The Junior Match-Play Golf Championship for the Rukmini Kodagoda Trophy, is the only Match-play Tournament for the junior golfers. The Match-play format is a test of character, skill and temperament which are unique features for a top professional golfer.
The British Amateur Championship is the oldest in the Match-play format first played in 1881 and is followed by the Ceylon Amateur Golf Championship which is the second oldest Match-play tournament in the world.
Thanks to the generous sponsorship of P & S Bakers the Junior Match-play Golf Championship is being played for the seventh year attracting over 70 entries in five age group categories.
The Perera & Sons group have supported the development and progress of junior Golf development and are the proud Sponsors of the JUNIOR GOLF MATCH PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP, played in the memory of the Late Rukmuni Kodagoda, a member of the P&S Bakers family business and a revered double international representing Sri Lanka in Tennis and Golf.
Haroon Aslam fired a 4 under par 67 to claim the top seed position in the Match-play draw in the Gold Division for the Rumkini Kodagoda Trophy. Yannik Kumara and K. Danushan of Nuwara Eliya Golf Club carded even par 71 to gain the 2nd and 3rd seed in the Match-play draw of the top eight qualifiers.
Kaya Daluwatte returned a 1 over par 73 in the Girls Gold Division to be seeded # 1 whilst Sherin Mithara is seeded # 2 with the second-best card in the Girls Age Category of 15 – 18+.
Reshan Algama secured the top seed position with a 76 in the Silver Division from Jacob Norton and Adithya Weerasinghe (Anuradhapura) who shared second with a card of 80. The Bronze Division had a clear Top Seed with Thejas Rathis Kanth on 61 from 2nd placed Mohamed Saqeer Zuhar on 91.
In the Boys & Girls age group 09+ & under for the Copper Division, played over 9 holes, Danik Daluwatte led the seeding with 50, closely followed by Jaeden Sathasivam 54, Yuva Rathis Kanth 54, Anuja Methsara 56 and Taalia Silva the only girl in the field with57, promising to be a closely fought out battle for the Copper Division winner.
