Viran Perera and Shiraz Akbarally off to Shanghai
Viran Perera with 36 points, was the overall winner and the overall winner of Divisions ‘A’ and ‘B’, of the HSBC Premier Challenge Trophy 2017, conducted at the Shangri-La Hambantota Golf Resort and Spa on Sept.15-16. Shiraz Akbarally was the overall winner in Division ‘C’, for Seniors and Ladies, with 34 points. The 5th season of HSBC’s Premier Golf Tournament was played to a Stableford format, with over 100 seasoned Golfers in contention.
Viran Perera
Ahead of the main tournament, customers were invited to a pre-game of Night Golf on Sept.15, to test their prowess at chipping, by playing over the pond to the 18th Green, using an illuminated Golf ball, a key attraction. Viran Perera was adjudged the winner at 3 ft and 6 ins being the closest to the pin.
The overall winners were awarded fully sponsored hospitality packages to fly to Shanghai, China, to witness the HSBC World Golf Championship (WGC) 2017, at the Sheshan International Golf Club in Shanghai, from Oct.26-29.
The HSBC Premier Golf Tournament has continued to promote Golf through fun and exciting challenges set each year for golfers bringing forth new dimensions to the game with ‘Swing under the Stars’, to the first ever Foot-Golf (kick for Birdie) and ‘The Ultimate Bunker Challenge’, with this year marking yet another first.
HSBC has been a true advocate of Golf, locally and internationally. HSBC sponsored the first ever ‘Junior International Golf Championship’ in the country recently, promoting Golf as anyone’s game and tapping young talent at grass-root levels from around the country. Special category awards for the Best HSBC Premier Junior Golfers were awarded at the event. The Bank also sponsors the annual HSBC 5-Club Stableford Golf Tournament at the RCGC.
Shiraz Akbarally, on left
Winners
- HSBC Challenge Trophy: Viran Perera
Overall (Division ‘A’&’B'): Viran Perera
Overall (Division ‘C’, Seniors and Ladies): Shiraz Akbarally
- Division ‘A’: Noordeen Sethwala
Runner-up: S.T.B. Jayasinghe
- Division ‘B’: Viran Perera
Runner-up: Sathis Balasubramanium
- Division ‘C’: Shiraz Akbarally
Runner-up: Reza Magdon Ismail
- Seniors: A.S. Abdeen
Runner-up: Dr R.S. Senarath Yapa
- Ladies: Sheron Hall
Runner-up: Anouk Chitty
- Best Score on the 6 Hidden Holes: Sanjeewa Wickramanayake
- Best Par 3 Score: Saliya Senanayake
- Closest to the Pin on the 14th: Shehan Ramanayake
- Longest Drive on the 13th: Shiraz Akbarally
- Chip-Away on the 18th: Viran Perera