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Shanil Fernando wins Tag Heuer Golf Watch
The Annual South West Monsoon met together with the Tag Heuer Contest for the Tiger Woods Professional Watch concluded successfully last Saturday at the Royal Colombo Golf Club. Shathanu Mukerjee Area Manager South Asia for Tag Heuer happily presided over the Award Ceremony joined by Akram Cassim, Chief Executive of Colombo Jewellery Stores.

The Tag Heuer Challenge for the world’s first ever Professional Golf Watch took off in excellent weather on Saturday with 100 or more vying for the plum. Young Shanil Fernando quite new to golf and the Ridgeways was in splendid form taking full control of his game from the 1st tee shot and in majestic style he stalked the course to end 9 under par nett 62. A magnificent score and well worthy of the accolades and applause he received at the Awards Ceremony. The renowned Watch adorns his left wrist while the domestic front went wild with jubilation. Wife Shayanika and Parents-in-law Chandra and Shirlene de Silva packed fixed smiles of glee through the award ceremony and dinner time and I suppose they deserved that pleasure. The performance was praiseworthy and outstanding.

Ahamed Excels
Arshad Ahamed came back to the scene with a super 4 par nett 67 to take the “A” Division Classic from stylist Arjun Fernando. Ahamed a glutton for celebrating played merry hell in great company.

Lee Shines
M.H. Lee was quite impressive with nett 65 beating young Dilip Kodikara who shot an excellent nett 66 in Division ‘B’.

IM Impressive
S.O. Im performed superbly to bring home a creditable nett 65 and beating Shavindra Fonseka by 4 strokes in the ‘C’ Division.

Seniors
K.K.U. Perera once again snapped up the Seniors Trophy with nett 66. A dependable player with a perfected Old Waltz swing he enjoys victory and relishes celebrating with his pals Padmasiri Dias and Norman Chandraratne. Norman Gunawardena after messing around for months came good with nett 70.

Gymkhana Events
Jit Wanigasekera swung a beauty off the 9th tee to settle closest to the pin and collect a Tag Heuer & celebrate incessantly. Arshad Ahamed beamed all evening with his 2nd Trophy and later hosted his pals at the Guv’nors spiritual abode. He won the 6 hidden holes contest. Despite the greens not being as good as they were under his supervision Nirmal Hettiaratchi in masterly style took only 11 strokes to cover 4 par three holes for a Tag Heuer.

Awards
The ceremony was classic thanks to Azhara Aziz’s classy presentation skills. Akram Cassim and Shathanu Mukerjee distributed the awards of many Tag Heuer Watches to the deserving winners amidst applause a tribute to the success of the Tag Heuer Challenge Trophy. A sizable crowd thronged the award ceremony more guests than participants and spouses. The fashion scene was easy and soothing to the eyes and those who attracted very special attention were Niranjali Perera who was the star attraction followed by Gayathri Fonseka, Sunanda Withananachchi, Anusha Dias and Yvonne de Silva.

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