Access Bank partners Caritas, Fairstrokes on Junior Golf Challenge

By Sam Emehelu

Access Bank Nigeria Plc one of Nigeria's leading financial institutions has partnered with Fairstrokes, a golf promotion organisation and Caritas PR Limited, a leading public relations firm to stage the first edition of the Junior Golf Challenge.
The Junior Golf Challenge is an initiative with a conscious effort to support and encourage kids to embrace the game of golf. Other partners in the 36 holes contest include Coca-Cola Nigeria Limited, 2AT Nigeria Limited and Pointers Tour. The event is endorsed by the Nigeria Golf Federation.

The two-day event scheduled to tee-off at 8am  at the golf section of Ikoyi Club 1938 in Lagos on Thursday 23, October 2014, is expected to play host to more than 50 players from different schools in the country. The players are categorised into boys and girls ages 8-11 and Boys and Girls Ages 12-15.

Commenting on the development, Access Bank's Head of Corporate Social, Mrs. Omobolanle Victor-Laniyan, said that the event was part of the bank's effort at providing an enabling environment to facilitate the mental and physical development of the Nigerian child, through physical activity engagement on the golf course.

She stated that Access Bank's sponsorship of the Junior Golf Challenge is the Bank's way of contributing to the growth of the game in the country. "Our decision to sponsor the golf challenge was not spontaneous but based on current realities among Nigerian children who are increasingly developing more than passing interest in the game", she added.

Omobolanle revealed that sport development is a critical part of the Bank's sustainability initiative. According to her, "Access Bank's sustainability initiative has sport development as part of its key
pillars. Sport is an avenue for sustainable socio-economic development and opportunity to discover future great talents."

Speaking on the golf challenge, Sam Emehelu, Executive Director of FAIRSTROKES said that more than 50 players from different schools in the country have been invited to participate in the event.  The fun filled fiesta is expected to reward the Junior golfers with the Best Gross Boys and Best Gross Girls prizes at the end of the challenge.