Chanaka Perera who scored 42 points and one under gross score, was adjudged the overall winner and won the HSBC Premier Challenge Trophy at the HSBC golf tournament held at the RCGC golf course from September 25 to 27.
Perera was also the winner of the A division event for men.
Roshan Silva was the overall winner in the Seniors category and the C division with a score of 37 points and had a better score on the back nine holes.
Nimal Ranchigoda won the B division with 40 points having a better score on the back 9 holes. Anouk Chitty won the Ladies division with 37 points while Nimal Perera won the Seniors’ division with 37 points.
Air Commodore Udula Wijesinghe emerged the overall winner in the HSBC 5 club stableford system golf tournament with the highest score of 45 points.
Yun Jeong Choi emerged the Ladies champion with a score of 34 points and had a better score on the back 9. Winning the A Division was Manjula Chandrasoma with 38 points. The B Division was won by Chamara Abeyratne with 39 points and a better back nine, while the winner of C division was Udula Wijesinghe with 45 points.
This year’s tournament saw the highest number of nearly 380 golfers turning up to contest for prestigious trophies.
HSBC had also opened up the game for Premier Juniors this year with an 18 hole stroke play to test their skills on the course. Reshan Algama won the 12 and below age group with 75 gross on a B/B 9 and Nirekh Tejwani won the 13-18 age group scoring 71 gross. Kaya Daluwatte and Kayla Perera were adjudged winner and runner-up in their respective age categories.
Praveen Dias was closest to the pin while Romesh Abhayaratne had the longest and most accurate drive on the 8th fairway.