Aquafina-DFCC, RCGC Inter-School Golf Championship by DONS Golf today

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The RCGC Inter-School Golf Championship organised by DONS Golf will tee off on 16 December at the Royal Colombo Golf Club for the fifth consecutive year.

Amidst the tournament, this event is created to provide participants an atmosphere and ambience of the typical Sri Lankan ‘big match’ style with papare bands, decorations and live entertainment throughout the day.

This will also be an important platform for awareness and networking, in order to understand how golf can be more affordable and for it to be taken to the schools where students can be trained to compete.

“We believe this initiative will create interest and kick start Golf as a sport to be part of the schools’ sports offering to the students,” noted Project Chairman Rohitha Silva.

“DFCC Bank is proud to be a part of this very prestigious tournament in Sri Lanka’s golfing calendar which is played in a fun environment with great comradeship,” said DFCC Bank DCEO Thimal Perera.

The tournament organisers DONS Golf are a group of golf enthusiasts who are the old boys of D.S. Senanayake College, Colombo. What started as a friendly four-ball has now grown to a players’ club of more than 20 avid golfers. The key focus of this event is to cater to the significant demand for the unorthodox fun-filled flavor throughout the day’s play.

DONS Golf President Malik Ahamadeen, commenting on the tournament, stated: “The DONS put in a herculean effort to organise the inaugural RCGC Inter-School Golf Championship in 2013 and today it is the most-sought-after golfing event on the club’s golfing calendar. I believe this event will continue to be the most-looked-forward-to even in the future.”

This tournament will showcase up to 230 top golfers representing 24 schools (including five girls’ schools) from all over the country, competing for the coveted RCGC Inter-School Golf Championship Challenge Trophy awarded by DONS Golf.

“The tournament will apply the RCGC local rules, terms and conditions on a five-ball Stableford format with two shotgun starts in the morning and afternoon,” said Tournament Director Mihindu Chandrasoma.

With over 40 awards on offer, some of the exciting prizes include luxury watches, mirrorless cameras, laptops, golf equipment, credit cards, water dispensers, gift and dinner vouchers, airline tickets, and hotel vouchers, with an exciting entrance goody bag assured for each participant. This is the largest array of prizes and gifts on offer at a single event hosted at the Royal Colombo Golf Club to date.

Varun Beverages Lanka Ltd. General Manager – Marketing and Key Accounts Dulanee Weerackody stated: “Aquafina is an international brand of packaged drinking water associated with lifestyle sports. We are proud to be partnering with this prestigious event as it gives us the right platform to establish our brand locally too.” Dons Golf Project Chairman Rohitha Silva conveys special thanks to the Joint Title Sponsors DFCC Bank and Aquafina (Varun Beverages) and other sponsors MAS Holdings, Amante, Kingsbury Hotel, Uni-Tec Fire & Security Systems, Metropolitan, Emirates, Dream Holidays, Akbar Brothers, Meguiars, Shangri-La, Mandarina, Pro-Golf, E-Wis, IDAC and Steamboat, which contributed immensely towards making this event a roaring success.