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he Capital again witnessed a battle of a different kind this season which has grown from strength to strength. The Expat Golf Cup - an annual fi xture on the expat sports arena was back with a bang this year and saw participation of many nationalities, all rearing to engage in the friendly golfi ng battle. The event celebrated its 15th Anniversary. The event has been dedicated to the great leader of peace Nelson Mandela marking 101 years of ‘Madiba. ’The event was held at the picturesque Golden Greens Golf Resort, Gurugram, with a gala evening at the Crystal Ballroom of the The Lalit, New Delhi. This year the High Commission of South Africa partnered with the Expat Cup 2019, offering an opportunity to meet

TThe Expat CupTeam Korea wins again!

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Anil Dev, Dr. Jyotsana Suri, Chairperson and Managing Director of the Lalit Hospitality Group, H.E. Sibusiso Ndebele - High Commissioner, Republic of South Africa to India, Mr. Casparus J H Kromhout, MD and CEO, Sriram Life Insurance with winning team - Korea

Best Ambassador Gross - H.E Bett Kwilly of Kenya receiving the trophy from Mr. D.P. Singh, Chairman of the SARA Group

Dr. Jyotsna Suri giving ‘The Lalit’ Trophy for the Best playing Ambassador to H.E. Dato Paduka Sidek Ali

Straightest Drive Winner - Ranveer Singh Saini with Rahul Jain from Fiem Industries

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and celebrate the sport we all love - Golf. The Event saw participation from a cross section of the expatriate community and nationalities. This is the only such platform anywhere in the world. The dinner was a mix of cultures as expat CEOs, Diplomatic Heads, heads of various international organizations.

Best Ambassador Nett - H.E Chung KwangTien of Taiwan with D P Singh from SARA Group

Rahul Jain, Director, Fiem Industry with Closest to the pin winner - Dr. Commander Kartikay Saini

Runner up Nett Expat - Nor Azam Mohd. Indrus with Bhavdeep Kaur from KTC India

Winner Nett Indian - Cdr. Anil Kumar Rattan receiving the winners trophy from Vaibhav Jain, Senior Vice President, DBS Bank

Runners up Team - United KingdomWinner Gross - Expat: M.S.Nam of Korea with Gideon Christian

Entertainment Session

H.E. Bett Willy reciving the Longest Drive Trophy from Mr. Rahul Jain, Director, Fiem Industries

Winner Ladies - Tracy Newsome receiving winner trophy from Vaibhav Jain, DBS Bank

Bhavdeep Kaur, KTC India with Winner Nett – Expat: Byoung Kwon Kim

Winner Gross Indian - Aditya Anand, receiving trophy from Vaibhav Jain, Senior Vice President, DBS Bank

Indian Contingent at the Dinner

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>> Best Ambassador Gross :H.E Bett Kwilly of Kenya

>> Best Ambassador Nett :H.E Chung KwangTien of Taiwan

>> Longest Drive: H.E. Bett Willy>> Straightest Drive: Ranveer Singh Saini>> Closest to the pin:

Dr. Commander Kartikay Saini>> Runner Up Ladies: Teresita Mcglade>> Winner Ladies: Tracy Newsome>> Winner Nett Indian:

Cdr. Anil Kumar Rattan>> Winner Gross Indian: Aditya Anand>> Runner up Nett Expat: Nor Azam

Mohd. Indrus>> Runner up Gross Expat:

S.K. Kim>> Winner Nett - Expat :

Byoung Kwon Kim>> Winner Gross - Expat:

M.S.Nam>> Runners up Team:UK • Rick Newsome • Tracy Newsome • John Berry • Stephen Devlin>> Winner Team: Korea • Y K Lee • M.S.Nam • S K Kim • T Y Ahn

RESULTS

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(L - R) - Johan Tornavist, Mats Larsson Lantz, Sofie Griph and Fredric Andreasson

(L - R) - Nor’ Azam Mohd Idrus, Sulaiman Suip, Riyaz Ismali and Ezral Huzaimi

Bar at The Lalit

Group Picture at the Golden Green Golf Course

(L - R) Jason Chu, H.E.Chung Kwang Tien, Brig Gen Stephen Shimusandu, Jaiveer Singh

Players enjoying the evening after Golf(L - R) Su Young Choi, Junhong Chung, Shin Oh Kang and Ms. Youngok Lee