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By S.M. Jiffrey Abdeen - Kandy Sports corr

Cricketer turned golfer Si Kasthuriratne won the first ever Lectra Grand Prix for golf for the year 2002/03 with an overall total of 432 points at the Lectra Golf Championship organised by the Victoria Golf Club and sponsored by Lectra France Limited and Apparel Technologies (Pvt) Limited and worked off at the picturesque Victoria Golf Course at Rajawella in Digana last Sunday.

Director of Lectra Singapore (Pvt) Limited Jean Pierrie Simon who flew all the way form Singapore was the Chief Guest and he distributed the main awards with Rohan de Silva, Chula Ariyaratne, Tony Witham. Si Kasthuriratne, Mrs. Janine Weeratunga, Peter Wells and many others.

It turned out to be a day of pulsating golf out in the 500 acre course and a still competition was witnessed with over 50 golfers vying for honours and eyeing the number of prizes which were offered at the star spangled show .

Si Kasthuriratne - a famous old Rajans cricketer who has spent most of the time playing cricket and golf in Europe went into the finals with 426 points but put up a disappointing display on the final day but the lead he had built during the previous months was enough to see him through to grab the Lectra Grand Prix Trophy. Priyantha Kumar was his closest rival with 362 points and this young lad could have pipped had not showed poor form in the previous two months when he could not accumulate points.

Neither did cricketer Nimal Wettimuni sparkle in the finals after his excellent showing in the 10th and 11th months.

His brother Sidath Wettimuni could have romped home and easy winner as he won the first two monthly medals but thereafter dropped out of the competition and he had 175 points. Had he continued, he would have certainly added fire to the petition.Stocky Rohan de Silva - the quiet man behind the sponsorship won the award for the longest drive which covered a distance of over 260 metres.

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