New Golf tourney from today

Kandy Sports Corr

Golf: The first round of the new medal series organised by the Victoria Golf and Country Resort will be worked off at the picturesque Golf Course at Rajawella today - commencing at 7 a.m.

This new medal series with the Sri Lankan AirLines offering two tickets to any International Destination operated by them will be the main prizes. A total of seven monthly medals championship from June 2006 to December 2006 has been lined up and will be played on the following dates.

24 June, 25 July, 26 August, 23 September, 14 October, 25 November, 16 December. The Grand Draw will be held on 16th December, 2006 at the Club House at 1.30 p.m. To claim the prize wining tickets, the golfer must be present at the time of draw.

This new monthly medal championship replaces the Lectra Golf Championship sponsored by the Apparel Technologies (Pvt.) Limited. The golf championship which was held every month of the year for three years promoted golf in a big way and many youngsters from the hill capital emerged as promising golfers.

In the new championship, a golfer has to play in any of the monthly medal round to receive a ticket to the grand draw. If one plays in five monthly medal rounds, he will receive five tickets to the grand draw Kandy residents will receive three tickets to the Grand draw for the monthly medal rounds they play.

Thus if they play in five medal rounds, they will be entitled to 15 tickets to the Grand Draw.

With the Victoria region experiencing heavy showers, the course is green and beautiful and the golfers will find it exciting with the edges being rough. A large number of golfers are expected to participate in this maiden monthly medal competition according to the Marketing Manager Lalindra Ranaweera.