Amarjeet Radia with Maria Victoria Arias and Monica Palao, the winners on Captain’s Day at Emirates Golf Club

By Matt Smith
It has been a busy time down at Emirates Golf Club, with both club captains – Amarjeet Radia’s and Abdulfattah Sharaf – hosting Captain’s Day.

Some 63 players turned out for the ladies’ event, a Pairs Texas Scramble over the Majlis Course.

Maria Victoria Arias and Monica Palao emerged victorious with nine-under 63. Runners up one stroke back were Anca Pirvu and Anca Mateiu. They edged Arathi Appaiah and Ingrid Lind thanks to a better back nine score. Jayshree Gupta and Ira Gupta, and Najla Bartette and Maura Duggan rounded out the top five.

The men competed in a Pairs Better Ball tournament for Sharaf’s Captain’s Day, with 112 players battling it out on the Majlis.

The winners were Naresh Handa and Sudhir Vora with 44 points, one ahead of Boyd Edmondson and Craig Tredenick, with Himanshu Gandhi and Ajay Shah just missing out on second place on better back three scores. Gary Black and Shane Wilson took fourth and Alistair McMillan and David Moody finished fifth.

Meanwhile, the annual Chairman’s Cup also took place at EGC, where 89 men teed it up in a Stableford format on the Majlis.

Dean Bell took the plaudits with 40 points – again a better back nine making the difference as Patrick Mulligan just missed out. In third place was Mustafa Khan with 39.

Best Gross was won by Ewan Cameron with 31 points, while Ghanshyam Manghnani took the A Division, and Arun Khehar the B Division.