The 8th Sovereign Trust Insurance Plc Open Golf Tournament lived up to its billing, over 250 amateur golfers from golf clubs across the country participated in the 3-day tourney from Friday, March 7 to Sunday March 9, 2025 at the Ibadan Golf Club, Onireke, Ibadan, with its excitement thrills and frills.
The enthusiasm of the three day event was capped with Desmond Mathew of Ikoyi Club 1938 emerging as the winner of the 8th edition of Sovereign Trust Insurance Plc Open Golf Tournament.
Some of the golf clubs that participated in the tournament were, Sagamu Golf Club, Ekiti Golf Club, Tiger Golf Club, Ikoyi Club 1938, Abeokuta Golf Club, Ilorin Golf Club, Dolphin Golf Club, Ikeja Golf Club, Saba Golf Club, Micom Golf and Resort Golf Club, IITA Golf Club, Ogbomosho Golf Club and the host club, Ibadan Golf club to mention a few. Some professional golfers also participated in the tournament to the admiration of the spectators who came from far and wide to cheer them at the tournament.
The chairman of the underwriting firm, Mr Oluseun O. Ajayi, a high calibre dignitary at the closing ceremony handed the winner’s trophy to the champion of the 8th edition. Other dignitaries included, the Chairman of the Local Organizing Committee and a member of the Trustee of Ibadan Golf Club as well as the Chairman of Boff & Co. Insurance Brokers Limited, Chief Olatunde Babajide-Agbeja, Otunba Deji Osibogun, Trustee, IGC, Kayode Adigun, Executive Director, Finance & Corporate Services and Emmanuel Anikibe, ED, Technical operations, Sovereign Trust Insurance Plc. The Director General of the Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria, Mrs. Abimbola Tiamiyu also played under the insurance category while Kunle Akinpelu won the trophy in the male category of the insurance group.
The Captain of Ibadan Golf Club, Seyi Alaba was full of praises for the underwriting firm for putting together a top-notch golf tournament in the ancient city of Ibadan. In his words, “in the last 3 days that the tournament took place, I was so excited about the fact that your company, Sovereign Trust Insurance Plc lit up activities in the state both on the commercial and sporting level. No doubt, you have contributed to the IGR of the state in the past 3 days and Ibadan knows it. We are indeed grateful to your company and we hope that the collaboration between Ibadan Golf Club and Sovereign Trust Insurance Plc will be an enduring one that will be mutually beneficial to both parties.
In his closing remarks, the representative of the MD/CEO of Sovereign Trust Insurance Plc, Segun Bankole who is also the Head of Corporate Communications and Investor Relations thanked the Club for finding the organization worthy of such genial relationship that has afforded the company a veritable platform for showcasing the Sovereign Trust Insurance Plc brand to a community of golfers across the country.
The Chief Spokesperson of Sovereign Trust Insurance Plc was unequivocal in his remarks. “Our association with this regal game is not in any way by accident, rather it is an exhibition of our brand personality and commitment to pace-setting initiatives in the Nigerian Insurance Industry in line with our vision of being a leading brand, providing insurance and financial services of global standards in the last 30 years of our existence as an underwriting firm that has carved a niche for itself in a unique manner.
“As a socially responsible corporate entity, we will as much as the opportunities avail us continue to support and promote sporting excellence and qualitative recreation both locally and internationally. Our unmatched track records are testimonies of our unflinching commitment towards the enhancement of human capital through sporting activities.”
Featured picture Desmond Mathew, winner of the 8th edition of the Sovereign Trust Insurance Plc Open Golf Tournament receives his trophy from the Chairman, Sovereign Trust Insurance Plc, Mr. Oluseun O. Ajayi while Otunba Deji Osibogun and Chief Babajide Olatunde-Agbeja both Trustees of Ibadan Golf Club looks on in admiration
