31.   Crenshaw will be using the tournament as practice for the ultimate prize of the British Open at St Andrews the following week.

32.   Two years later, they finished runners-up to Mamnchester United before landing the ultimate prize on the last day of last season.

33.   Jaffna is the ultimate prize for Sri Lankan security forces and the final bastion of Tamil separatism which the Tigers have vowed to defend to their last man.

34.   Jaffna is the ultimate prize for Sri Lankan security forces and the final bastion of Tamil separatism.

35.   Prime Minister Jim Bolger will meet them and then they will enjoy the ultimate prize for returning heroes of a ticker-tape parade through the centre of Auckland.

36.   That puts the ultimate Olympic prize within reach and raises the pressure.