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Great Golf up in N'eliya
The events proceeding the National Title 4 round stroke Championship were quite successful developing a few encouraging scores.

Dudley Senanayake Trophy
A 3 member team event for the best gross score went off to an excellent start with Anel de Silva leading his team to a resounding victory. Pathmanathan and Dinesh Kumara combined with Anel de Silva to win the trophy. De Silva was outstanding P.R. Balaratnarajah led his team with J.M.D. Indika and Mithun Perera to an excellent score but inadequate to win. Balaratnarajah was the best of the trio.

Levers Shield
M. Segar, Anura Rohana and N. Amerasinghe combined superbly to collect the best nett score and beat Anel de Silva, Pathmanathan and Dinesh Kumara to 2nd place.

Seniors
Evergreen Sunil Jayakody was in excellent from in home territory quite familiar to him. He beat the dashing left hander C. Thurairajah in the gross event and the man for all seasons Tony Whitham in the nett event. Two creditable victories.

Levers Cup
There was a classy display of excellent golf by Tissa Chandradasa who won the Lever Bros. Cup over 2 rounds beating K. Prabakaran.

RCGC Trophy
K. Prabakaran excelled with 2 great nett rounds to collect this trophy beating Anura Rohana by one stroke. Nuwara Eliya was buzzing with a hive of activities.

Half a dozen top Indians vying for the National Title. Bangladesh appreared to be pushing for recognition and the Sri Lanka duo Tissa Chandradasa and Anura Rohana have planned to shock everybody.


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