Minthis Hills Junior Golf Open a great success
Minthis Hills supports golf at grass roots level
On 21st June, the Minthis Hills Junior Golf Open took place for children aged between 6 and 17 years old. With 73 entrants representing 8 different golf clubs around Cyprus and 10 nationalities, registration had to be closed a month before the event due to oversubscription. The overall winner of the Open was James Hewitt (14 years old) from the Joint Services Golf Club, with a further 4 competitions taking place (the full list of winners can be found below).
Evangelia Eliadou, executive director of Pafilia Property Developers the sponsors of the Open and the driving force behind Minthis Hills, commented, “We are very proud to be associated with the Junior Open, as it is where the grass roots of the game develops and it is our future. This year half the entries were Cypriot, demonstrating an increased interest domestically in golf. This is very promising and we hope one day to see some of our junior academy members playing in a major competition.”
According to Terry Scott, the CGR junior co-ordinator, “The Junior Academy at Minthis Hills has been running now for 4 years in its current form, using the "The Junior Golf Passport Scheme" by The Golf Foundation. This has proven extremely successful and the quality of the childrens’ golf since last year’s open has improved dramatically.”
Stelios Patsalides, general manager of Cyprus Golf Resorts who manage Minthis Hills Golf Course, added, “Both Terry Scott and Paul Dyer our pro have worked very hard to develop our Junior academy. For me, it was a pleasure to see so many children excited about the game and about playing at Minthis Hills. We believe the changes we have already made to the course make it even more enjoyable to play and the further enhancements we are planning will take it even further.”
Cyprus Junior Golf Open (18 holes)
1st James Hewitt, Joint Services Golf Club
2nd Constantinos Christoulides, Nicosia Golf Club
3rd Sam Soteriou, Secret Valley Golf Club
9 hole competition (handicaps 26-45)
1st Mathew Curd, Minthis Hills Golf Club
2nd Lucas Iannou, Minthis Hills Golf Club
3rd Oliver Perry, Minthis Hills Golf Club
9 hole competition (handicaps 46-54)
1st Alex Toouli, Secret Valley Golf Club
2nd Charlie Mitchell, Secret Valley Golf Club
3rd Josh Cowley, Episkopi Golf Club
6 hole competition
1st James Lloyd, Episkopi Golf Club
2nd Fergus Barlow, Akrotiri Golf Club
3rd Henry England, Minthis Hills Golf Club
3 hole competition (under 7 years old)
1st Nikolas Pitiris, Nicosia Golf Club
2nd Savvas Michaelides, Secret Valley Golf Club
3rd Nathan Pugh, Akrotiri Golf Club
For more information about Pafilia, please contact:
Pafilia Property Developers
Tel: +357 26 848800
info@pafilia.com / info@minthishills.com
www.pafilia.com / www.minthishills.com
Press contact:
Sacha Appleton
+357 26 848752
s.appleton@pafilia.com
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