Shillong, November 24: It was the consistency of John F Rymbai owned “Angry Birdies” comprising Jeewan Sharma,Jobeth Chyne,Vikash Agarwal and Mrs Jyoti Agarwal that helped them emerge as the Winning Team of the 1st edition of Shillong Golf League (SGL) in Shillong Golf Course held over a period of 3 months from Sept 10th to Nov 19th. 17 teams comprising 4 players each competed in this league which is easily amongst the sterner tests of golf for leisure golfers that rewards consistent golfers over 6 rounds of golf.
The 1stRunner Up was bagged by Daniella S Majaw owned “Putt Pirates” comprising Jonathan Iawphniaw,Anil Ram,Master Mohit Subramanium and MJ Lanong and the 2nd Runners up was lifted by Siddharth Goenka owned “The Dabangs” comprising of Rahul Bajaj ,Mrs Pooja Goenka , Master Lakshya Bajaj and Jeet Bahadur Chettri.
Apart from prizes for the top 3 teams, there were prizes for individual performances as are, Lowest Gross Score Mr Gaurav Bajaj, 1st Runner Up – Gross Mr Gaurav Bajaj, Best Nett (Amateur) Mr Anil Pargal, 1st Runner Up – Nett (Amateur), Col Manish Prasad, 2nd Runner Up – Nett, John F Rymbai, Best Lady Golfer, Mrs Jyoti Agarwal, Best Junior Master Lakshya Bajaj, 1st runner Up Junior Master Mohit Subramanium, 2nd Runner Up Junior, Master Siddhanth Singhania, Junior Consolation 1 Master Shaurya Goenka, Junior Consolation 2 Master Reet Bajaj, Junior Consolation 3 Master Deep Bajaj, Most improved Player Mr Amit S Baidya, Best Professional Mr Jeewan Sharma Most Promising player, Mr Raghav Bajaj.
The event with Shillong Club Ltd. (Golf Section) as Host Club got strong support from other sponsors – Seven Mineral Water,Golf trade,Red Bull,HP to help make this event a success.The event was the brainchild of Meghalaya Golf Promoters’ Society (MGPS).MGPS is thankful for the Board of Directors,Shillong Club Ltd. for supporting their initiative.The Prizes were given by Mr AH Scott Lyngdoh (Former minister and Director in Incharge Golf,Shillong Club Ltd.
