| Bandula
heading for victory
Bandula Weerasinghe is shaping superbly well ahead of a strong field.
He is also smartly within reach of the much coveted Clifford Cup
and Centenary Trophy. He shot 2 impressive rounds of nett 68 each
to beat Teppei Tanokura who also impressed with tidy scores of 70
and 68. Coming behind was Toshikazu Inoue on 68 and 73 nett and
Manjula Karunaratne on 2 rewarding rounds of 72 and 70. The battle
these 4 will move into over this weekend will be gruelling on both
days and the stakes are high. Manjula is piping hot favourite with
Ranjith Wirasinha the salt and pepper dark horse waiting on the
outside to spring a calculated surprise.
Rusi's
Gold Medal
Rusi Captain has made the Annual Gold Medal contest for
the best gross score his sole preserve unbeaten for several years.
His last victory on Saturday was a stunning round of gross 69 and
yet another medal gets round his neck. Sadly the others who came
behind were pedestrian class in comparison. Captain's performance
augurs well for us in view of the impending foreign invasion vying
for the National Title.
Impressive
rounds
There was a pleasing harvest of refreshing individual performances.
On the first day Senaka Kumara was absolutely outstanding with a
stunning nett 64. A good third round performance and he will have
the Clifford Cup safe in his arms. D. Abeywardena, Toshikazu Inoue,
Bandula Weerasinghe, Shehan Ramanayake and Janak 'the Hulk' Hirdaramani
settled on excellent nett 68 each. Chaminda Galagedera also known
as Blackstonehouse and Anel de Silva moved superbly to 2 under par
69 nett and D.V.H. Palihena, Primal Wijenayake, S.Subramaniam and
Sanjay Gunaratne appeared pleased with 1 under par nett each.
No
returns
This is the confetti area which was loaded with stunning
contributors. Outstanding were Joseph Sebhatu, Harin Udeshi, Ranjan
Gooneratne, Mervyn Hettiarachchi, Tony Nadarajah and S.M.A. Hameed
who also experienced massive doses of aquaphobia for the heck of
it.
The weekend
will be loaded with 2 rounds of highly competitive golf with good
scores expected weather permitting. The pond boys have brought in
larger cane baskets which is an indication that they know what they
are about expecting a harvest from their benefactors. |
