Old Royalist regain Bradby Golf title
View(s):Old Royalist displayed top quality golf with very good preparations which helped them regain the Bradby Golf 2022 title that was worked off at the Victoria Golf and Country Resort (VGCR) a day before their Kandy leg of the Bradby Shield. This encounter was played for G.C. Wickremasinghe Trophy. Somanath Fernando led the Old Royalist.
This board event between the two esteemed institutions was an initiative of former Trinity Rugby Lion (1985) Bimal Fernando and Ravana Wijeratne. The initial two years — 2016 and 2017 — Trinity won while in the following two years — 2018 and 2019 — Royal took home the title. In 2020 Trinity regained and held on till 2021. The series at present is led by Trinity, who had won the title four times while with this year’s win, Royal claims the title for the third time.
| Results:
Ravi Wijegunaratne and Somanath Fernando (Old Royalists) beat Fazly Azar and Prasad Dissanayake (Old Trinitians) – 5/4 Samitha Perera and Tariq Mohamed (Old Royalists) beat Suren Premathileke and Bimal Fernando (Old Trinitians) – 3/1 Nishan Fernando and Asela Wewita (Old Trinitians) beat Ali Jafferji and Suren Madanayake (Old Royalists) – 5/4 Lucky de Singhe and Priyanga Hapugalle (Old Royalists) beat James Eliyathambi and Sidath Hemachandra (Old Trinitians) – 5/4 Tharanga Gunasekera and Ashan Welegedera (Old Trinitians) halved the match with Romesh Abeyrathne and Suresh Subramaniam (Old Royalists) – Tie Chandima de Singhe and Sampath Hemachandra (Old Trinitians) beat Saliya Jayaweera and Anura Lokuhetti (Old Royalists) – 7/5 Arjun Fernando and Derrick Ponnabalam (Old Royalists) beat Ranjit Wirasingha and Dr. Lalith Ekanayake (Old Trinitians) – 6/4 Ananda Jayasekera and Suhaib Sangani (Old Royalists) beat Sathies Balasubramanium and Sriharan (Old Trinitians) – 2/1 Harsha Abeywickrama and Anel de Silva (Old Royalists) beat Ravana Wijeratna (Old Trinitians) – 9/7 Andy Anderson and Gamini Jayaweera (Old Royalists) beat Hemanga Karunasena and Asiri Ariyaratne (Old Trinitians) – 5/4 Nearest to the Pin (7th hole) – Bimal Fernando (Old Trinitians) Longest Drive (18th hole) – Suhaib Sangani (Old Royalists) | |