Walker, Sirait win charity golf tourney

Walker, Sirait win charity golf tourney

JAKARTA (JP): Mark Walker and Sirait won the one-day Kiwanis
charity golf tournament at Pondok Indah Padang Golf & Country
Club in South Jakarta on Thursday.

Walker recorded a score of 77 with a four handicap, while
Sirait shot a 61 with a handicap of 21. With their victories,
Walker took the Yuwono Kolopaking trophy and Sirait captured the
Jakarta Governor trophy, which are contested annually.

Yuwono is one of the commissioners of the Pondok Indah Padang
Golf & Country Club.

The one-day tournament was participated in by some 160
golfers, consisting of expatriates and Indonesians. The
tournament, the eighth of its kind, was organized by the Kiwanis
Jakarta Club.

Club president Indiarto Yuwono told The Jakarta Post on
Thursday the purpose of the tournament was to put on show the
highest quality golf.

"The club also wants the golfers to show their concern for the
community. We have proven our concern by donating money to
orphanages," Indiarto said.

Kiwanis Jakarta Club was founded seven years ago and is a
member of Kiwanis International, which was established in 1915
and is headquartered in Michigan in the United States.

Kiwanis Jakarta Club currently has 30,000 members, while
Kiwanis International has 400,000 members in 83 countries.

Membership in the club is US$50 as a joining fee and a monthly
fee of Rp 40,000. Most new club members are friends or partners
of members, Indiarto said.

Indiarto said the club raised Rp 10.98 million from the
tournament, Rp 10 million of which was donated to three
orphanages in Jakarta and one in Bogor.

"Last year we received a donation of $4,000 from Kiwanis
Austria, which was given to 15 orphanages in Jakarta and Bogor in
the form of scholarships," Indiarto said.

He also said Kiwanis Singapore donated Rp 14 million to 30
orphans last year. "This amount was also given to the children in
the form of scholarships." (lnt)