Golf: RCGC’s top posts for Avancka and Nimal

Avancka Herat was elected Captain and past Captain Nimal Piyaratnewas elected President at the 139th Annual General Meeting of the Royal Colombo Golf Club (RCGC) held on March 29.
 
W.A.K. Fernando was elected as the Vice-Captain and the other elected office bearers were Capt. Navin De Silva (Honorary Secretary Infra-structure and Club House Development) Sanjeewa Wickramanayake (Honorary Ground Secretary), Saneth Gamage (Honorary Treasurer), Suren Madanayake (Honorary Secretary F&B), Wasantha de Silva (Honorary Secretary Mar Com), Ranil Pathirana (Immediate Past Captain), Amrith de Soysa and Savantha de Saram complete the Royal Colombo Golf Club General Committee for the 2018/ 2019 golfing year.
 
The Royal Colombo Golf Club is the oldest golf club in Sri Lanka. 

Established in 1879, it is located in the heart of Colombo at the Ridgeway Links. 

It is also the second oldest Royal Golf Club outside the United Kingdom and home to the Sri Lanka Golf Union, the governing body of Golf in Sri Lanka and continues to maintain close links with the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews in Scotland.