HNB Millennium Trophy Golf Tournament 2014 a huge success

Hatton National Bank (HNB) recently sponsored the Millennium Trophy Golf Tournament at the Royal Colombo Golf Club (RCGC) for the 7th consecutive year. One of the premier events in the golfing calendar of Sri Lanka, the tournament saw over 165 golf enthusiasts teeing off for the exciting prizes on offer.

Held on 25th and 26th October 2014, the tournament was open to all gentlemen members of the Royal Colombo Golf Club with a current RCGC Handicap. For the first time a special category was introduced for HNB customers and the winner and the runner-up were given valuable prizes including a return air ticket to Singapore. The HNB customer event was won by Ishira Fernando while the runner-up was Mr Priyanga Hapugalle.

There was also a Stableford Tournament for those who participated on the Saturday and consisted of five categories, namely Group A (Handicap, 09), Group B (Handicap, 10-18), Group C (Handicap, 19-28) Seniors' Division, Master Division. The winners were determined by the average strokes taken (net of handicap).

The Millennium Trophy overall winner of the category with the best aggregate nett score was Lalith Rohitha while the runner-up was Prashan Peiris. The best aggregate gross score winner was Prashan Peiris and the runner up was Lalith Rohitha.

Group A - Handicap 0 to 09 Winner was S T B Jayasinghe and the Runner-Up was Lalith Rohitha, Group B - Handicap 10 to 18 Winner was Dinuk Wiijeratne and Runner Up was W A K Fernando and Group C - Handicap 19 to 28 Winner was Eoin O. Mahony and Runner-Up was Viran Perera. In the Masters Division the Winner was Nihal Boralessa and Runner- Up was T A Weerasinghe while Ranjith Thabrew and Derik Wijeratne were the winner and the Runner-up in the Seniors Division.

The 1st Day Best Nett Score winner was Ishira Fernando and the 2nd Day Best Nett Score winner was Prashan Peiris. The HNB Customer Best Aggregate Nett Score winner was Ishira Fernando and Runner-Up was Priyanga Hapugalle.