Anuk Chitty RCGC’s lady Golf champ

Richard DWIGHT

In the annual ladies golf championship of the Royal Colombo Golf Club that was brought to a close last Friday at the RCGC - two teenagers in, Danushi Senadhira, 17 years and Nandine Jayaratne 13, did surprise many by playing well above themselves with much maturity to be most impressive.

In the main tournament that of the silver division, Danushi did create a major upset by making the seasoned campaigner, Suwen Selvaratnam, to bow out after the quarter finals by defeating her to be one up in the end.

That’s how far Danushi went for she lost to Jackie Dias in the semi-finals.

Nandine Jayaratne, did well in the bronze division to be most successful right from the preliminary round the quarter-finals, the semi-final and proved exceptional to win the final.

In the semi-final of the main competition that of the Ladies Club championship, the reputed Anuk Chitty beat Shanika Fernando 3/2, while Jackie Dias got the better of Danushi Senadhira 5/3.

In a closely fought final for RCGC’s lady champion between Anuk and Jackie, Anuk Chitty edged out Jackie to be the champion for the year 2009.

The semi-final of the bronze division saw Nandine Jayaratne beat M. Bae to be 3 up while Fran De mel won over M. Sellayah 2/1.

The final saw a tussle between Fran De Mel and Nandine Jayaratne which was eventually won by Jayaratne 4 up to take the Silver division.