MIRI: Thailand’s Pranai Reankrai and Namon Luangnitikul emerged as the overall champions of the 23rd Sarawak Premier Cup Sarawak International Junior Golf Championship after impressive performances at Eastwood Valley Golf & Country Club on Thursday (July 16).
Pranai dominated the Boys A division from start to finish, carding rounds of 72 and 71 for a two-round total of one-under-par 143.
His victory also earned him the prestigious Sarawak Chief Minister’s Cup.
The championship was reduced to 36 holes after the final round was abandoned at about noon due to heavy rain.
Jarvis Liew Zun Xin of Malaysia’s National Junior Development Programme (NJDP) finished runner-up on 149, while Sri Lanka’s Kaiyan Jai Algama Bede Johnpillai took third on 152 after edging Sarawak NJDP elite golfer Joshua Lim Zhi Xing on countback.
NJDP’s Mohamad Danish Mohamad Rizal claimed the Boys Special title with a total of 144, while China’s Zhang Aoran captured the Boys B crown on 150. Thailand’s Henry James Anderson won the Boys C championship on 232.
Namon completed a memorable Thai double by clinching the overall girls’ title after producing rounds of 70, 74 and 72 in the Girls B division for a winning total of 216. Her opening-round two-under-par 70 remained the tournament’s best round by any female competitor.
NJDP golfers swept the Girls A podium, with Nurlyana Yasmin Ruzkinain winning the title on 219, one stroke ahead of Ngo Yi Belle, while Amelia Lee finished third on 222.
China’s Xu Shiman secured the Girls C title on 227.
In the team competition, Thailand won the boys’ team title through Pranai, Zhang and Charles James Anderson, while the NJDP quartet of Ngo, Nurlyana, Adianna Prewa Sim and Bernice Hwang captured the girls’ team championship.
