Golf Tournament

Commemorating its 34th anniversary, Denpasar Golf Club (DGC) held a Golf Tournament at Bali Beach Golf Course Sanur Bali, Saturday (28/10). Tournament that competed for a Toyota Yaris for hole-in-one prize participated by 121 entrants from various circles was divided into 6 categories. Winner of Overall Best Nett went to Putu Supadma Rudana (Rudana Museum) and Overall Best Gross to IGA Raka. In the meantime, the winner of Flight A Best Gross was Mr. N. Dianan, Best Nett 1 (Mr. Serfasius Phodi) and Best Nett 2 (Mr. WY); Flight B. Best Gross: Mr. Wy. D. Ardjana, Best Nett 1 (Mr. IB Agung Parta), Best Nett 2 (Mr. Gun Gun). At Flight C, Best Gross went to Mr. Ari Purnama, Best Nett 1 (Mr. Ahn Yeon Kon) and Best Nett 2 (Mr. IB Tjethana Putra). For the category of Ladies Flight, Best Gross: Miss Made Budiani, Best Nett 1 (Miss Dita Widiantari) and Best Nett 2 (Miss Yaya). Seen on the picture is Putu Supadma Rudana is receiving the trophy from the Chairman of DGC, Wayan Ardjana at Sector Bar & Restaurant Bali Beach Golf Course. (BTN/*)

Bali Combat Kite Championship

After Bali was ensured to become the host of World Combat Kites Championship 2008, the Bali International Kite Committee (BIKC) supported by kite-flyers and kiting enthusiasts all over Bali performed an exercise coincided with the combat kites on the land of the Badung Civic Center, last Sunday. Such first competition in Bali was participated by 29 kite flyers from Denpasar and Gianyar. Clubs from hotels also took part on his occasion.

Three entrants consisting of Putu Sudiarsa, Putu Adnyana and Komang Taluh respectively went to the first, second and third winner. In the meantime, Badrus Haris (Club Ayodya Kite Resort) was chosen as the favourite winner.
By paying IDR 20,000 the entrants got five kites and ready-to-use cord covered with powdered glass. Type of kite put into the competition was that of pere-perean (diamond shaped). The competition applied international rules, so in the upcoming 2008 the participants will be well prepared to compete against foreign kite flyers.
Made Susila Patra, Chairman of the BIKC who is also the Chairman of the Committee said that such try-out was an initial warming-up before the real competition in 2008. Both the exercise and weekly competition constituted the short-term program of BIKC to encourage the local kite flyers of Bali in the combat kite. In Bali, there are many kite flyers, but there was no competition ever organized, notably that of combat kite.
(BTN/015)