Etisalat to power monthly golf at Victoria
S M Jiffrey ABDEEN- Kandy Sports Correspondent at
Victoria
Etisalat Lanka (Pvt) Limited has come forward to sponsor the monthly
golf championship of the Victoria Golf and Country Resort for May 2012,
which will be worked off at the picturesque 18 hole golf course of
Victoria at Rajawella off Kandy on May 26.
This was disclosed at a briefing by the Marketing Manager of Victoria
Golf and Country Resort Dhanushika Medagoda at a briefing.
She said that in the past golfers have displayed a strong affiliation
towards participating in golf competitions at Victoria. The last
competition held here was the Lanka UAE Golf Championship which was
originally intended for 100 golfers but 115 golfers entered the fray and
they had to draw a line to restrict the golfers as it was a one off golf
championship with lavish prizes thrown in.
She thanked Etisalat for coming forward to sponsor this event and
last year too they sponsored a competition apart from assisting to
upgrade facilities.
Medagoda said that this championship will be of Stableford format and
will comprise the following events:
Ladies Net Championship, Men's Division I Championship, Men's
Division II Championship, Men's Overall Net Championship, Men's Gross
Championship, Ladies Gross Championship, Longest Drive, Nearest to the
Pin.
Entries are now open and further details could be had by telephoning
the Pro-Shop 081-2376376 or 0777-840894, 0727-840894 or log into
www.golfsrilanka.com.
Bright weather is prevailing at Victoria at present and the course is
in excellent condition with the facilities further upgraded. A large
number of golfers are expected to tee off at this competition which is
expected to commence at 7.30 am on Saturday May 26.
Some of the top golfers who are expected to tee off are Ian Tait,
Errol Johnston, Sujeewa Lankatillake, Sirath Kasthuriratne, Suren Wass,
Sunil Jayakody, Dayananda Ukwatta, Nishan Nawaratne, Sarath Piyaratne,
Sidath Wettimuni, Tony Withan, just to name a few. The ladies who are
expected to be in the fray are Niloo Jayatillake, Suwen Selvaratnam,
Manori Jayakody, Sonia Boyle, Jyoti Haynes, Linda Harris, A Rasika,
Sandhya Kumari, S Ukwatta, Danny Hameed, Pauline Morley.
A full day's interesting golf is in store and the presentation of
awards will take place in the club house after completion of the events
in the afternoon.
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