All Seeded players through to the Semi’s Jacob Norton beats Varun in thriller on the 20th
The P&S Sri Lanka Junior Golf Match-play championship, sponsored by P&S Bakers group, entered the knock-out stage, with the quarter final matches worked off with the seeded players moving through comfortably bar the thrilling cliff-hanger match between Jacob Norton Seeded 3 in the Silver Division and Varun Fernando (6thSeed) who fought all the way to take the match to the 20th Hole, where Jacob prevailed.
Jacob Norton meets 2nd Seeded H.D. Adithya Weerasinghe (A’pura) who beat T. Deshan 6 & 4 comfortably. The Top Seeded Reshan Algama beat Kaiyan Johnpillai convincingly 7 & 6, and faces 5th Seeded Jevahn Sathasivam who defeated 4th Seeded Keshav Algama with an easy 7 & 6 victory.
In the Gold Division, second seeded Yannik Kumara withdrew after the qualifying round as he is scheduled to play in a tournament overseas and was not included in the match-play draw.
The top seed Haroon Aslam breezed through to the Semi-final pulverizing W.G. Isurur Shimal 9 & 7 and will meet Pranav Muralidharan the 4th seed who handsomely beat an experienced T. Vikash 7 & 6. In the bottom half of the Junior Champion Draw,2nd Seeded K. Danushan smahed Thenuk Sathnidu 8 & 7. He will play third seed Vinuka Weerasinghe who beat Yehan Kenthula 6 & 4.
In the Girls Gold Division Seed # 1 Kaya Daluwatte meets Yehani Perera who received a Walk Over from Dhanushi Wanasinghe. 3rd Seed Dhavinka Kanag-Isvaran beat R.M. Dinumi Sanjana 7 & 6 to set-up the second Semi-final against 2nd Seed Sherin Balasuriya who also received a Walk Over from Sanduni Wanasinghe.
The Bronze Division Semi-Final clash between top seed Thejas Rathis Kanth and Keya Abhayarathne tomorrow will be the feature battle. Keya Abhayarathne defeated Kaitlyn Norton 6 & 5 to set-up the Semi-final match versus the top seed Thejas. In the bottom half of the draw Seed 2 Mohamed Saqeer Zuhar meets 3rd seeded Yehansa Senananayake.
The Copper Division played over nine-holes, Yuvan Rathis Kanth beat L.G. Anuja Methsara 6 & 4 to meet the 2nd Seed Jaeden Sathasivam in one Semi-final whilst in the top half of the draw top seed Danik Daluwatte faces Taalia Silva.
The five semi-final matches scheduled for Thursday 11th August promise to be thrillers with the youngsters soaking in the pressure and performing very well, adapting to the exciting Match-play format, that moulds the character of young golfers.
The Semi-final Matches in all five age group categories, Tee-off early morning on Thursday at the Ridgeways in Colombo.
