Inaugurated in 2014 this annual tournament is scheduled to be held at the Royal Colombo Golf Club from 6th to 9th April 2015.
The event will once again be sponsored by Perera & Sons Bakers Ltd the family company of the late Ms. Rukmini Kodagoda. Ruki as she was popularly known established herself as one of Sri Lanka’s talented sports women having won national titles and represented Sri Lanka in both tennis and golf. The Sri Lanka Golf Union has been able to introduce the match play format to the juniors with this committed sponsorship of P & S. The inaugural tournament was won by Prashan Peiris of S Thomas College.
This year the Sri Lanka Golf Union has added a new dimension by announcing a National Ranking System for Junior Golf starting with those playing in the qualifying round being eligible to gain points for National Ranking. Hence the event becomes more prestigious this year and will continue to do so.
The SLGU has now focussed much more on developing junior golfers in Sri Lanka which has resulted in introducing a new Copper Division whilst upgrading the Bronze Division.
The tournament will be played over four days and will comprise of four age groups as follows:
· 15-17 years (Overall/Gold Division),
· 12-14 years (Silver Division),
· 10 -11years (Bronze Division)
· 9 years and under (Copper Division).
The manner of play would be based on a qualifying stroke play round whereby the best eight qualify to play match play knock out. There would be many prizes on offer such as best gross score on qualifying round and plate winner for non-qualifier’s on day 2 best gross score. We are likely to see new talent blossom among the juniors who show aptitude for match play format.
Last year’s divisional winners were: Gold division – Prashan Peiris, Silver Division – Hiruna Sigera and Bronze Division – Manisha Hirushan. This year we are likely to see stiff competition from Armand Flamer Caldera, D. Dhanranjan, S. Flamin, Tien Kapilasena, Taniya Balasuriya, Sathsara Dilshan in their respective age group categories.
