Dubai, 31 January 2011: The Jebel Ali Golf Resort and Spa presented a cheque of AED 25,900 to the Dubai Autism Center, as funds raised through various competitions, raffles and direct donations during Charity Amateur Golf Tournament that took place at the Jebel Ali Golf Resort and Spa on January 13, 2011, as part of five qualifying tournaments for the grand final which will take place in early April 2011.

Mohammad Al Emadi, Director General of Dubai Autism Center said: “We at Dubai Autism Center would like to thank the hotel, club management, and the organizers for holding the event and for all the support, looking forward to working together in the future.”

“We were glad to be part of this event as we would like to work closely with the community and support the good causes such as autism cause” David Thompson, Regional General Manager of Jebel Ali Golf Resort and Spa said.

“We are very happy with the result of the tournament at Jebel Ali and hoping that all the other participating clubs would generate the same amount of interest from the players and we will be able to raise more funds for Dubai Autism Center.” said Anna Gorski the Event Organizer,

“I would like to thank the management of Jebel Ali Golf Club and the hotel for their enormous support and also I would like to take the time to thank all the participants that took the time off their busy daily schedules on January 13, 2011 to support this great cause, without them this event would not be possible.” She added.

Jebel Ali is the first club to finish the qualifying rounds this month, the other four clubs that will hold the qualifying rounds are: The Els Golf Club, Arabian Ranches Golf Club, The Montgomerie Golf Club and Emirates Golf Club. Three top teams from each club will compete to be named the champions of Charity Amateur Golf Tournament for Dubai Autism Center.

Three teams that qualified for the final from Jebel Ali Golf Resort and Spa are:

1st Team- Gavin Knowles, Steve Huber, Shayne Gee, Derek Lynch- Nett 60.3

2nd Team- Alan Drysdale, Geoff Jarvis, Duncan Watson, Richard Turner- Nett 62.2

3rd team- Dylan Fjellstrom, Niklas Wiktrom, Niklas Blomqvist, Filip Karlsson