National Junior Golf Ranking Awards 2016
Sri Lanka National Junior Golf Rankings in support of Sri Lanka Golf joined hands with NDB Wealth last year to promote Junior Golf 2016. Rankings for the year concluded with the completion of the Sri Lanka Junior Open 2016, Prima Regional Junior Opens in Kandy and Nuwara Eliya.
The qualifying round of the Rukmini Kodagoda Match Play Championship, the designated tournaments held during the calendar year of 2016. With the aim of encouraging more young Golfing talent to emerge, the Sri Lanka Golf Union (SLGU) developed a comprehensive Ranking system based on 8 Stroke Play Rounds of Golf played in designated tournaments during a calendar year.
Of the designated Rounds in each tournament, a minimum of 5 Rounds have to be carded to be eligible for National Rankings. Junior Golfers have been ranked accordingly into 4 age groups ranging from below 9 years (Copper Division), 10-11 years (Bronze Division), 12-14 years (Silver Division) and 15-17 years (Gold Division).
NDB Wealth’s sponsorship also entailed equipment sponsorship and coaching programmes for select ranked Junior Golfers, enabling their talent to be nurtured further.
The SLGU has developed a long term strategy and is now focused on promoting Junior Golf in the country to harness talent for national representation in the future. One such initiative has been to develop a system of National Ranking for Junior Golfers who are growing in numbers, with the popularity of the sport in the country. This initiative fosters young Golfers to strive for consistent performance throughout the year, thus improving one's standard. In order of: Vinod Weerasinghe Armand Flamer Caldera Taniya Balasuriya P. A Dimuthu Jithma Chamindri Nirekh Tejwani Yannik Kumara Sherin Balasuriya K. Danushan Pranav Muralidaran
(AGE GROUP 15 – 17+ YRS)
RCGC RCGC RCGC VGCR RCGC
(AGE GROUP 10 – 11+ YRS)
Club RCGC RCGC RCGC RCGC RCGC Ranking points 1225 1200 1050 250 208 Ranking points 1225 1150 1075 1000 500 Rank 1 2 3 4 5
SILVER DIVISION
Name Kayla Perera S. Duwarshan Dilshan Malinda S. Sanju Levon Niyarepola Name Shanal Binuksha Kvahn Tejwani Musa Shariff Shenuk Fernando C. Dharanian
(AGE GROUP 12 – 14+ YRS)
GOLD DIVISION
Club RCGC NEGC RCGC RCGC RCGC 1175 1025 925 700 675 Rank 1 2 3 4 5
BRONZE DIVISION COPPER DIVISION (AGE GROUP 9 YRS AND UNDER)