Club Championship to tee off on 21 Oct. in Digana

By Shamseer Jaleel 

The Victoria Golf and Country Resort (VGCR) will host the Club Championship on 21 and 22 October in Rajawella, Digana. 

The competition will tee off at 7.00 a.m. VCGR, voted one of the 100 most beautiful courses in the world and number one in the Asian subcontinent, is a par 73, 6974-yard championship course designed in 1997 by internationally acclaimed golf course architect Donald Steel to USPGA standards. 

The 10th Annual Club Championship 2017 will feature two days of competitive golf in a stroke play format.  The championship will be played over 18 holes of the Victoria Golf and Country Resort. Players will be given a feel for playing in a professional tournament through the use of top quality collateral and administration. Victoria Golf Club members from all over the country as well as overseas will be vying for the title of club champion at the Annual Club Championship, which is a much anticipated event on the annual golf calendar. 

Past winners have all been golfers of high quality and they include Ian Tait, the winner in 2007, and Amrith De Soysa, who claimed the title twice, in 2010 and 2015. In 2016 Lalith Rohitha claimed the title of the gents’ club champion while Niloo Jayathilake claimed the title as the ladies’ club champion. 

In 2017 Lalith and Niloo will be defending their titles against strong opposition. Sujeewa Lankatileke won the title twice, in 2012 and 2013. No other player has won the title in successive years. The other winners of the championship are John Scarth in 2014 and Alain Gyi in 2009.