DIPLOMATIC SPOTLIGHT
The Washington Diplomat
June 2011
Seventh Annual Embassy Golf Tournament Ambassador John Beale of Barbados tees off at the Embassy Golf Tournament, which was held at Cross Creek Golf Club in Beltsville, Md., and featured more than a dozen different embassy teams.
From left, Chief Executive of MHz Networks Frederick Thomas, Ambassador of Canada Gary Doer, and former Rep. Don Bonkers, now with APCO Worldwide, play at the seventh annual Embassy Golf Tournament hosted by The Washington Diplomat under the diplomatic patronage of Ambassador Doer and the Embassy of Canada.
PHOTOS: JESSICA LATOS
Chris Madoo of Marriott, second from right, joins members of the Australian Embassy team, including, from left, Tim Davies, John Garama and Rob Kofman at the lunch before the start of the 2011 Embassy Golf Tournament.
From left, Nansak Shagaya and Chukwuemeka Onyewu of the Embassy of Nigeria, join Nigerian Ambassador to Cuba Laraba Bhutto and Nigerian Senator John Shagaya at the seventh annual Embassy Golf Tournament hosted by The Washington Diplomat.
From left, Gabor Szabo, Andras Szorenyi, Attila Toth, and Bela Gedeon represent the Embassy of Hungary, which just wrapped up its rotating presidency of the European Union, at the seventh annual Embassy Golf Tournament.
Enjoying the lunch prior to the Embassy Golf Tournament are, from left, Tony Edson, Tony Lima, Nilambari Sheth, and Sandeep Pandit, tournament sponsors from VFS Global, a subsidiary of the 104-year-old Swiss multinational Kuoni Group that is the largest outsourcing and technology service specialists for diplomatic missions and governments worldwide.
From left, Ambassador of Cambodia Hem Heng, Monique McKenzie of Ritz-Carlton, and Ambassador of Laos Seng Soukhathivong play together at the seventh aannual Embassy Golf Tournament hosted by The Washington Diplomat.
From left: Nick Jenkins, Stefan Klauser, Guillaume Scheurer and Shiraz Hassig represent the Embassy of Switzerland at the seventh annual Embassy Golf Tournament hosted by The Washington Diplomat. From left, Lt. Col. Pat McAdam of the Embassy of Canada, former Libyan Ambassador Ali Aujali, now with the National Interim Council in Libya, and Christopher Harvin of Sanitas International play together at the Embassy Golf Tournament held at Cross Creek Golf Club in Beltsville, Md.
From left, Angelo Granger, Akil Gordon, Huyen Pham, and Patrick Boukens play for the Royal Dutch Embassy at the 2011 Embassy Golf Tournament.
From left, Hamairuddin Ramli, Ton Azmi, Brig. Gen. Othman Abdullah, and Nasaruddin Jalil represent the Embassy of Malaysia at the 2011 Embassy Golf Tournament hosted by The Washington Diplomat and the Embassy of Canada.
Michael Paul, left, and Philip Bamu, right, both from the Embassy of Zimbabwe, join their ambassador, Machi Mapuranga, and his wife Shupi at the Embassy Golf Tournament, now in its seventh year.
Representing the Netherlands Embassy at the 2011 Embassy Golf Tournament were, from left, Einte Rinsma, Nancy Heagle, Angelique Rutledge, and Regilio Hinds.
From left, David Richmond, Ambassador of Kazakhstan Erlan Idrissov (a past tournament sponsor), and congressional staffer Vili Le’i play together at the seventh annual Embassy Golf Tournament held at Cross Creek Golf Club.
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From left, representing the Australian Embassy at the 2011 Embassy Golf Tournament were Brett Little, John Garama, Phil Hodges, and Jeff Quirk.
Bill Dalson, international director of the Americas for Lockheed Martin Corp., eyes the put at the 2011 Embassy Golf Tournament, held at Cross Creek Golf Club in Beltsville, Md.
June 2011