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53rd Royal-Thomian Golf for Fred De Saram Trophy:

Thomians take sweet revenge on Royal

Nimal Piyaratne, the captain of Royal (L) and Tissa Wickramasinghe, the  captain of S. Thomas’with the Fred De Saram Trophy
Nimal Piyaratne, the captain of Royal (L) and Tissa Wickramasinghe, the captain of S. Thomas’with the Fred De Saram Trophy

A keenly competed Golf Tournament was witnessed last Sunday among Royal-Thomian Golg Guild (RTGG) members.

Royalist held on to a slender lead of one point going into the last 4-ball flight. However, the Thomian duo consisting of Christopher Dias and Arjun Gunarathna pulled the ace at the right time to seal a sensational win on the 17th to go two up and thereby secured the much needed two points ensuring a Thomian win.

It was a reminiscent of last year’s results, when Royal pulled-off a similar feat to pull off win by half a point. Final results; STC - 29 points RC -28 points.

Charity begins on the green

Besides the fun and frolic at the Ridgeways Green, both old boys did this for a genuine cause. It was an exchange of play Golf for Charity Fund. This year the offertory exceeded Rupees five million. The Royal Thomian Golfers Guild in partnership with Mortern Cricket Australia, raised a significant sum of money that will be presented to the Royal College of Anesthetist and Intensivists of Sri Lanka. This is in line with the College’s programme Heal Sri Lanka that will ensure these funds will be used to secure much needed medical equipment to serve the ICU and Critical Care units located in the peripheries.


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