Jer­seem Boodram will be back to de­fend his ti­tle at the Brechin Cas­tle Golf Club Cham­pi­onship at the Brechin Cas­tle Golf Course, Cou­va from Fri­dayun­til Sun­day (Jan­u­ary 17-19).

He will face tough com­pe­ti­tion from for­mer cham­pi­on Ay­den Ali as well as Alex Kan­goo and Ross Ramkissoon.

In the Ladies’ cat­e­go­ry, it is ex­pect­ed that Ye Ji Lee will be de­fend­ing her ti­tle. She will be chal­lenged by Vic­to­ria Seenath, Madi­son Davis and Is­abel­la Ramdeen.

The Pro­fes­sion­als flight will fea­ture Chris Richards Snr, Adam Mon­tano, Arvin Bhim and Chris McMil­lan.

Oth­er for­mer cham­pi­ons to look out for in­clude Ku­mar Ram­cha­ran, Ken Pol­lard, Ph­agu Khelawan, An­gad Son­ni­lal, Am­ral Ali, Wn­ston Jailal, Kevesh Ram­nath, Dwayne Ram­lal and Hol­lis George.

"Learn to Golf" ju­nior golfers set to par­tic­i­pate

Four ex­cep­tion­al ju­niors from Let's Learn Golf To­ba­go—stu­dents of Bish­op's High School and mem­bers of the Mag­dale­na Golf Club—are gear­ing up to com­pete in the Brechin Cas­tle Open.

They are Kaiyah Mar­son, Za­hir Sookram, Kaidan Baynes, and Rai­han Aman Bansal. Mar­son will be com­pet­ing in the Ladies Flight. The 14-year-old is mak­ing his­to­ry as the first fe­male ju­nior golfer from To­ba­go to en­ter this tour­na­ment. Sookram, 13, and Baynes, 15, will tee off in the Third Flight and Bansal, 15, will bring valu­able pri­or tour­na­ment ex­pe­ri­ence in the Sec­ond Flight.

The young ath­letes have honed their skills un­der the ex­pert guid­ance of their ded­i­cat­ed coach­es, Pe­ter Latch­mans­ingh and as­sis­tant coach David Par­ris, ac­cord­ing to a re­lease.

"Let’s Learn Golf To­ba­go has es­tab­lished it­self as a leader in de­vel­op­ing Ju­nior golfers. Out of five golf acad­e­mies in To­ba­go, we are the on­ly acad­e­my with Ju­niors com­pet­ing in the Brechin Cas­tle Golf Open 2025, a tes­ta­ment to our re­lent­less com­mit­ment and the hard work of our golfers," the re­lease stat­ed.

"We would like to ex­tend our sin­cere grat­i­tude to Mr Ja­son Mar­tin, Gen­er­al Man­ag­er of Mag­dale­na, for his un­wa­ver­ing sup­port of ju­nior golfers in To­ba­go. His ded­i­ca­tion to pro­mot­ing the sport and pro­vid­ing use of the golf course plays a cru­cial role in the de­vel­op­ment of these young ath­letes. Ad­di­tion­al­ly, this in­cred­i­ble op­por­tu­ni­ty was made pos­si­ble through the Pow­er to Make a Dif­fer­ence Pro­gramme by Re­pub­lic Bank, which is com­mit­ted to em­pow­er­ing com­mu­ni­ties and sup­port­ing youth de­vel­op­ment ini­tia­tives such as Ju­nior Golf in To­ba­go.

"We take im­mense pride in these golfers and their un­wa­ver­ing ded­i­ca­tion to the sport. They are trail­blaz­ers, es­tab­lish­ing To­bag­on­ian rep­re­sen­ta­tion in golf and ex­em­pli­fy­ing ex­cel­lence and progress. We call on you to join us in cel­e­brat­ing this his­toric mo­ment."