The Sri Lanka Junior Golf Championship has reached a climax with five finals scheduled in the different Age Group Categories to be played at the Royal Colombo Golf Club Course on Thursday 05th April 2018.
The top-seeded Kayla Perera cruising to victory over Dhaliya Helshiba Herath from the Victoria Golf Club, Digana, has set-up an enthralling final clash with Taniya Minel Balasuriya, the current Sri Lanka Ladies’ National title holder. Taniya will head into the finals as the favourite to win the title. Kayla Perera, who missed the National Championship week, is the top seed for the Junior Girls Championship for the coveted Rukmini Kodagoda Challenge Trophy 2018.
Taniya Minel beat her sister Sherin in the second semi-final to defend her title as the Junior Girls’ Champion, which she won in 2017.
Vinod Weerasinghe the runner-up last year, comfortably secured his berth in the final defeating Dhuwarshan. Sathsara Dilshan, an experienced junior, beat Dilshan Malinda to meet Vinod in what should be a closely fought final.
The Silver Division for Boys saw Nirekh Tejwani defeat Yannik Kumaraa, a complete reverse of the 2017 result. Nirekh will meet K. Dhanushan in the final.
In the Bronze Division category N W G Shanal Binuksha beat Reshan Algama to qualify for the final. M S Sanjay had a close call to overcome Pranav Muralidaran, who fought valiantly to the end up going down in the 19th hole in a sudden-death playoff.
Kaya Daluwatte played consistent golf to enter the final of the Copper Division category and will be hoping to defend the title she won last year. Thejas Rathis Kanth continued his giant-killing run defeating C. Dharaniyan from the Nuwara Eliya Golf Club convincingly.
The five finals will be worked off at the Royal Colombo Golf Club from 8.00 a.m. onwards. The morning play will be followed by a prize giving hosted by the sponsors Perera & Sons Bakers and the Rukmini Kodagoda Challenge Trophy for the Junior Golf Champion Boys and Girls respectively will be presented.
