Ham bids adieu with Ridgeway Cup

Richard Dwight

Golf : The Korean, Y.R. Ham, Maintaining consistency as a lady golfer to win quite a few golf competitions here, did well to end her golfing days in the island on a triumphant note, when last week she came right on top to win the prestigious "Ridgeway Cup" golf competition.

Ham, the avid golfer that she is, will be leaving the country shortly, and this victory of hers in the first 'Board' event of the year for ladies, at the. Royal Colombo Golf Club will undoubtedly be to her a satisfying experience, in that she will find her name being registered in the honour 'Board' of the RCGC - most significant indeed.

Much enthusiasm and Keenness prevailed amongst the participants in this match play competition for the coveted 'Ridgeway Cup'.

In the lead upto the semi-final Y.R Ham beat F de Mel whilst U de Silva got the better of S. Selvaratnam, D. Senadhira won against Y. Abhayaratne and Manori Jayakoddy beat heather Lourensz. In the semi-finals the dominant Y.R. Ham did well to win over a equally good player in Manori Jayakoddy, whilst school girl Dhanushi Senadhira beat U de Silva (W/O) on the 16th in the finals true to form, Ham playing excellent golf won over Dhanushi Senadhira, the school girl.

The tournament was successfully concluded at the RCGC on Friday 2nd June, followed by the awards ceremony and dinner at the Kollupitiya flower lounge. This enjoyable event was sponsored by Roshini Sangani of Alankara and the L.G.U. Medal awards was sponsored by H.T. Lighting (Pvt). Anne captain, Yuonne Abhayaratne and Radha Sundarampillai steered the evenings' proceedings.