Armand, Vinod, Levon, Yannik shine in Nuwara Eliya regional junior golf

Armand Flamer Caldera won the Gold Division championship with an aggregate of 166 over two rounds in the national junior regional golf tournament worked off at the Nuwara Eliya Golf Course. Over 50 juniors competed for top honours over two days of play under windy and cold conditions. However

Armand showed his maturity by playing excellent golf over the two days to clinch the win by 3 shots. Buddika Jayalath was runner up with 169 and 2nd runner-up Januka Dilshan with total score of 172.The Silver Division was won by Vinod Weerasinghe, Bronze Division by Levon Niyerapola meanwhile Yannik Kumara was the champion in the most junior category Copper Division.

14- year-old Vinod Weerasinghe played consistently to score 84, 82 over two days to clinch the Silver Division championship and was closely followed by Taniya Balasuriya with scores of 96, 72. In the Bronze Division the tussle was between Levon Niyerapola and T. Vikash.

However the former was the better by 3 shots with scores of 103, 99. In the most junior category the Copper Division Yannik Kumara showed his class with scores of 48, 51 over 9 holes, closely followed by Shereen Balasuriya with scores of 52, 50 and Nirekh Tejwani 45, 57 with total aggregate score of 102. The juniors from Kandy failed to master the course to take any wins. However they are likely to pose a challenge at the upcoming Regional Junior Open to be held in Kandy soon.

The championship was conducted

Gold Division (Under-18 yrs) RESULTS

Bronze Division (Under-12 yrs)

Armand Flamer Caldera 166, Buddika Jayalath169, 3. Januka Dilshan172,

Sarana Raj 173

Silver Division (Under-15 yrs)

Vinod Weerasinghe166, 2. Tania Balasuriya 168, Kayla Perera 192,

P. A. Dimuthu 202 by the Sri Lanka Golf Union with the support of Ceylon Agro Industries -promoters of Prima Sunrise Bread, Pro Golf along with Nuwara Eliya Golf Club the host for the event. Sri Lanka Golf Union’s vision of identifying talent in the country is taking Levon Niyerapola 202, T. Vikash 205, Harish Yadave 262, K.N.V Chethana 271

Copper Division (Under-10 yrs)

Yannik Kumara 99, 2. Shereen Balasuriya 102, Nirekj Tejwani102,

Harish Kressive 120 shape with the development of junior golfers in the Nuwara Eliya district with the development programme.

For the first time junior participation was evident from schools in the area. The bold step in introducing national regional open championships is to identify the young talent island wide to bring to the national squad level. It’s an initiative to foster talent regionally and talent scouting for national representation. The sponsor Prima Ceylon promoters of Prima Sunrise Bread was represented by Dinesh Wimalachandra and awards were given by Mithun Perera and Lal Wickramatunge on behalf of the Sri Lanka Golf Union. Special guest of honour was Dr. P. Senanayake committee member of the Nuwara Eliya Golf Club.