monifa Sealy, Trinidad  251   236 3rd Aleema Jack, Trinidad  258   262       Girls 16 to 17     Strokes 1st        Martine De Gannes, Trinidad    243 2nd        Kelsey Lou Hing, Trinidad   251 3rd        Mary Ince, Barbados   269       Asiyah Robinson from the Bahamas tees off at the 11th Hole The Antigua Defence Force assisted at the Flag Raising Ceremony. Monifa Sealy from Trinidad & Tobago at the difficult13th Hole. Robert Calvesbert from Puerto Rico chips to the green. Ben Martin from Trinidad & Tobago imitates Spiderman! Wilson Rancier from Dominican Republic putts, watched by Robert Calvesbert and Ben Martin.