They excel in Gross Division
by S. K. Jiffrey Abdeen - Kandy sports corr.
Ron Murray with a nott 39 all the way from Dubai and locals Sam
Guaneratne, Chamil Wickramasinghe, Ian Teit and Binupa Wijesinghe
excelled in the Gross Division at the 10th SriLankan Airlines Golf
Classics 2005 which got off to a fine start at the picturesque Victoria
Golf Course at Rajawella off Kandy, yesterday.
A total of 60 golfers tool off yesterday under conditions much
favourable for golf and the course as usual proved to be tough and
challenging providing a lot of excitement.
This was round one for the first batch of golfers who will play their
second round this morning and the aggregate of the two days scores will
be taken into final reckoning under Gross Total and Nott Total.
In the Gross Division 15-year-old Ecole International Schoolboy
Chamil Wickramasinghe had 29 gross followed by Sam Gunaratne 27 gross,
Englishman Ian Teit 28 gross, another schoolboy from Wychorly
International School Binupa Wijesinghe 25 gross who played to the low
handicap of 2.
The Nott Division is led by Englishman Ron Murry presently based in
Dubai who got 39 nott and be played to a handicap of 20.
Others to excel in this division are Anura Danthenarayana and Chamil
Wickremasinghe 36 nott each, Sam Gunaratne 35 nott, Earrol Johnston 34
nott, Ian Teit and Chris Eolloway got 33 nott each, David Heynes and
Mike Robinson 31 nott each, Chris Holloway and David Haynes 32 nott each
and Berrry Brown, Rohan de Silva and Brian Smithere 30 nott each. In the
Ladies Division Pat Rodgers playing to a handicap of 6 is on top with 32
gross followed by Liz Noble with 21 gross and plays to a handicap of
five.
The Ladies Nott Division is led by a Sri Lankan lady Indira Tibblins
with 31 nott followed by Pat Rodgers 28 nott and Liz Noble 26 nott. The
competition is still wide open with three more days play remaining with
over 250 golfers participating.
This championship is organised by the Victoria Golf and Country
Resort and play will resume this morning at 7 a.m. |
