Damindra and Niloo win golf titles
By S.M. Jiffrey Abdeen, Kandy Sports Corr at
Victoria
Captain Damindra Fernando of SriLankan Airlines and that versatile
golfer Niloo Jayatillake stole the honours by winning the Gross titles
for men and ladies respectively at the annual Club championship at
Victoria Golf and Country Resort sponsored by Noritake Limited and
worked off at the beautiful Victoria golf course at Rajawella off Digana
over the weekend.
A large number of golfers took the field on a bright day bathed in
sunshine and the golf course as usual was in trim condition and made
challenging by the course manager under the guidance of Australian born
General Manager Errol Johnston with the help of the support staff. The
golfers reveled under these conditions.
Aggregate
Captain Damindra Fernando making his appearance at Victoria after a
long lapse made a welcome return by winning gross title for men with an
aggregate of 167. He made 81 on the first day and followed up with 86 on
the second day.
Englishman Ian Tait with many victories at Victoria under his belt
finished second with a total of 166, getting 86 in the first round and
80 in the second.
It was a fine performance by Captain Damindra Fernando – a versatile
sportsman produced by S. Thomas College, Mount Lavinia who represented
his alma mater at cricket, rugby and table tennis.
Niloo Jayatillake one of the best lady golfers in the local golfing
scene put up a sparkling display to win the Gross championship for
ladies.
Gross score
She aggregated a gross 162 in the two rounds but she had to face some
anxious moments from another top golfer Suwen Selvaratnam who finished
runner-up two shots behind. Niloo Jayatillake was also awarded a special
prize for the Best Overall Gross score. Perhaps this was the first time
a lady golfer had won this award. Not content with this Niloo
Jayatillake won her third award by winning the Longest Drive for Ladies.
Expatriate Pauline Morley won the Net title for ladies with a Net
total of 156 and Manori Jayakoddy finished runner-up with a total of
161.
Net title
Japanese Toshiya Oshawa took the Net title for men with total of 145
in the two rounds and Errol Johnston ended second with 158 Net. Managing
Director and Deputy Chairman of Noritake Nakanishi was the Chief Guest
and he distributed the main awards with Mrs. Niloo Jayatillake of Sri
Lanka Golf Union, Toshiya Osawa (Technical Director – Noritake Ltd.), S.
Tanaka (Security Director) Noritake,
The results:
Longest Drive Ladies: Niloo Jayatillake.
Longest Drive Men: Nihal Perera.
Nearest to the Pin Ladies: Shirani Buffin.
Nearest to the Pin Men: Suren Wass.
Ladies Net Winner: Pauline Morley. Runner-up: Manori Jayakody.
Ladies Gross Winner: Niloo Jayatillake. Runner-up: Suwen Selvaratnam.
Mens Division two winner (Handicap 13-28) Per Kristofferson
Mens Division one winner: (Handicap 0-12) Suren Wass.
Mens Net Winner: Toshiya Oshawa. Runner-up: Errol Johnston.
Mens Gross Winner: Damindra Fernando. Runner-up: Ian Tait.
Special Prize for Best Overall Gross Score: Niloo Jayatillake.
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