Complete FS is holding its own Ryder Cup challenge between two teams drawn from the mortgage and bridging sectors.
This comes as the biennial golf tournament takes place in less than a fortnight over in the USA.
On 18 September at the Meon Valley Golf & Country Club, the two teams will compete for the ‘alternative’ Ryder Cup and the opportunity to raise money for Complete FS’s charity of the year, Cancer Research.
“It is time to take the gloves off and settle the bragging rights between the ‘Old World’ mortgage community representing Europe and the vibrant ‘New World’ bridging sector, representing our brash cousins across the water,” said Tony Salentino, Complete FS director.
“I am captaining the ‘European’ Mortgage Team and my colleague, Phil Jay, will captain the ‘US’ Bridging Team.”
GE Money, Kent Reliance, Buckinghamshire Building Society, Blemain Group, Bath Building Society and Platform Homeloans will represent the Mortgage Team, while the Bridging Team is made up of representatives from Omni Capital, Precise Bridging, United Trust Bank and Lancashire Mortgage Corporation.
Salentino added: “It has been clear for some time that the mortgage market has had its nose put out of joint by the recent successes of the bridging upstarts and this gives my Mortgage team the chance to really spank the yanks.”
Jay said: “Bridging might be the underdog in terms of volumes but we are easily the most proactive and colourful sector in the lending market and we aim to wipe those complacent smiles off the faces of the Mortgage team.”
