10 avril 2009

Tribute to our friend Dominic

Dominic de la Pena was our friend, present at one of the first Salamander tournament in the 1980’s scoring a hole in one. . Besides his entrepreneurial skills and care for people, "making each person he would meet feel that he/she was unique", Dominic was, as we all know, an avid golf player and accomplished sportsman (rugby, …), an amateur of good food, wines, and cigars, and an extraordinary entertainer always with a big smile in his face.

James Stewart, the winner of this year Coupe de Printemps, fittingly dedicated his victory and the whole weekend to the memory of our camarade Dominic de la Pena, so do we. Even if we will treasure the many memories of this weekend, it is that of Dominic that will remain uppermost.

All our sympathies go to Christiane and to his two daughters Mélanie and Chloé.