KATHMANDU, Jan 24: Royal Nepal Golf Club (RNGC) overcame Gokarna Golf Club in the Caddie Match Play Golf Tournament at RNGC in Kathmandu on Monday.
RNGC earned a comfortable 7.3 points against 3.5 points scored by Gokarna. The caddies of two clubs played total of 11 matches.
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The RNGC pair comprising of Dinesh Nagarkoti and Ritesh Sigdel was the best winning team after beating pair of Deepak Rana and Suresh Shrestha by 8/7.
Similarly, RNGC pairs of Santosh Rokka and Rajendra Maharjan beat Narayan Chaulagain and Upendra Khadka 4/2, Bikash Gurung and Binod Tamang saw off Devendra Pandey and Umesh Paudel 7/5, Suresh Lama and Krishna Singh beat Subash Khatiwada and Prabendra Singh two-up. Krishna Nepal and Subash Ghising beat Bishnu Bhandari and Suman Lama 3/2, Kishan Kaliraj and Bidur Lama beat Krishna Murari Sapkota 3/2, and Sushma Koirala and Rabina Shrestha beat Rekha Rai and Rekha Lama 7/6.
Meanwhile Gokarna caddies, Bharat Magar and Raj Kumar Dhakal eased past Rohit Acharya and Dipesh Shrestha one-up, namesake Balaram Paudel A and B saw off Anil Tamang and Shyam Tamang one-up and Miriya Giri beat Tara Karki 7/5.
The winning team was awarded with Rs 20,000, medals and trophy. Altogether 42 caddies competed in the tournament organized by RNGC Caddie Committee.
