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Team Europe wins The Cup!
EU Team Captain Tommy Kullberg (EBC Chairman) receives the trophy from Kintaro Ueno (left) of Mercedes-Benz Japan and Isamu Suzuki of Chrysler Japan.
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The European and North American business communities in Tokyo held their seventh friendly golf tournament at Atsugi Kokusai Country Club on 2 October.
With Daimler Japan (Mercedes Benz Japan) and Chrysler Japan as the title sponsor and 30 other sponsors, the tournament brought together 126 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 European team came out on top by 0.95 strokes.
Participants
This time, 126 players participated in this event, including 8 ladies. The North American team had 66 players, the European 60. The players represented about 15 different nationalities. The Americans made up for the largest group, about 45 players, followed by 28 Japanese, 17 Germans, 7 Canadians, 7 Brits, 5 Finns, 4 Swedes, 3 Swiss, 2 Norwegians and about 10 representing other nationalities.
Golfers of all levels took part, from single players to high handicappers. Gross scores ranged from 76 to 146!
Charity component
This year the charity component, for the YMCA Challenged Children Project (CCP), also included two Charity Shots, on the par-3 7th (YMCA and Mercedes-Benz Japan) and par-3 12th (Allied Pickfords). Those who donated 1,000 yen and hit the green received a sleeve of golf balls.
Same as last year, there were also charity boxes in the party room.
The Charity activities brought in a total of 194,000 yen.
The YMCA and the organizers very much appreciate your kindness and warm contribution to the Challenged Children Fund.
Sponsors and Prizes
The event had 32 sponsors, including the title sponsors Daimler Japan and Chrysler Japan. Thanks to this, we had 10.6 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 ear rings, United Airlines pair of tickets to USA, catering service for 25 persons from Scanditaste, business consultancy services from Madison Company,
a barbeque set from International Solutions Group and golf goods from Titleist.
Westin Tokyo, Hilton Niseko Village, Hilton Odawara Resort & Spa, Conrad Tokyo, Regus and Oakwood accommodation and restaurant services at their facilities. Coca-Cola and Coors provided beverages, Harunanomori C.C. golf rounds, Dale Carnegie English of Japanese lessons,
Dow Jones Japan Asia Wall Street Journal subscriptions and
FusionGOL web hosting services.
The cash sponsors; White & Case, Allied Pickfords, Asian Tigers Premier Worldwide Movers, Santa Fe, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Latham & Watkins, Hapag -Lloyd, Konigstedt, InterGlobal, G&S Japan, IFS Japan and JMA Consultants 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 2009 golf caps and Chrysler Japan Dodge umbrellas 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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