Golf: Pin Fernando 2018 quarter-finalists found

Top seed Mahendra Jayasekara was beaten in pre-quarter-final of the Pin Fernando Trophy 2018 by youngster Zaffar Sikkander as the eight quarter-finalists of the competition were picked today (19).

The prestigious annual board event for the Pin Fernando Trophy for Men and Pam Fernando Trophy for Ladies played at the Royal Colombo Golf Club (RCGC) and sponsored by the family business UTE Engineering is played in the memory of the legendary, Late Pin Fernando the Match-play champ of Sri Lanka and his Late wife Pam Fernando who was recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records as the oldest to win a National Championship – Sri Lanka Ladies Amateur Championship.

The Pin Fernando Trophy match-play stage was set alight with the top seeded Jayasekera beaten by young rising star Sikkander 1 up. 

The 2017 winner Vinod Weerasinghe did not take part this year and in his absence there are two youngsters through to the quarter-finals, namely Sikkander and Armand Flamer Caldera, the youngest qualifier, who could make a bid for the Trophy. 

The 2017 Pin Fernando Trophy runner-up Tyronne Weerackody had a tough encounter to overcome the Captain of the RCGC Avancka Herath. 

In an entertaining tight match Tyronne beat Captain Herath on the 19th, the first sudden death hole after being all-square after eighteen. 

The quarter-finals of both Pam Fernando Trophy and the Pin Fernando Trophy look very competitive and some good golf is expected.

Pin Fernando Trophy 2018 - Results of Top 16 Match Play 

1: Zaffar Sikkander beat Mahendra Jayasekera - 1 up

2: Manjuka Chandrasoma beat Gamini Jayaweera - 1 up

3: Armand Flamer Caldera beat Suren Waas - 6 and 5

4: Rohan J. Perera beat Darren Hall - 4 and 3

5: Rohan de Silva beat Kapila Dandeniya - 3 and 2

6: Gehan Siribaddana beat Afflli Raheem - 3 and 2

7: Tyronne Weerackody beat Avancka Herath - 19th

8: Riahn Peiris beat Chamath J. Kulasinghe - 5 and 4