Japeri Golf Newsletter / July – September 2013
Vitória Monteiro plays for Brazil in Chile
2013 continues to be a very important year for Japeri Golf to
show our work internationally. Vitória Monteiro, 14 years old,
is in 2nd place in the Brazilian Under 15 girls ranking and was
called to play for Brazil in the South American Under 15 Team
Championships, held in Chile between September 23rd and
29th. Sixty of the best girls and boys in the continent were
playing. Having taken our 2 best boys to play in The Junior
Open at Lytham and the Orange Bowl in Miami in 2012, it is
now the time for the girls to show their game. Congratulations
Vitoria.
Japeri in the news – Vitória Monteiro made the headlines in the sports pages of the national newspaper O Dia, and also
gave several interviews for radio and TV. Japeri was mentioned in several of the sporting pages and sites in the national
newspaper o Globo.
The Junior Environmental Agent Course comes to its
end
Our latest Junior Environmentalist Agent course ended
in September. The purpose of this course is to make the
children aware of the importance of caring for our
environment on a daily basis. The classes, given by the
environmental consultant Jorge de Souza, were
attended by 20 juniors once each week during 4
months. A visit to the Volta Redonda Zoo celebrated the
end of the classes. Our next course will start in
February.
Success at the Teresópolis Open
Breno Domingo played very well at the Teresópolis Open in august, coming in 2nd place in the scratch category, missing
going to play-off by one stroke. Thuane Oliveira and Isabela Sales also played and Thuane came in 4th in the ladies
scratch while Isabela won the handicap category.
Tiago Silva takes part in the R&A Professional Golfers
Seminar
Our Head Pro, Tiago Silva, took part in the first Program
for Training the Pros, offered by the R&A in São Paulo,
with the intent of promoting awareness and growth of
golf on a national level. Over 50 Brazilian pros attended
the 3 day seminar, which had as guest speakers Tony
Bennett (PGA Europe), Mark Lawrie (Argentine Golf
Association) and Shaun Case (Coach to the CBG)
amongst others.
Tournaments of this Trimester
A lot was happening for the juniors of Japeri Golf this trimester. Anderson Nunes, Breno Domingos, Cristian Barcelos,
Thuane Oliveira and Vitória Monteiro played in various events, such as the Brazilian Amateur Championship, The Faldo
Series South America Final, The Brazilian Junior Open, the Match Play of the Rio Federation and the Brazilian Interstate
Championship. Cristian took 3rd place in the match play event and was invited to take part in the Rio Team for the
Brazilian Interstate Championships for the 3rd year in a row.
Positive results in Buzios
The Spring Open Tournament, valid for State ranking,
was held in Buzios at the end of September with very
good results from our juniors. Cristian Barcelos took
first place in the scratch category while Breno
Domingos took second. Breno also won the Best
Junior prize. Very strong winds make the Buzios links
course quite difficult, but both boys were satisfied
with their results. With this 1st place Cristian
maintains his 2nd place in adult Rio State Ranking. He
continues in 12th place in Brazilian National Ranking
due to his strong 4th place finish at the São Paulo
Open in august.
Thanks
Our thanks to Marco Aurelio Virzi, Marcelo Stallone, Raul Davies, Michael Whyte, Arminio Fraga, Plinio Guimarães,
Paul Matheson, Lauro de Luca, Silvia Nabuco, Granado, Veirano Advogados, The R&A, Oi Futuro, Instituto Plajap,
FGERJ, Gávea Golf, LLoyds TSB Bank, EMS S/A and to all of you continue to help us and who believe in our project.
Vicky Whyte,
President AGPJ
www.japerigolfe.com.br