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Yannik Kumara and Kaya Daluwatte win Junior Open Golf titles
Yannik Kumara and Kaya Daluwatte won the boys’ and girls’ Gold Division titles respectively at the 13th Sri Lanka Junior Open Golf Championship concluded at the Royal Colombo Golf Course on December 21.
Yannik Kumara was fresh after winning the100th Royal Colombo Open Men’s club championship and was in no mood to let his guard down and cantered over the finish line with impressive scores of 69,69,and 69 to be six under in the Gold Division. Nirekh Tejwani was placed second. Young Tejwani, a vastly improved golfer returned a card of 72,73, and 71. The third place was secured by K. Dhanushan returning scores of 71,71, and 77.
In the girls’ category, Kaya Daluwatte, romped home easily with scores of 74,72 and 77 to win the Gold Division for girls, 16 shots ahead of her closest rival Sherin Balasuriya, who returned cards of 78,82 and 79. Third position was secured by Devinka Kanag-Iswaran 90,90 and 89.
While Reshan Algama won the Silver Division, Thejas Rathis Kanth and Revaan Amarasinghe were the winners of the Bronze and Copper Divisions respectively.
The 13th Sri Lanka Junior Open Golf Championships organized by Sri Lanka Golf Union and sponsored by Prima Sunrise Bread was conducted at Royal Colombo Golf Course over three days. “Despite the setback of junior golfers being unable to practice due to Covid 19, the golf dished out was of a high standard,” the Sri Lanka Golf Union said in a statement.
Prima Sunrise Bread has sponsored the Junior Golf Open for the 13th consecutive year underscoring their commitment and importance in promoting golf amongst juniors in Sri Lanka. “Sri Lanka Golf owes a great deal to Prima Sunrise Bread for supporting Junior Golf in Sri Lanka through the years. Young golfers continue to rise- up to the challenge and lift their game as evidenced over the past 13 years. We thank Shan Tien Shing, General Manager of Prima who has been a tower of strength to us as well as Sajith Gunaratne, Dep. General Manager of Ceylon Agro Industries (Prima Group) for his unstinted assistance,” Niloo Jayatilleke, Chairperson of Sri Lanka Golf Junior Sub Committee was quoted as having said.
“Golf in Sri Lanka is on an upward trend as seen by the performances of the juniors. The future tournaments culminating with the Junior Olympics in 2026 is a milestone for these young golfers to have in mind. I am confident that our golfers will continue to do well. Our thanks go out to Prima Group,” Michael Perera Magala, President Sri Lanka Golf Union was quoted as having said.
Shan Tien Shing, Michael Perera Magala, Ranil Peiris and Lal Wickrematunge gave away the awards.
Sai Kasturiratne and Brig. Nanda Hathurusinghe (retd), were the referees in attendance.
The Sri Lanka Cricket Selection Panel has named the following squads for the upcoming Tri-Nation ‘A’ Series and the Four-Day Series.
The Tri-Nation One-Day Series, featuring Sri Lanka ‘A’, India ‘A’, and Afghanistan ‘A’, will be played at the Rangiri Dambulla International Cricket Stadium (RDICS), Dambulla, commencing on 9 June 2026.
The Four-Day Series between Sri Lanka ‘A’ and India ‘A’ will be played at the Galle International Cricket Stadium (GICS), Galle, with the first match scheduled to begin on 25 June 2026.
The Sri Lanka Cricket Selection Panel has selected the following squads to play in the West Indies Emerging Tour of Sri Lanka 2026.
The West Indies and Sri Lanka emerging teams will play two four-day games and three one-day games during the bilateral contest.
The tour will begin on the 8th of June with the first four-day game at MRICS, Hambantota, while the second four-day game will start on the 15th of June at the same venue.
One-day games will be played on the 22nd, 24th, and 26th of June.
The first two one-day games will be played at the SSC, and the final at the NCC.
A two-member ICC delegation that visited Dhaka earlier this week will report its findings and observations to the governing body. According to an ICC media release, directors Dr Mohammed Moosajee and Tavengwa Mukuhlani engaged with “a range of stakeholders to review developments linked to the BCB”.
Moosajee and Mukuhlani arrived in Dhaka on June 1, after which they met BCB’s ad-hoc committee members, including president Tamim Iqbal. The pair also met with members of the BCB’s election commission, with the polls scheduled to be held on June 7.
ESPNcricinfo has learned that the delegation also met with BCB directors who had resigned from the previous board. Among the directors who didn’t resign, Asif Akbar and Ahsan Iqbal Chowdhury were in the group that also met the ICC delegation in a separate meeting on June 2.
Afterwards, Aminul Islam, the former Bangladesh captain who was the BCB president until April, claimed that they urged the ICC to not recognise any election conducted by or under the authority of the ad-hoc committee on June 7 or at any other time. Aminul, who still considers himself the BCB president, said that the BCB’s ad-hoc committee should correct their May 31 press release regarding the ICC delegations’ visit to Bangladesh.
Meanwhile, Bangladesh’s High Court rejected a writ petition that challenged the legality of the election schedule and voter list for the upcoming BCB elections on June 7.
The bench of Justice Bhishmadev Chakrabortty and Justice Md Ashif Hasan passed the rejection order stating that the petition was not presented properly before it. The petition was filed on May 18, a month and a bit after the country’s sports ministry dissolved the BCB’s board of directors on April 7. They appointed an 11-member ad-hoc committee led by Tamim, the former Bangladesh captain, on the same day.
[Cricinfo]
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