Sport2Business become 2014 Conares Golf Society League champions at Sharjah Golf and Shooting Club

The Sport2Business Golf Society followed in the footsteps of the Dubai Ex-Putts, The Indian Golf Society and Massin Golf Society as they captured the 5th edition of the Conares Golf Society League after an epic final played on Saturday 12th April.

Sport2Business whom had to overcome the extremely strong and consistent five time finalists Massin set out like they meant business as their lead partnership consisting of Captain Russell Yeomans and Randall Mohammed disposed over their Malaysian counterparts Mohammad Firdaus and Adi Husaini with ease, running out 6/5 winners. Knowing they needed to win their second match to force a playoff Massin’s second duo Bill Wong and Abdul Latif upped their game during a very tight encounter to win a number of holes on the bounce to finally complete a 4/3 victory. With a win for either society the whole season which was made up of 36 matches rested upon a sudden death playoff. Following the form books both societies chose to put forwards the players who had won their days matches, so it was down to Russell Yeomans & Randall Mohammed (Sport2Business) to face Bill Wong & Abdul Latif (Massin) in what proved to be a very tense and nervy extra hole.

Playing the par 4 dog leg 1st hole it was Sport2Business Captain Russell Yeomans who looked in best position after the second shots, just rolling off the edge of the putting surface leaving himself about 30 feet away. After a booming drive over the corner of the dog leg leaving himself only 80 yards in Randall Mohammad hit a disappointing wedge putting himself in the bunker short of the green with a near impossible save. Massin both missed the green but chipped up nicely with both golfers about 12 feet away trying to rescue their par. Randall Mohammad then stepped up and under an enormous amount of pressure showed why he plays from a handicap of 4 as he superbly landed his bunker shot on the edge of the green allowing it to trickle down to just 2 feet away, a shot that resulted in a high five from his Captain. Two good efforts from Massin just shaved the hole leaving Mohammad with the short putt for glory and to write Sport2Business into the Golf Society League record books.

Meanwhile in the 3rd/4th place playoff the well known KEGS Golf Society beat off the Wosetyn Boere Hackers after recording two straight wins. The Woestyn Boere Hackers with a slightly depleted team after an epic week of golf with a number of their society playing over 100 holes for charity.

Winning Sport2Business Captain Russell Yeomans raised the trophy above his head at the post game presentation as he and his team which included players Randall Mohammad, Andrew Smolak and Fathi Al Busaidy all thanked everyone who had played a part in the successful season. Yeomans also went on to thank Sharjah Golf & Shooting Club for hosting such a unique and popular golf event, with a huge thanks to title sponsor Conares Steel whose sponsorship makes the event feasible and extremely successful.

Due to the overwhelming success of the winter version of the Conares Golf Society League Sharjah Golf & Shooting Club also confirmed that a scaled down version will be run over the four month summer season, with a number of the regular societies already confirming their intent to play.