Yvonne wins Cinnamon Grand Golf Classic

Richard Dwight

It does augur well for Ladies' golf in the country, to find an increasing number of them frequenting the course of the Royal Colombo Golf Club. Much enthusiasm and excitement does prevail amongst them, as they compete in the many tournaments organised and conducted by the ladies section of the RCGC, with the assistance of sponsors.

Evidence of this was seen in the Cinnamon Grand Classic, which was brought to a successful close last week with the active support of Cinnamon Grand as sponsors for the past three years.

The significance of the Cinnamon Grand Classic, lies in that it is played over the year, 12 months, on the stableford format, with a round of golf played each month. The tournament has proved popular through the years and as in the past drew many to this twelve - month competition, where at the end, the 10 best stableford scores are taken to be the decisive factor.

Yvonne Abhayaratne, who has made quite a name for herself as an avid golfer, having won a good many local golf competitions, turned out to be the contending force in the 2007 Cinnamon Grand Classic.

She played consistently well right through the year 2007, with sustained effort and approach to clinch the title, during the last week of January this year.

Mrs. H.R. Bang, the 2006 winner had to rest content as runner up, with Kumari Herath, coming in as 2nd runner-up. The year long golf classic was most fittingly brought to an end with the awards ceremony and dinner hosted by the sponsors, Cinnamon Grand.