NDB RCGC Inter-school Golf Championship tees off on 22 October

Thursday, 20 October 2016 00:09 - - {{hitsCtrl.values.hits}}

NDB together with the Royal Colombo Golf Club (RCGC) will host this year’s annual Inter-school Golf Championship on Saturday, 22 October at the RCGC. This year’s tournament will be organised by Ananda College.

Commenting on the tournament, head of the organising committee Rohan De Silva said: “We are excited to organise this year’s RCGC Inter-school Golf Tournament in association with NDB. The opportunity of hosting this event rotates amongst the respective school alumni on a yearly basis. Therefore, we are glad to play the lead role in this year’s tournament which is of a unique nature and is being conducted for the fourth time in the history of golf in Sri Lanka. This will continue to be a much anticipated annual club event and has the potential of becoming an annual board event as well.”

in-2

From left: Palitha Guneratne – Head Of Finance RCGC, Rohan De Silva – Chairman of Organising Committee Ananda College, Primal Wijayanayake – Captain Royal Colombo Golf Club, Ananda Atukorala – Chairman NDB, Darshana Ratnayake – Vice President Retail Banking NDB, Shera Hassen – Asst. Vice President/Head of Privilege Banking NDB, Sanjaya Senarath – Asst. Vice President Marketing NDB

The tournament will be played on a five ball stable ford basis and will feature 200-220 Golfers from 17 schools including two girls’ schools from all over Sri Lanka. The schools participating are – Nalanda College, S. Thomas’ College Mount Lavinia, Royal College, Trinity College, St. Peter’s College, St. Benedict’s College, St. Sylvester’s College Kandy, Ananda College, D.S. Senanayake College, Thurstan College, St. Joseph’s College, Isipathana College, Wesley College, St. Anthony’s College Kandy, Colombo International School, Ladies College and Bishop’s College.

Commenting on the partnership, Chairman of NDB Ananda Atukorala said: “This is the only dedicated inter-school golf tournament in the country and with this partnership we hope to contribute towards popularisation of the game. Apart from the fantastic golfing opportunity, the tournament is known to be the most lucrative social golfing event of the year; and it will bring together the crème of the business and golfing circles in Colombo. Therefore, we believe that this partnership would enable us to present yet another stimulating experience to our privilege select banking clientele.”

For the first time in Sri Lanka, ‘Dons Golf’ in association with the Royal Colombo Golf Club inaugurated the RCGC Inter-school Golf Championship in 2013. The key focus of this event was to kick-start a much needed inter-school tournament that has always had a significant demand. In its fourth consecutive running this year, the inter-school golf tournament has soon become one of the most desirable events in Colombo’s golfing calendar. Men, women and juniors with a club handicap are invited to contest in this tournament for prestigious golfing awards coupled with a host of attractive rewards and gifts. The tournament will conclude with the award ceremony which will be followed by an evening of cocktails.