Neesha Nirmalingam wins Ridgeways Cup ladies golf
by S.M. Jiffrey Abdeen - Kandy Sports Corr
GOLF: Neesha Nirmalingam won the Ridgeways Cup golf championship for
ladies organised by the Royal Colombo Golf Club and sponsored by Alankra
Jewellery and worked off at the Royal Colombo golf course.
Ridgeway Cup is one of the most prestigious event in the golfing
calendar for ladies and it originated in 1910 as the Figg Trophy and was
later re-named as Ridgeway Cup in 1966. It is the first board event in
the ladies golfing calendar and second in precedence only to the Club
championship.
This keenly contested singles match play tournament drew tremendous
attraction especially among the ladies as it was their .... tournament
and they could show their prowess displaying their skills and some
producing sparkling displays. This championship had been supported and
sponsored by Alankara Jewellery over the years and that it attracted
maximum participation including Alankara's own Roshini Sangani well
known for her exploits at the Victoria golf course winning many titles.
Roshini Sangari played consistently well to beat the highly talented
Niranjali Amerasinghe, Suni Nirmalingam and Kumari Herath all being top
golfers with proven track record to reach the finals.
In the other half Neesha Nirmalingam played competent golf and
overcame Ruwani Desinghe, Kishari Vethavanayagan and the ever
persevering Chris Benjamin to challenge Roshini Sangani in the finals.
The finals turned out to be a gruelling affair with the proverbial
'No quarter asked nor given." Both golfers displayed very impressive
golf and a very close fight was witnessed.
In the end it was Neesha Nirmallingam who turned out to be the winner
edging out Roshini Sangani in the 13th hole to clinch the Ridgeway Cup
for 2014.
This was a well organised championship for ladies and the sponsors
Alankara Jewellery sported it to the hilt according Manori Jayakoddy of
the RCGC.Roshini Sangani is no stranger to the golfing scene and plays
the game whenever time permits despite her business schedule.
Her sister Niloo Jayatillake is s top golfer and does a lot for the
promotion of golf in the country. |
