Prima Sunrise Bread to sponsor Sri Lanka Junior Open Golf (SLJOG)
tourney 2014
This year's Sri Lanka Junior Open Golf Championship, sponsored by
Prima Sunrise Bread for the seventh consecutive year, will be held from
15 to 17 December at the Royal Colombo Golf Club, morning play.
The inaugural Sri Lanka Junior Open was held in 1968 which was won by
Miss. Druki Fernando It is the most prestigious tournament for young
golfers in Sri Lanka and over 70 players are expected to battle it out
for top honours indicating the growing popularity of the sport in the
country.
It is a tournament that is open to both boys and girls under the age
of 18 years and is the most prestigious tournament in the golfing
calendar.
The tournament is conducted by the Sri Lanka Golf Union who uses it
as a platform to identify potential talent to play at national level.
Past champions at this tournament who have achieved professional
status are Nandesena Perera and Anura Rohana who also won Silver Medals
at the Asian Games, Mithun Perera, winner of the Asia Pacific Golf
Championship, Lalith Kumara and Tissa Chandradasa. Also golfers such as
Binupa Wijesinghe, Alain Gyi, Ranil Peiris, Rusi Captain have all gone
on to become Sri Lanka's top golfers, to name a few on the boys side.
On the girls side, Thuhashi Selvaratnam, Dhinuka Boralessa, Anuk
Chanmugam, Niloo Fernando and Dhanushi Senadhira have gone to play at
national level.
Last year's winner was 18 year-old Sachin de Silva of Royal Colombo
Golf Club.
This event will be conducted according to the following age groups;
15-17 years (Gold Division), 11-14 years (Silver Division) and 10 years
and under (Bronze Division).
The overall winner will be declared the Sri Lanka Junior National
Golf Champion for the year 2014. Prima Sunrise is the main sponsor of
this tournament and will provide nutrition for all players during the
tournament. The brand has been committed to building a long term
relationship with the SLGU and been a key driver in promoting the sport
among youth and uplifting the standard of junior golf in Sri Lanka.
The commitment to the development of the sport has been extended to
broad base regionally and thus scheduled to sponsor Regional Junior
Opens in Kandy and Nuwara Eliya in the coming year 2015.
This year's tournament is likely to see the talents of Lamidu Rainika,
Ishira Fernando, Tania Balasuriya, Sathsara Dilshan, Hiruna Siegera,
Armand Flamer-Caldera, Vinod Weerasinghe, S Flamin, S Praveenraj, Arun
Aslam, Mahisha Hirushan and Tienn Kapilasena battling for the top spots.
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