Colombo International School for the first time emerged victorious at the NDB Wealth Junior Golf School Team Event through their duo of Reshan Algama and Kvahn Tejwani who out-shone a field of 21 schools and 96 golfers at the event worked off on August 8 at the Royal Colombo Golf Club.
They beat players from British School, Royal College, S. Thomas’ College Mount Lavinia, D.S. Senanayake College, St. Peter’s College, Ladies College, Sri Jayawardanapura BalikaVidyalaya, President’s College Kotte, Killinochchi Central College, Senarathwela Maha Vidyalaya Digana, Trinity College, Isipathana College, Springfield College, Susumayawardena Vidyalaya, Asoka College, RAZ International School, Good Rest Convent, Holy Trinity College, IBS College Nuwara Eliya, Keynesia International School, Our Lady’s Primary School, Lyceum International School Nuwara Eliya, OKI International School, Paynter Memorial School, Ecol International, Mahaberiyatanna Tamil Vidyalaya, Central College Anuradhapura, Walisinghe Harischandra Maha Vidyalaya, Niwaththakachetiya Maha Vidyalaya and St.Xavier’s College.
The main purpose of the tournament was to popularise and promote the sport among young boys and girls in the country as spearheaded by the new head of the Sri Lanka Golf Union Air Chief Marshal Harsha Abeywickrama and according to the organisers the initial sparks of the drive was there to be seen by all. “I congratulate Colombo International School for winning the first-ever Junior Golf School Team Event and hope that this would be a start to what games like rugby and cricket have achieved”, said Niloo Jayatilleke the chairperson of the Junior Sub Committee of Sri Lanka Golf. Financial backer of the tournament NDB believes that it won’t be long before some of the winners go on to represent Sri Lanka and even win medals. “We are making this significant and strategic investment to bolster national interest in junior golf, which we feel is very important since we believe it is Sri Lanka’s best chance to bring home Gold at a future Olympics,” said Prabodha Samarasekera, CEO of NDB Wealth Management.
The winners:
School Team Event:
Colombo International School
(Reshan Algama and Kvahn
Tejwani)
Individual Events:
Reshan Algama
Overall Winner:
Vinod Weerasinghe
Senior boys category :
(Aged over 12 years and
under 19 years)
Taniya Balasuriya
Senior girls category:
(Aged over 12 years and
under 19 years)
Reshan Algama
Junior boys category
(aged 12 years and below)
Kaya Daluwatte
Junior girls category
(aged 12 years and below)