Mithun retains RCGC’s golf title

Richard Dwight

Mithun Perera, the son of the famed Sri Lankan golfer, Nandasena Perera, who in his own right, is carving a name for himself by more than emulating his father, by being a leading golfer with much promise. Evidence of this has been observed by his winning a good many golf championships through the years and, true to form as expected, Mithun did extremely well in the recently concluded RCGC’s 88th championship by being its champion golfer for the second consecutive years.

On his way to the main title, Mithun, had the better of Sheron Fernando, 1 up in the quarters, in the semis he got past Rusi Captain 4/3 and the emerging rival to dethrone him from retaining the title was the reputed, Zen Dharmaratne, Dharmaratne, did well in the quarters to defeat Alain Gyi 5/3, in the semis he overcame a stiff duel against Amrith de Soysa to win on the 19th. In the final however, Zen Dharmaratne was up against the brilliant Mithun who proved his class to win with an astonishing 13 up.

The Silver division was won by K. Kumarakulasinham on the 16th, the Bronze division went to Tissa Wickremasingha.

Results: Bronze Division: Winner - Zaffar Skkandar, Runner Up - Ishira Fernando.

Silver Division: Winner - Dhanika De Silva, Runner Up - Miss Nadine Jayaratne.

Club Championship

Master Division: Winner - Ken Sellayah, Runner Up - J.M. Wanigaskera.

Bronze Division: Winner - Tissa Wickramasinghe, Runner Up - Tony Nadaraja.

Silver Division: Winner - Kiruba Kumarakulasingham, Runner Up - Suren Waas.

Championship: Winner - Mithun Perera, 13 Up, Runner Up - Zen Dharmaratne.