Brigitta Larsson-Flinth shines at Rotary Golf

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By Shamzeer Jaleel

Birgitta Larsson-Flinth won both the Nett and Gross events in the Ladies segment at the Rotary Golf event which took place at the Victoria Golf and Country Club recently.

Birgitta was in sparkling form showing very good touch with her game. Meanwhile Linda Harris became runner-up in the Nett while Melanie Bond walked away with the runner-up in the Gross Ladies event.

The Men’s Nett was won by S. Srimahadevan with Dr. Amunugama ending runner up. In the gross Japanese national, Yuki Asakawa won the event with D. Ponnambalam ending second.

More than 30 golfers teed off in the event which was organised by Rotary Club of Kandy chaired by Ahalya Rajan who is also the Chairperson for the organising in Sri Lanka. Similar events took place in Colombo as well as in Nuwara Eliya as well.

K. Wigneswaran organised the Kandy event. This was organised to raise funds for eradicating Polio from the globe. A minimum of $ 50 was put in to this fund by each player who teed off at his event.

Birgitta Larsson-Flinth accounted for both Gross and Nett wins.