Sri Lanka Junior Open Golf to tee-off in December

Sri Lanka Junior Open Golf Championship 2021 and Regional Junior Open Golf Championship 2020 official sponsorship 2022 presented by Prima Group Sri Lanka Group General Manager Lawrence Chan (fourth from left), Ceylon Agro Industries-Prima Group Sri Lanka General Manager Tien Shing Shun and Ceylon Agro Industries-Prima Group Sri Lanka Deputy General Manager Sajith Gunaratne to (from left) Sri Lanka Golf Treasurer G.K. Sudath Kumara, Sri Lanka Golf Secretary Lal Wickrematunge and Sri Lanka Golf Junior Development Chairperson Niloo Jayatilake – Pic by Ruwan Walpola 

This year will see the resumption of junior golf with the tee off of the Sri Lanka Junior Open 2021 after the lapse of competition with COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020.  

This is the 13th year that Prima Ceylon has committed to sponsor the most prestigious event in the junior golf calendar, the Sri Lanka Junior Open. With more than a decade of magnanimous sponsorship this generous support by Prima Ceylon, it is ample testimony to its continued commitment to promoting junior golf in the country, in partnership with the national body for golf in the country the Sri Lanka Golf Union.

The Sri Lanka Junior Open Golf Championship scheduled to be played between 15 to 17 December at the RCGC remains the acid test for juniors who are also required to make it through the gruelling Regional Junior Opens also sponsored by Prima Ceylon as well as a number of club level tournaments throughout the year.  

The Sri Lanka Junior Open is thus the established benchmark for national rankings of junior golf. The winner of the Sri Lanka Junior Open will be crowned the National Junior Champion in both boys’ and girls’ categories.

“The committed sponsorship of junior golf by Prima has been invaluable to the Sri Lanka Golf Union in promoting the sport island wide. The popularity of the sport is seen to be growing mainly due to the focused outreach programs carried out by Sri Lanka Golf to propagate the sport at the grassroots. 

“This initiative was the brainchild of the Junior Sub Committee of Sri Lanka Golf to identify the nations young golf talent with a view to nurturing and developing them for future national and international representation. This year we have slowly started the rollout of junior training starting from Anuradhapura golf academy,” Sri Lanka Golf Junior Development Chairperson Niloo Jayatilake.

“As the long-standing partner in supporting junior golf in Sri Lanka, we are pleased to sponsor the Junior Open Golf tournament once again this year. As the most important tournament for young and upcoming golfers in the country, we look forward to some high standard golf this year as well. 

“We are grateful to the Sri Lanka Golf Union for hosting the tournament once again, and continuing to enrich the sport of golf,” stated Ceylon Agro Industries Ltd. – Prima Group Sri Lanka Group General Manager Lorenzo Chan.

This event will once again be conducted according to four age group categories as follows; 15-18 years (Gold Division), 12-14 years (Silver Division), 10 -11 years (Bronze Division) and 9 years and under (Copper Division). 

A quartet of young golfing talent likes of Haroon Aslam, Nirekh Tejwani, Yannik Kumara, Reshan Algama from the boys division and sisters Taniya and Sherin Balasuriya, Devinka Kanag-isvaran, Kaya Daluwatta and Kayla Perera to compete in the girls division. This year’s competition we are hopeful to attract foreign entries with the  country opening up and expected to provide stiff competition to our Sri Lankan field of juniors. 

In the more junior categories, K. Danushan, Shanal Binuksha, Keshav Algama, Thejas Kanth, Kavahn Tejwani will appear as the emerging talent and this event should provide them a golden opportunity to showcase their skills and it is hoped the youngsters play to their fullest potential. 

Prima Sunrise, the title sponsor of this tournament, will as always provide nutrition for the players during the event. The prize giving is scheduled for 17 December at 3:30 p.m.