PRESS RELEASE – SANDALS RESORTS International continues to throw its support behind the development of youth in Saint Lucia. Earlier this week, Sandals Grande St. Lucian General Manager, Winston Anderson, declared the 6th Annual Grow Well Summer Golf Camp for junior golfers open.
During a brief ceremony, Anderson welcomed the junior golfers, telling them that Sandals was pleased to be affiliated with the programme, which is this year — for the first time – being held under the auspices of the Sandals Golf and Country Club.
“This programme will go a long way towards giving you value-added skills for life,” Anderson said to the sixteen juniors aged 10 to 16, the two coaches and volunteer monitors. “Sandals invests in the communities where it operates. The community of Gros Islet is very dear to us and we will continue to support the children as much as we can.”
Sandals Resorts International (SRI) recently acquired the magnificent Cap Estate 18-hole Championship Saint Lucia Golf Course with a commitment to transform it into a world-class facility that can accommodate major international tournaments.
In making the announcement last month, Sandals Chairman Gordon “Butch” Stewart assured that the facility will be accessible to the people of St. Lucia and the decision to continue with the Grow Well Camp was in line with that commitment.
In the coming months, Sandals will take steps to introduce a family entertainment complex, swimming pool, tennis courts, new restaurants and improved meeting and conference amenities, and Stewart has reached out to Hall of Fame golfer, Greg Norman, to be part of the coming upgrades.
Grow Well Camp organizer and Director, Colleen Newman, said “We are so pleased with this new collaboration with Sandals Resorts International. This golf camp means a lot to the children as it really teaches them so much more than discipline. Let us hope that this relationship continues well into the future.”
The camp, now into its sixth year, runs for two weeks. During the opening ceremony, four of the juniors received their first handicap cards, qualifying them as bona fide learners.
The prize-giving ceremony is set for Tuesday, July 25 at 11:00 a.m. at the Sandals Golf and Country Club.