Victoria Golf & Country Resort wins inaugural Sri Lanka Inter Club Golf Championship 2016

The Bally’s Sri Lanka Open 2015 week got off to a great start with the Sri Lanka Golf Union introducing the Inaugural Sri Lanka Inter Club Golf Championship played with much enthusiasm and nine teams competing for the ‘Sri Lanka Inter Club Golf Championship Challenge Shield’.

A total of 156 players teed off and the Inter Club Golf Championship was worked off in the Stableford points format. The Top 11 scores of each team declared counted for the team total and amidst great camaraderie the Victoria Golf & Country Resort Team accumulated a solid total of 393 points to win by a margin of six points. Nuwara Eliya Golf Club, the second oldest member club in Sri Lanka currently in existence, fielded a strong team to take the Runner Up berth with a total of 387 points.

The Royal Colombo Golf Club fielded three teams and the Eagles Golf Links were represented by two 11 member teams named Team MIG and Team KFIR. Air Force officers played for Team MIG whilst the Eagles Golf Links members comprised Team KFIR. Sandy Bay Golf Links represented Team Navy and Army Golf Club Diyatalawa completed the first-ever inter club competition of nine vibrant golfing teams comprised from all six member clubs of the SLGU.

The best individual score recorded for the day was by Vidush Rajendran of Victoria with 42 points. R. M. S. Rupasinghe of Sandy Bay Golf Links scored 41 points and Maj. Gen Srinath Rajapakse also scored 41 points for the NEGC. Ranil Pieris, Captain of the RCGC notched up 40 points as did Thusith Wijesinghe the Captain of the victorious VGCR Team.

The SLGU organised other events played over the years for the Dudley Senanayake Trophy, Levers Challenge Shield, Levers Cup and the RCGC Cup which was concurrently worked off. The Dudley Senanayake Trophy for the Best Aggregate Nett Team Event Harsha Abeywickrama, G.V.C.Udayanga, A.D.L.M. Ranasinghe won with 101 points edging out on a count back the team comprising Ali Hussain Didi, Ranjit Perera, and R.G.S.P.Dharmaratna. 

In the Aggregate Gross Team Event for the Levers Challenge Shield there was a tie once again but on the count back Arvind Fernando, T. Akberally and Huzefa Akberally won with 67 points. A youngster with promise, Husni Uwise, won the Levers Cup for the Best Individual Gross Event scoring 34 points from Sachin De Silva and Srinath Rajapakse who also tied with 33 points. The RCGC Cup for the Best Individual Nett Prize went to Vidusha Rajendra who returned the highest stableford nett points for the day. Srinath Rajapakse tied with R. M. S. Rupasinghe on 41 points but was edged out of the Runner Up spot on the count back.

Results at a glance:

Inaugural Inter Club Golf Championship 2016 –

Winners – Victoria Golf & Country Resort (VGCR) Total 393 points

Vidush Rajendran 42 points

Thusith Wijesinghe 40 points

Louise Parson 38 points

W. Priath Fernando 38 points

Chandana Weerasinghe 36 points

Jerry Huxtable 35 points

Lalith Rohith 34 points

Ali Hussain Didi 34 points

Gehan Siribaddana 32 points

A Jafferjee 32 points

Richel Hameed 32 points

Runners Up – Nuwara Eliya Golf Club Total 387 points

Srinath Rajapakse 41 points

Amal Cabraal  39 points

Harsha Abeywickrama  38 points

Armand Flamer Caldera  37 points

Kayla Perera  35 points

Mangala Niyarepola 34 points

Kushal Johnpillai 34 points

Ramesh Carvahlo 33 points

T. Akbarally 32 points

Nilkamal Perera 32 points

Swen Selvaratnam 32 points

3rd Place – RCGC 2 Total 367 points – Best Score Ranil Pieris 40 points

4th Place – RCGC 1 Total 340 points – Best Score Arvind Fernando 37 points

5th Place – Eagles Golf Links Team MIG Total 339 points Best Score Gamini Rubasinghe 34 points

6th Place – RCGC 3 Total 332 points Best Score Qi Yuang Liu 35 points

7th Place – Sandy Bay Golf Links Team Navy Total 315 points Best Score R.M.S. Rupasinghe 41 points

8th Place – Eagles Golf Links Team KFIR Total 309 points Best Score Sachin De Silva 36 points

9th Place – Army Golf Club Diyatalawa Total 299 points Best Score R.G. S.P. Dharmaratne 39 points

Dudley Senanayake Trophy Team Nett : 

Winners – Harsha Abeywickrama , G.V.C. Udayanga, A. D.L.M. Ranasinghe 101 points (B/b 9)

Runners Up – Ali Hussain Didi, Ranjith Perera, R.G.S.P.Dharmaratna 101 points

Levers Challenge Shield Team Gross:

Winners – Arvind Fernando, T. Akberally, Hufeza Akberally 67 points(B/b 9)

Runners Up – Sanka Edirisinghe, Rohan Fernandez, A.Pathmarooban 67 points

Levers Cup Best Individual Gross: 

Winner – Husni Uwise 34 points

R/up -      Sachin De Silva 33 points

RCGC Cup Best Individual Nett:

Winner – Vidusha Rajendra 42 points

R/up – R. M. S. Rupasinghe  41 points (b/b 9)

Longest Drive @ 8th : 

Men – Dhanusha Perera  (Sandy Bay Golf Link)

Ladies – Niloo Jayathilaka (NEGC)

Nearest to the Pin 9th:

Men – Srinath Rajapakse (NEGC)

Ladies – Niloo Jayathilaka (NEGC)