132nd Sri Lanka Amateur Championship 2022

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Youngsters Nirekh and Danushan in to next round

By Shamseer Jaleel at RCGC

The top 16 Gents golfers booked their berth for the knock out stages of the Sri Lanka Golf conducted 132nd Amateur golf tournament which was worked off at the Royal Colombo Golf Club (RCGC) in Colombo. Meanwhile, the 116th Ladies event which is played concurrently for F B De Mel Cup, too reached its semi-final stages.

Top class golfer Amrith de Soysa, young golfers K. Danushan and Nirekh Thejwani, all qualified for the pre-quarter final stages. Meanwhile, Taniya Balasuriya, Anouk Chitty, Shayanika Fernando and Anushya Weerakody qualified for the quarter-final stages.

Two Indian Gents, Varun Murugan and Suraj Doshi too entered the top 16 in this event.

116th Gents Amateur pre-quarter finals

Amrith de Soysa vs Nirekh Tajwani
L. Lowaranve vs Kushal Johnpillai
Varun Murugan (India) vs Nilantha Waidyarathna
K. Danushan vs Rosana Prasad
Chalitha Pushpika vs Suraj Doshi (India)
A. Dhanaranjan vs Chanaka Perera
M. Amarapathma vs Husni Uwise
U. Ranasinghe vs Shamal Perera

116th Ladies amateur quarter-finals

Taniya Balasuriya vs Anashiya Weerakody
Anouk Chitty vs Dhevinka Kanag Isvaran
Shayanika Fernando vs D. Boralessa
Sherin Balasuriya vs Yun Jeong Choi

F B De Mel Cup semi finals

D. Wanasinghe vs Manouri Jayakody
Sumithra Ukwatte vs Dinoo de Mel