India Post News Service
LOS ANGELES: The second SS
Bajwa Memorial Golf Tournament was held at the prestigious Industry Hills Golf
Club in City of Industry, California. Ravi Bakshi and Kyle George won first
place in 'A' flight, Raja Mehta and Raj Trivedi in flight 'B' and Ramesh Patel
won the first place in flight 'C'.
Over 165 golfers from
California and India participated. The SS Bajwa Memorial Golf Tournament is in
the second year and it had drawn players from India and other states of the
USA. Kang Brothers of Cargo Solution Express Inc. held the tournament in fond
memory of their uncle late S S Bajwa.
The Kang brothers believe that
it is the values taught by their uncle that have enabled them to rise to a
position where they can take up the cause of the needy and poor medical
patients in need of an organ transplant. Initially they will be focusing in
Punjab and eventually they would take their mission to rest of India.
The Kang brothers are likely to
work in close cooperation with other charity organizations like the Vijay
Amrithraj Foundation. The day's activities at the golf course ended at sundown
and for the evening's events the players and the guests got together at the
Diamond Palace Banquet Hall in Diamond Bar for the awards night dinner and
dance party.
Yesteryears international
tennis star Vijay Amritraj graced the occasion as chief guest. Former Windies'
cricket captain, Richie Richardson was the guest of honor along with Jagdeep
Singh Cheema , Secretary of Chandigarh Golf Club . The international galaxy of
stars made the evening a memorable one for both players and the guests.
Vijay Amrithraj presented first
prize, a Golf Trophy, to Ravi Bakshi and George Kyle who were the winners for
this year. Prizes for the second places in other category were handed over by
Richie Richardson and Jagdeep Singh Cheema. The raffle draw was another big
attraction.
There were 20 prizes to be won,
first prize being 72'' Panasonic plasma TV and golf equipment which was won by
Kamlesh Doshi, who donated it to the Vijay Amrithraj Foundation. Richie
Richardson also handed over other raffles prizes to the winners.
The surprise of the evening was
a donation $10,000 to the Vijay Amrithraj Foundation by the Kang brothers. A
point which was made evident that India has no boundaries. The Kang family is
from Jalandhar, Punjab whereas the Amritraj foundation is very active in South
India.
Vijay Amrithraj in his address
thanked the Kang family for their donation and complimented the organizers for
a great golf tourney and the community support it has generated.
