Keppitipola win Captain's Cup

P. Rajaratnam in Nuwara Eliya

The traditional and prestigious President's Cup / Captains Cup and A. R. Aitken Cup tournaments were run concurrently over the weekend on the fairways of the Nuwara Eliya Golf Club.

Though the numbers were comparatively less than expected, golfers young and old walked on to the first tee with high spirits and much enthusiasm to weather an impending storm on the first day and enjoy this, much loved gentleman's game. Teeing up as early as 7.30 hours, 21 golfers participated on day one of Captain's Cup tournament. Mariner Captain Nihal Keppetipola came in with a net 74 and 4 over to win the Captains Cup on day one, with Ken de Alwis losing out only by 2 strokes on the back nine.

On day two the President's Cup was teed off in typical Nuwara Eliya weather.

Captain Nihal maintained a consistent round, coming in with a nett 77 to take home the President's Cup as well with (evergreen) Joe Perera, coming off the 18th with a nett 78. In the Aitken Cup, Ken de Alwis came in with the best nett Stableford score of 33 points on day one taking the days glory from Nihal Keppetipola, with higher points on the back nine.

However, Nihal sprung back on the second day with a nett 29 points and a aggregate of 60 over the two days to win the A R Aitken Cup.

The tournament was sponsored by Baurs Optics of A. Baur & Company (Pvt) Ltd, HP Invent and A-Z Electronic (Pvt) Ltd.