Dr Avind Ali and Sheris Ram­per­sad cap­tured the ti­tle at the Women in Ac­tion for the Needy and Des­ti­tute (WAND) Foun­da­tion's first-ever char­i­ty golf tour­na­ment on Sun­day at the Pointe-a-Pierre Gold Club in San Fer­nan­do.

Apt­ly named “Hole in WAND”, 80 golfers teed off for an 18-hole com­pe­ti­tion. De­spite the heat, the play­ers’ spir­its re­mained high as they vied for vic­to­ry, fol­lowed by a de­light­ful meal and an ex­cit­ing prize-giv­ing cer­e­mo­ny and raf­fle.

Dr. Ali and Ram­per­sad took home the first prize which in­clud­ed a Home Sleep Test from ISD Health So­lu­tions and an Elec­tric Food Grill. Us­ing Sta­ble­ford scor­ing points, the pair scored 43. Kevesh Ram­nath and Sher­ry-Anne For­tune came in sec­ond with a score of 42, each win­ning a 32” JVC TV from Prices­mart and a tool kit from Du­more.

In third place was the pair of Jus­tine Bal­ga­r­oo and Ross Ramk­isoon al­so with a score of 42. They each re­ceived a pair of sports sun­glass­es from Look Op­ti­cal.

WAND Foun­da­tion board mem­ber and tour­na­ment di­rec­tor, Lor­raine Fer­gu­son, said, "We are thrilled at the tremen­dous suc­cess of our very first golf tour­na­ment." The WAND Foun­da­tion re­lies en­tire­ly on char­i­ta­ble do­na­tions. Fer­gu­son added, "The amaz­ing sup­port from our par­tic­i­pants and spon­sors made this event tru­ly mem­o­rable, and we are grate­ful for their gen­eros­i­ty."

All pro­ceeds from this year’s “Hole in WAND” golf tour­na­ment will be do­nat­ed to the Shel­ter for Bat­tered Women and Chil­dren, a cause close to WAND Foun­da­tion’s mis­sion of sup­port­ing vul­ner­a­ble cit­i­zens, par­tic­u­lar­ly women, chil­dren and the el­der­ly in T&T.

For the last 25 years, the WAND Foun­da­tion has been rais­ing funds to aid projects aligned with its mis­sion. Some of the re­cent ini­tia­tives since 2020 in­clude Hors­es Help­ing Hu­mans, The Heights of Aripo RC School and Com­mu­ni­ty Col­lab­o­ra­tion Project, Covid feed­ing pro­gram, Laven­tille/East POS Em­pow­er­ment project, Adopt a School Pro­gram, St. Vin­cent de Paul, Beause­jour Com­mu­ni­ty Cen­tre and Learn­ing is For Every­one (LIFE).