Sri Lanka Junior Open Golf Championship 2015

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Januka Dilshan Wins Coveted National Title


Mr. Tan Ben Chuan – Group General Manager Prima Group Sri Lanka with Januka Dilshan - Winner of the Sri Lanka Junior Open Golf Championship 2015

15 year old Januka Dilshan played brilliant golf in tough conditions to take the coveted national title at the Sri Lanka Junior Open Golf Championship 2015, concluded at the Royal Colombo Golf Club. He shot 72, 74, 79 over the three rounds, playing 12 over par. Prashan Peiris came with a good last round score of 76, playing 20 over par over the three rounds to be runner – up. Januka Dilshan also took the age group category win in the Gold Division (15 – 17 years) with a total score of 225 and Prashan Peiris was placed second with 233. Closely followed by T. Akash and Dhana Ranjan from Kandy, both with a total score of 234 to take third and fourth place. 


Mr. Sajith Gunaratne – Senior Business & Marketing Manager Prima Group, Mr. Tan Ben Chuan – Group General Manager Prima Group, Mr. Shun Tien Shing – General Manager Ceylon Agro Industries, Mr. Nimal Piyaratne – President of the Sri Lanka Golf Union, Mr. Ranil Peiris – Captain RCGC.Winner – Januka Dilshan, Taniya Balasuriya, Nigel Fernando, Nirekh Tejwani

In the Silver Division (age group category 12 – 14 years) playing 18 holes, Taniya Balasuriya and Vinod Weerasinghe battled it out for top honours. However the mental strength of Tania prevailed to take the win by one shot in a closely battled final round. Settling for second position was Vinod Weerasinghe and we are likely to see much maturity in the future by these fine junior golfers. The third and fourth placing went to Dilshan Malinda and Kayla Perera with aggregate scores of 253 and 265 respectively. 

The Bronze Division (age group category 10 – 11 years) playing 13 holes we saw Nigel Fernando from U.S.A take a comfortable win with total score of 173.  Followed by Yannik Kumara who improved on the third day but had to be satisfied with second position with total score of 186. The youngster K Danushan Kumara playing for the first time in this age group category showed much promise to secure third position with total score of 198 and Levon Niyarepola on total score of 201 came fourth. We saw much competition in this category on the final day and juniors who showed promise were Sherin Balasuriya, Tienn Kapilasena and Chethana Perera.

The event was conducted by the Sri Lanka Golf Union and sponsored by Prima Sunrise Bread. Mr. Tan Ben Chuan – Group General Manager Prima Group Sri Lanka and Mr. Shun Tien Shing - General Manager of Ceylon Agro Industries promotors of Prima Sunrise Bread. The age group category prizes were given by Mr. Sajith Gunaratne - Senior Business Manager & Marketing Manager of Ceylon Agro Industries Prima Group, Mr. Nimal Piyaratne - President of The Sri Lanka Golf Union and Mr.Ranil Peiris – Captain of the Royal Colombo Golf. As a Special Guest of honour Mr. Nandasena Perera Sri Lanka’s only Asian Games silver medalist graced the occasion. 



Results
Gold Division (Age Group 15 – 17yrs)
J. K. Januka Dilshan    225
Prashan Peiris             233
T. Akash                     234
G. Dhana Ranjan         234

Silver Division (Age Group 12 – 14yrs)
Taniya Balasuriya       235
Vinod Weerasinghe    236
Dilshan Malinda         253
Kayla Perera             265

Bronze Division (Age Group 10 – 11yrs)
Nigel Fernando         173
Yannik Kumara        186
K. Danushan           198
Levon Niyarepola     201
Sherin Balasuriya    219

Copper Division (Age Group 09 & under)
Nirehk Tejwani            92
Shanal Binuksha       100
Pranav Muralidaran    109
Yun Gu Kang            111
Shenuk Fernando      118