Kaya Daluwatte and Reshan Algama shoot under par to lead girls gold and boys silver divisions

SRI LANKA JUNIOR OPEN GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP 2022

The Sri Lanka Junior Open Golf Championship 2022, Sponsored by PRIMA SUNRISE BREAD teed-Off at the RCGC with over 70 juniors playing in five different Age group Categories.

14 year old Kaya Daluwatte fired a fantastic one under par opening round to lead the Girls division by five strokes from Dhevinka Kanag-Iswaran who returned a solid 5 over par.

K. Dhanushan, last years Runner-up in the Boys Gold division grabbed the lead on day one with a 2 over par 73 five strokes clear of the defending champion Yannik Kumara and Nirekh Tejwani who shared the second spot on 78.

Reshan Algama fired a brilliant 3 under par 68 in the boys silver division to lead the field from Thejas Rathis Kanth in second place on 76, followed by H. D. Adithya Weerasinghe 77, the rising talent from Anuradhapura.

In the Bronze Division L.G. Anuja Methsara 89, took the lead from Kaitlyn Norton 90 followed by Aaradhi Samaratne 95.

Revaan Amarasinghe with a well compiled nine-hole score of 39 took a clear six stroke lead from Danik Daluwatte and Yuva Rathis Kanth jointly on 45, in the 09 & under age group Copper Division.

Mihneli Herat , Richard Magala, W.D.V.K. Schofield, Siyoon Lee, W. Dhyana Perera and Virulaka Abeywickrama made their Tournament debut starting their golfing career at a tender age. All debutants performed creditably including 17 juniors from Ananda College starting off their Golfing journey in the Prima Sunrise Bread Sri Lank Junior Open Golf Championship 2022.