Golf - MGA to get new president

From : StarGolf

The long-standing president of the Malaysian Golf Association Datuk Thomas Lee is not seeking re-election in the May 16 Annual General Meeting at the Nexus Golf Club in Karambunai, Sabah.

Instead Tunku Majid Sultan Iskandar and the present vice-president Datuk Mohamed Zain Mohamed Yusof will contest for MGA’s number one post.

Former Armed Forces chief Tan Sri Admiral (rtd) Anwar Mohd Nor will stand for one of the vice-president’s posts. Co-incidentally Anwar is the president of the Malaysian Hockey Federation where Tunku Majid is his deputy.

Lee (right) with Transview Sdn Bhd country manager Willie Lim at the launching of the the 105th edition of the Malaysian Amateur Open recently. It was one of his last acts as the MGA chief.

The others vying for the vice-president's posts are Datuk Robin Loh Hoon Loi, Mohamed Yaacob Kassim, Datuk Ibrahim Thamby Chik and William van Geyzel.

Also not seeking re-election is secretary A.S. Khamis and his post is being contested by Abdul Aziz Ibrahim and Zulkifli Datuk Ismail.

The treasurer post is also a straight fight between Tay Chong Chim and Andrew Bryan Perera.

Lee has been president for 15 years, while Khamis since 1995, held various posts in the MGA.

This is the first AGM for MGA since 2005 when the Sports Commissioner ordered them to postponed the meeting.

The reason then was that most of the members of the MGA – the golf clubs and state golf associations – are not registered with the Sports Commission as required under Section 15 of the Sports Development Act 576 of 1977.

The last-minute postponement of the AGM prevented a huge fight that had been brewing for the election of office-bearers. Tengku Datuk Shamsul Bahrin Raja Mohd Ali, then president of Kelab Golf Negara Subang, was all set to challenge Lee for the top post.

NOMINATIONS - President: Datuk Mohamed Zain Mohamed Yusuf, Tunku Majid Sultan Iskandar.