Vinod, Taniya, Dhuwarshan, Nirekh & Reshan top Oct. Junior Golf Rankings 2017

The National Junior Golf Rankings 2017, organised by the Sri Lanka Golf Union Junior Subcommittee, has secured a platform to encourage juniors to improve and develop their game through participation in four junior calendar events for the second successive year with the generous support and sponsorship of NDB Wealth Management Ltd.

The National Junior Golf Rankings, introduced in 2016 and sponsored by NDB Wealth Management Ltd, offered a tremendous boost to the juniors, with the top 5 in each age group category awarded a certificate and a SLGU ranking card with the facility to play on all the golf courses in Sri Lanka as a reward. 

The 2017 junior calendar got off to a great start with the P&S Junior Match Play Championship conducted in April and the two regional events in the different age group categories concluding at the Victoria Golf & Country Resort in August and the Nuwara Eliya Golf Club in September 2017. 

The final feature event, the Sri Lanka Junior Championship, brings the curtain down at the Royal Colombo Golf Club in December 2017.

Thereafter, the final rankings for 2017 will be awarded at a gala event hosted by sponsor NDB Wealth Management Ltd. An encouraging total of 70-90 juniors participated in the five categories of different age groups at the recent competitions. The interest and talent certainly augurs well for the future of Sri Lanka golf and we are confident that future champions will emerge. The following top five in each category of the respective groups are given below:

NDB Wealth Management junior golf rankings as at October 2017

Gold Division Age 15-18+ Boys’ Junior Ranking 

• nVinod Weerasinghe – 1,350 points
• nT. Akash – 1,100 points
• nArmand Flamer Caldera – 1,075 points
• nJanuka Dilshan - 950 points

S.D.S. Dilshan - 525 points

Girls Gold & Silver Division Age 12-18+ Girls’ Junior Ranking

1. Taniya Minel - 1,375  points

2. Kayla Perera - 950 points

3. Anelka Desinghe - 775 points

4. Dalhiya Hepshiba - 725 points

5. Iman Sangani - 400 points

Silver Division Age 12-14+ Junior Ranking

• nS. Dhuwarshan (NEGC) - 1,450 points
• nDilshan Malinda (RCGC) - 1,150 points
• nHaroon Aslam (VGCR) – 1,125 points
• nT. Vikash (RCGC) - 750 points
• nS.D.M. Hirushan (RCGC) - 700 points

Bronze Division 10-11+ Junior Ranking

• Nirekh Tejwani - 1,400 points
• Shanal Binushka – 1,050 points
• Yannik Kumara – 950 points
• Sherin Mithara - 825 points
• M.S. Sanjay - 775 points

Copper Division 9+ & Under Junior Ranking

• ReshanAlgama – 1,350 points
• C. Dharaniyan – 1,150 points
• Kvahn Tejwani – 1,100 points
• Keshav Algama - 600 points

K. Kabilash - 500 points