Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)

A lease of life for young golfers

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Young Lankans golfers are in lucks way. DFCC Bank has recently agreed to take up the Joint Title Sponsorshi­p of the 2017 Inter School Golf Tournament, conducted by the Royal Colombo Golf Club (RCGC).

The MoU for sponsorshi­p was recently signed between the DFCC Bank and the Royal Colombo Golf Club.

The 2017 Inter School Golf Tournament will be held on 16th December 2017 at the Royal Colombo Golf Club for the fourth consecutiv­e year. The tournament, which is being organised under a ‘ Big Match’ theme will feature over 250 golfers from over 25 top schools in the island, including 5 Girls schools. This year, the event is being organized by the Dons, the golfing old boys of D. S. Senanayake College, Colombo.

“The RCGC inter- school golf tourna- ment is one of the premier golfing events in Sri Lanka, and DFCC Bank is proud to be sponsoring this event,” says Lakshman Silva, CEO of DFCC Bank. “We’re sure that a large number of golfers including business leaders in the corporate arena will definitely bring in a competitiv­e spirit and sportsmans­hip to this most popular and anticipate­d tournament of all events that take place in the golfing calendar. We also hope that the event will promote golf to a wider audience and build awareness to take golf to the school levels both in and outside of Colombo.”

DFCC Bank has been a proud sponsor of sporting events in Sri Lanka since its inception in 1955, and believes that sports brings people together, to work and grow together – core beliefs in DFCC Bank’s own philosophy for growth.

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