Posted on July 24, 2019 in News.
JIOI 2019: Mauritius in gold
The Games of the Islands (JIOI) golf event is a huge success for Mauritius, both as a team and as an individual! A total of 4 gold medals are won by national athletes.
The Mauritius team winner of the JIOI 2019 © Alteo Properties Ltd
Men - After a 3e tight tour between Mauritius and Reunion yesterday, the Mauritius team finally won the 2019 JIOI golf gold medal following the 4e and last round with a cumulative score of 908, 16 shots before Reunion which took the silver medal (924) and bronze for the Seychelles (966).
Women - Mauritius' women's team has been leading the way since the start of the competition and has captured the gold medal with a cumulative score of 514, 27 moves in front of the Reunion.
Individual results
Women - Individual Score Winners
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| Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | TOTAL | |
| 1. Nathalie Serret (MAU) | 85 | 86 | 82 | 90 | 343 |
| 2. Razia Currimjee (MAU) | 95 | 85 | 87 | 89 | 356 |
Men - Individual Score Winners
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| Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | TOTAL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Pierre Pellegrin (MAU) | 81 | 77 | 69 | 73 | 300 |
| 2. Vishnoo Seeneevassen (MAU) | 75 | 77 | 76 | 74 | 302 |
| 2. Franck Michel (REU) | 76 | 72 | 77 | 77 | 302 |
| 3. William Weidner (SEY) | 72 | 72 | 77 | 81 | 302 |
| 4. Loic Heurtin (REU) | 79 | 74 | 74 | 77 | 304 |
The awards ceremony took place this afternoon at the Anahita Golf Club in the presence of the Minister of Agro-Industry and Food Security, the Honorable Mahen Kumar SEERUTTUN, of Minister of Business, Entreprise and Cooperatives, the Honorable Soomilduth BHOLAH and Minister of Financial Services, Good Governance and Institutional Reforms, the Honorable Sudhir SESUNGKUR.
Patrice Legris, CEO of Anahita Mauritius shares - “ We are happy to have hosted such an important event as the Islands Games. Anahita was designed to host major golf competitions and has already done so by hosting the Mauritius Open twice including the European, South African and Asian tour. Congratulations to the players for their performance and the spirit of fair play and friendship that has prevailed between the teams since the start of the competition. Golf is one of the sports in Mauritius with the best infrastructure thanks to its weight in our tourist offer. We must seize this opportunity to not only develop golf tourism in the Indian Ocean but promote sport in general and encourage the development of an elite that can reach the level of international tours such as the Sunshine Tour for example. »
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