Taniya Balasuriya & Nirekh Tejwani Win Sri Lanka Amateur Golf Championships At The Posts, Both
SLG 132nd Sri Lanka Amateur Men’s Golf Championship 2022 & 116th Sri Lanka Ladies Amateur Golf Championship 2022 – Ridgeway Links, Royal Colombo Golf Club – concluded after 06 days
116th Sri Lanka Ladies Amateur Golf Championship 21 participants – 16 made the cut
Q/Finals :
Taniya Balasuriya beat Anashya Weerakkody 8/7
Anouk Chitty beat Dhevinka Kanag Isvaran 4/2
Shayanika Fernando beat Dinuka Boralessa 2up
Sherin Balasuriya beat Yun Jeong Choi 6/5
Semi Finals :
Taniya Balasuriya beat Anouk Chitty 3/2
Sherin Balasuriya beat Shayanika Fernando 5/4
Final :
Taniya Balasuriya beat Sherin Balasuriya 2up
Awards
Leonard Peiris Cup –
Best Gross Score in the 01st Round : Taniya Balasuriya ( 73 Gross )
Firestone / Jepson Cup –
Best Nett Score in the 01st Round : Shayanika Fernando ( 72 Nett )
Lilamani Weeraratne Trophy –
Best Aggregate Gross Score :
over the 02 Rounds – Taniya Balasuriya ( 73+73 – 147 Gross )
Seniors Event – Best Gross Score over the 02 Rounds :
Sumithra Ukwatta ( 98+100 – 198 Gross ).
Seniors Event – Best Nett Score over the 02 Rounds:
Sumithra Ukwatta ( 77+79 – 156 Nett )
F B De Mel Challenge Cup 2022 : Runner Up – Sumithra Ukwatta
Winner – Danushi Wanasinghe
Pin Fernando Trophy – Best Aggregate Nett Score over the 02 Rounds :
Runner Up – Taniya Balasuriya ( 73+74 – 147 Nett )
Winner – Dhevinka Kanag Isvaran (76+70 – 146 Nett )
132nd Sri Lanka Men’s Amateur Golf Championship 66 participants – 16 made the cut The only foreign participation was 02 young Indian Golfers from Bangalore, Varun Murugan & Suraj Joshi.
Quarter Finals :
Nirekh Tejwani beat Kushal Johnpillai 4/3
Kanas Kumar Danushan beat Varun Kumar Murugan 4/3
Chanaka Perera beat Suraj Joshi 24th
Narahenpitage Amarapathma beat Shamal Perera 5/4
Semi Finals :
Nirekh Tejwani beat Kanas Kumar Danushan 5/4
Chanaka Perera beat Narahenpitage Amarapathma 4/3
Final :
Nirekh Tejwani beat Chanaka Perera 3up
Awards
Pin Fernando Trophy – Individual Best Gross Score on the 02nd Round :
Runner Up – Narahenpitage Amarapathma 69 Gross
Winner – Amrith De Soysa 69 Gross BB9
Illankoon Trophy – Individual Best Nett Score in the 01st Round :
Runner Up – Chalitha Pushpika ( 68 Nett )
Winner – Jaya Prakash ( VGC ) ( 68 Nett BB9 )
Victoria Cup – Individual Best Gross Score on the 01st Round :
Runner Up – Amrith De Soysa ( 70 Gross )
Winner – Chalitha Pushpika ( 69 Gross )
Sri Lanka Golf Union Trophy – Individual Best Nett Score on the 02nd Round :
Runner Up – Chalitha Pushpika ( 69 Nett BB9 )
Winner – Jagendran Danaranjan ( VGC ) ( 68 Nett )
132nd Sri Lanka Men’s Amateur Golf Championship 2022 :
Runner Up – Chanaka Perera
Winner – Nirekh Tejwani
The Sri Lanka Amateur Golf Championship is the 02nd oldest Amateur Golf Championship in the world. The 142 year old Royal Colombo Golf Club – the 02nd oldest Golf Club to receive the” Royal ” dignity outside that of the United Kingdom – is the 02nd oldest Royal Ancient Golf Course in Asia after the Royal Calcutta course, which is 175 years old.
Report / Photos courtesy : Duminda De Zoysa ( SLGU )Mahinda Perera ( RCGC )
