Ray Noronha tops Aparna Cancer Crusaders golf meet

Ray Noronha won the overall net title at the ninth Biennial Aparna Cancer Crusaders Golf Championship at Boulder Hills. Col Akhil Mishra claimed the Overall Gross title as golfers competed across multiple handicap and special categories in Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Ray Noronha emerged as the overall net winner, carding an impressive 38 points, while B Gajendar Swamy followed closely as overall net runner-up with 37 points in the ninth Biennial Aparna Cancer Crusaders Golf Championship at Boulder Hills Golf and Country Club here.

In the gross category, Col Akhil Mishra showed good consistency to claim the Overall Gross title with a score of 73, with Abhishek Mitra finishing runner-up at 75.

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In Category A (0-14 handicap), a close contest saw Aditya Bommaraju clinch the net winner’s spot with 35 points, edging ahead on countback, while Bhushan Byragani finished runner-up with the same score. Category B (15-19 handicap) saw Srinivas Subba Rao take top honours with 36 points, followed closely by Harish Yelisetty, also on 36 points. In Category C (20-24 handicap), Dheeraj Jaiswal emerged winner with 35 points, with Manjit Jalli finishing runner-up just a point behind on the back nine. Category D (25-30 handicap) saw Narender Reddy Mupidi secure victory with 32 points, while Rajiv Kabra followed with 31 points.

Among special categories, Rakhi Sinha claimed the Ladies title with 35 points, while Uday Bhaskar Raju topped the Seniors category, also with 35 points, ahead of Mohit Bhalla, who finished runner-up on 33 points. Steady performances marked each day of play, with Santosh Kumar K, Mohan Singh and Ashish Goenka emerging as first, second and third day net winners with 34, 34 and 35 points, respectively.