Januka Dilshan Wins Coveted National Title

December 26, 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 andPrashan Peiris was placed second with 233. Closely followed by T. Akashand DhanaRanjan from Kandy, both with a total score of 234 to take third and fourth place.

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 youngsterK 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 LevonNiyarepola on total score of 201 came fourth. We saw much competition in this category on the final day and juniors who showed promise were SherinBalasuriya, TiennKapilasena 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. NimalPiyaratne – 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. DhanaRanjan 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)