~ Duwarshan wins Boys’ Silver Division, Shanal Binushka Bronze Division winner and Kaya Daluwatte victorious in Copper Division
The Sri Lanka Junior Boys & Girls Golf Championship 2017, sponsored by PRIMA SUNRISE BREAD for the past 10 consecutive years, produced 2 champions in the Boys’ & Girls’ categories representing the Gold Division for the Boys and the combined Gold & Silver Division for the Girls.
Vinod Weerasinghe’s six over par 77 was enough to secure the title in the Boys Gold Division, by nine strokes from Armand Flamer Caldera. In a field of 13 Gold Division juniors, Darren Hall finished 3rd a further 14 strokes behind the runner-up.
The Girls Category combining the Gold & Silver Division saw a keen tussle to the very end between Taniya Minel Balasuriya & Kayla Perera. Locked together as joint leaders, both Taniya & Kayla were off to a great start in the final round birdieing the 1st hole! Kayla dropped a shot at the 2nd to give Taniya the lead, which Taniya maintained extending the lead to 2 strokes at the 9th hole. Taniya’s birdie on the 10th to Kayla’s double bogey established a 5-stroke lead. Kayla showed tremendous resolve to fight back with a birdie on the 11th and par on the 12th to pull back 2 strokes. Taniya fired back with birdies on the 13th & 14th to lead by five strokes again. Kayla pulled back a stroke on the 15th when Taniya made a bogey and then finished with much grit making pars on 16th, 17th & birdieing the 18th hole, whilst Taniya made a double bogey on the 17th and just about held on to Win by 2 strokes, the Girls Junior Championship combined for the Gold & Silver Division. Kayla Perera’s performance is all the more creditable, being one year younger to Taniya Minel, producing a 3-round total of 220, 4 over par for 54 holes. The two teenage girls Taniya & Kayla have proved their potential to Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka Junior Golf Championship – Boys Winner
Gold Division (Age 15 – 17+) – Boys
Gold & Silver Division (Age 15 – 17+ & 12-14+) – Girls
Silver Division (Age 12 – 14+) 4
Bronze Division (Age 10 – 11+) 4
Copper Division (Age 09 & under)
Photo caption: (Above) The Sri Lanka Junior Boys & Girls Golf Championship 2017, sponsored by PRIMA SUNRISE BREAD
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- Duwarshan of Nuwara Eliya Golf Club, another promising 14-year-old won the Boys Silver Division comfortably by 15 strokes from Levon Niyarepola who improved in each round to return a 9 over par 80 in the final round.
| 1 | Taniya Minel Balasuriya | 71 | 73 | 144 | 74 | 218 |
| 1 | Vinod Weerasinghe | 73 | 68 | 141 | 77 | 218 |
| 1 | Vinod Weerasinghe | 73 | 68 | 141 | 77 | 218 |
| 2 | Armand Flamer Caldera | 79 | 72 | 151 | 76 | 227 |
| 3 | Darren Hall | 76 | 81 | 157 | 84 | 241 |
| 4 | S. D.S. Dilshan | 94 | 76 | 170 | 76 | 246 |
| 1 | Taniya Minel Balasuriya | 71 | 73 | 144 | 74 | 218 |
| 2 | Kayla Perera | 71 | 73 | 144 | 76 | 220 |
| 3 | Sherin Mithara Balasuriya | 91 | 98 | 189 | 96 | 285 |
| 4 | Iman Sangani | 91 | 93 | 184 | 101 | 285 |
| 1 | S. Dhuwarshan – NEGC | 82 | 76 | 158 | 76 | 234 |
| 2 | Levon Niyarepola | 86 | 83 | 169 | 80 | 249 |
| 3 | Haroon Aslam – VGC | 89 | 79 | 168 | 81 | 249 |
| 4 | T. Vikash | 83 | 78 | 161 | 95 | 256 |
| 1 | N.W.G. Shanak Binuksha | 64 | 70 | 134 | 67 | 201 |
| 2 | Musa Shariff – VGC | 75 | 73 | 148 | 75 | 223 |
| 3 | M. Lidhurshan – NEGC | 70 | 79 | 149 | 78 | 227 |
| 4 | M. S. Sanjey – NEGC | 79 | 79 | 158 | 74 | 232 |
| 1 | Kaya Daluwatte | 42 | 44 | 86 | 44 | 130 |
| 2 | Reshan Algama | 45 | 44 | 89 | 45 | 134 |
| 3 | Kvahn Tejwani | 43 | 48 | 91 | 45 | 136 |
| 4 | C. Dharaniyan – NEGC | 45 | 51 | 96 | 50 | 146 |
| 5 | Jacob Norton | 48 | 50 | 98 | 52 | 150 |
Kayla Perera
N.W.G. Shanak Binuksha
S. Dhuwarshan
Vinod Weerasinghe
Taniya Minel Balasuriya