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Team North America wins The Cup!
The team captains, North America's Neil Moody (left) and Europe's Joachim Hinne (right) with EBC's Erik Ullner and the trophy.
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The European and North American business communities in Tokyo held their sixth friendly golf tournament at Atsugi Kokusai Country Club on 26 September in fine and warm weather.
With Daimler Japan (Mercedes Benz Japan) and Chrysler Japan as the title sponsor and 33 other sponsors, the tournament brought together 131 players from the American and Canadian Chambers of Commerce on one side and the European Business Council on the other side. Playing the new peoria (shin-peria) scoring system and calculating an average score for the best 80% of each team, the North American team came out on top by 0.86 strokes.
Participants
This time, 131 players participated in this event, including five ladies. The North American team had 66 players, the European 65. The players represented about 15 different nationalities. The Americans made up for the largest group, about 45 players, followed by 30 Japanese, 16 Germans, 9 Canadians, 7 Finns, 6 Brits, 6 Swedes, 2 Danes, 2 Swiss and about 10 representing other nationalities.
Golfers of all levels took part, from single players to high handicappers. Gross scores ranged from 72 to 144!
Added Charity component
This year we expanded the charity component to include a silent auction with fantastic chance to get golf related goods and memorabilia. Hope International and the YMCA Challenged Children Project (CCP) was running the auction and received the proceeds. Same as last year, there was also charity boxes.
Sponsors and Prizes
The event had 33 sponsors, including the title sponsors Daimler Japan and Chrysler Japan. Thanks to this, we had 7.5 million yen worth of sponsorship used to support the event, given away as skill prizes, and at the chance prize drawing.
Apart from the beautiful Hoya crystal Cup to the winning team and a crystal trophy for the winner of the individual competition (from Mercedes Benz Japan), notable prizes were valuable Chanel necklace and ear pieces, United Airlines pair of tickets to USA, an Espresso machine from de'Longi, service coupons and golf stays from Windsor Park G & C.C and golf goods from Titleist and ING Japan. Garuda Japan provided two books written by Finn Havaleschka to all players.
Westin Tokyo, Hilton Niseko Village and Hilton Odawara Resort & Spa accommodation at their facilities. Coca-Cola, Coors and Tropicana drinks, Gotemba G.C. and Belle View Nagao golf rounds and FusionGOL web hosting services.
The cash sponsors; White & Case, AMB Property Japan, Allied Pickfords, Asian Tigers Premier Worldwide Movers, Santa Fe, Latham & Watkins, International Solutions Group, Hapag -Lloyd, Konigstedt, InterGlobal, Tokyo American Club, Schenker-Seino, G&S Japan, Nihon Homeland Security and eCentral contributions were very important as it enabled us to improve the drink and food service at the event and cover other costs related to organizing the tournament.
We couldn't have done it without you!
Apart from the trophies, Mercedes-Benz Japan also provided original Daimler & Chrysler Cup 2008 golf caps and Chrysler Japan Jeep luggage tags stick for all players and one weekend free test drives of their cars to winners of all four near pin and the longest drive prize. Daimler and Chrysler also covered the cost for the administration, web site and costs for posters, signboards, pocket guides, scorecards, etc.
Results
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Image Gallery
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