Prima Sunrise Bread sponsors Junior Golf championship for fourteenth year

Michael Perera Mangala (President of Sri Lanka Golf) addresses the media, flanked by Chandana Weerasinghe (Junior Sub-Committee), Lawrence Chan (Group General Manager - Prima Group Sri Lanka), Sajith Gunaratne (Deputy General Manager - Ceylon Agro Industries, Prima Golf Sri Lanka), Niloo Jayathilake (Chairperson - Junior Golf Sub-committee)

Niloo Jayathilake (third from right) receiving the sponsorship cheque from Lawrence Chan (Group General Manager - Prima Group Sri Lanka)

Pix by Pradeep Dilrukshana

By Shamseer Jaleel

Prima Sunrise Bread will sponsor the Sri Lanka Junior Open  Golf and Regional Open Golf Tournament for the 14th year which will take  place at the Royal Colombo Golf Club from December 20 to 22.  

This event is considered as a benchmark for the World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR).  With Sri Lanka Golf (SG) organizing many events around the  country the development of the sport has seen a positive move with golf  becoming one of the leading sports in the country.  

Regional Open Junior events are held in Trincomalee, Nuwara Eliya, Anuradhapura and Kandy around the year.  This tournament covers age groups from 9 to 18 years.  
Yannika Kumara (Boys’) and Kaya Daluwatte (Girls’) are the defending champions of the main event (Gold).  

There will be some top-class juniors teeing off in this  event such as Jacob Norton, Kayan John Pillai, K. Danushan, Nirekh  Tejwani and Thejas Rathis Kanth.  
In the Silver division (12 to 15 years) the Algama brothers (Reshan and Keshav) will be in action.  

Reshan, the 14-year-old long hitting golfing sensation, will be all out to retain his title for the third year in a row.  

The prize giving will take place on December 22 at 3 PM.