Many golfers at monthly medal tourney today

by S.M. Jiffrey ABDEEN - Kandy Sports Corr.

GOLF: A big turn out of participants is expected at the June monthly medal golf championship of Victoria Golf and Country Resort which will be worked off at the beautiful Victoria Golf Course at Rajawella off Kandy today - (Sunday June 26) with the first tee off at the 7.30 a.m.

The award winning Victoria golf course which is the pride of the hill capital is in excellent condition with the course itself resembling a billiard top. But it has been made challenging and tricky by the course staff headed by the Course Manager Maheel Bulumulla who will be retiring at the end of this month before taking wings to Dubai to join his family.

Maheel Bulumulla is an experienced official with over thirty years experience in the management of grass with training in Australia and New Zealand. His efforts in the Victoria golf course has been this golf course win the award for the Best Golf Course in the Sub Continent three times besides finishing runner up on many occasions. This golf course was opened only in 1998 and during its 13 year old existence, Bulumulla has been a part of it for ten years.

This golf championship will be played for the best Net and Gross scores for ladies and gentlemen and besides there will be two divisions for high and low handicappers for men.

Victoria region has been experiencing very little rain these days and the course should be tough to come to terms with the ball coming fast off the rough.