Corp Bank to sponsor children for golf training

Corporation Bank will sponsor golf training for three children from Mangalore.

Mr Ajai Kumar, Chairman and Managing Director of the bank, said this while speaking at the valedictory session of the summer golf coaching camp for children at Pilikula in Mangalore. He handed over golf kits to 54 children identified at the camp.

A bank release said here that three children — Master Chen, Miss Aishwarya and Master Yash — were identified as young talents. Mr Ajai Kumar said that Mangalore is an ideal place for germination of golfers as it is a place of entrepreneurs. Three weeks of golf training has inculcated a lot of confidence among children, he said.

He also gave away prizes to the winners of the tournament held during the camp.

Mr Ashwani Kumar and Mr Amar Lal Daultani, Executive Directors of the bank, who spoke on the occasion, gave away certificates of participation to children who attended the training.

Corporation Bank, in association with Pilikula Golf Club, had organised the summer golf coaching camp for children from April 9 to May 1. A new Web site of Pilikula Golf Club was launched on the occasion.

vinayakaj@thehindu.co.in