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Bandula Weerasinghe on song at Ridgeways
172 enthusiasts entered the fray in stroke play at the Ridgeways on Saturday. It was a record number of entries and the well preserved course took a helluva massive beating.

In the "A" Division Classic that amiable massive man Bandula Weerasinghe was in total command from the first tee shot. Calculating and methodical Bandula was most times pretty straight and when he strayed he recorded admirably. Playing off handicap eight he chained together a great nett 66 to pick victory, much applause and rush to an open house hurriedly put together by doting better half Nilika who has just recently picked up the golfing bug. That man again Sheron Fernando on 6 handicap played another exceptional round to settle for nett 68 and be beaten by another steady and economical player C. Twerenbold. Sanjeewa Wickremanayake and Sarath Wickremaratne messed around on nett 84 each.

Hamza in Style
The late Alavi Macan Markar the elegant left hander's offspring Hamza Macan Markar came good once again. A strikingly attractive batsman in his early youth he plays golf in the same style. Flamboyant and a trifle reckless he put his game together well to settle for nett 69 and beat another good performer Tae Hwan Kim with a better rear nine.

Hamza a glutton for celebrating had good reasons to create a partnership with Carlsberg.

A.H. Sherrifdeen a rare stylist played safe with method and came good to tie with Macan Markar and Hwan Kim but most unfortunately lost his place as his rear nine was inadequate. Shiran de Soysa, Kumar Boralessa and Mohan Ratnayake impressed considerably with nett 70 each and then Suhayb Sangani and Hemal Fernando ended at peace with the course when they got all square at the 18th. Mohan Ratnayake had the lowest gross score in Division 'B'. S.M.A. Hameed and A.D.S. Gunasekera cracked 2 good looking earth moving centuries while Avinash Nareshkumar, Nimal Fernando, Rohan Perera and Uncle Willie Barsenbach were 4 of the few who produced confetti.

Imm Impresses
S.O. Imm was in great form. 'It is my best day in golf and I am very happy' he volunteered at the end of a rewarding day. He had the lowest gross score in Division "C" and the lowest nett for the day.

Coming behind Aravind Fernando, Fazal Hameed and S. Unamboowe tied on nett 68 each with Aravind Fernando getting ahead to 2nd place on a count back. Dhayan Peiris, D. Ratnayake, A.I. Gooneratne and Caesar Fernando impressed with good scores of nett 69 each.

There was a massive collection of messy centuries and a few of those who raised hell were David Webb, Sheron Fernando, Elmo de Silva, Tony Nadaraja, Lal Wickrematunga and Peter Cook. The confetti production line ran weak with only Ajantha Mylvaganam and Sugath Wickremasinghe contributing.

Seniors
Dhammika Ratnayake came good with an excellent nett 69. He had a great collection of pals round him at the 19th in a fun filled spree. Frank Weeraratne continues to knock at the door and this time he had slight response which he richly deserved. A.H. Sherifdeen the crafty and miserly man with his strokes was beaten by one stroke by steady and ready C. Twerenbold in the Masters.

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