Rusi and Shayanika RCGC’s golf champions

Richard Dwight

A ‘Ninety’ year sustained existence by any standard and endeavour is indeed a fine achievement – this, the Royal Colombo Golf Club achieved by holding its 90th championship for both men and ladies.

The preliminaries being the qualifying rounds for men, were played on August 20 (Saturday) and August 21 (Sunday). The finals and the semifinals were played last Saturday and Sunday. Out of the 127 who participated in the preliminaries only 27 men qualified. Coming right on top to be the RCGC men’s champion, was the well-known, Rusi Captain, who was well-composed to play steady golf to get the better of Suhhayab Sangani the runner-up.

The ladies champion was, Shayanika Fernando, who said that it was a good fight with her rival Danushi Senadhira, who was runner-up.

Results

Juniors Championship 2011 Winner : Zaffar Sikkandar, Runner-Up : Prashan Peiris.

Ladies Club Championship 2011 Bronze Cup

Winner : Cris Benjamin, Runner-Up : Kumari Herath

Silver Cup Winner : Shayanika Fernado, Runner-Up : Danushi Senadhira

Men’s Club Championship 2011

Master’s Division Winner : Upali Wickramaratne, Runner-Up : Bjorn Bjerkaas

Bronze Division Winner: Nishan Navarathe, Runner-Up : Rohitha Silva

Silver Division Winner : Chandana Weerasinghe, Runner-Up : Shiran Fernado

Main Championship Winner : Rusi Captain, Runner-Up : Suhayb Sangani