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Club News “Golf is Magical” is what the junior champions roared as the two-day tournament ‘Jyoti Randhawa Junior Golf Championship’ concluded with the legendary golfer Mr. Jyoti Randhawa at the prestigious Classic Golf and Country Club. The Championship is a promise to promote talent and a long term association with the Ultimate Golf Junior Tour to create future Olympians for the country. Mr. Jyoti Randhawa, Mr. SSP Chawrasia and the Ultimate Foundation will sponsor four kids to compete in the World Championship. The winners will get to compete with some of the best junior golfers in the world at the U.S Kids World/ Teen World championship at Pinehurst, North Carolina, U.S.A. This tournament attracts over 2800 of the best junior golfers from over 70 countries across the globe. According to Mr. Jyoti Randhawa, “I Giving it back to the game think the future of golf is the juniors and these tournaments are a great platform to encourage the juniors. When I used to play, I was the only junior golfer in my club but now you can see hundreds of juniors in various golf courses. And I think we have enough doctors and engineers in the country, it’s time we have some sportsmen now and build some world class golfers.” Final day of the tournament concluded with the prize distribution which had the presence of Mr. B. Hariharan, Managing Director of Classic Golf and Country Club, Mr. Keshav Kumar, General Manager of Classic Golf and Country Club and Mr. Jyoti Randhawa. WINNER BOYS: Devvrat .S. Rajawat (7 yrs), Kartik Singh (8 years), Anshul Mishra (9 Years), Naveen Rathi (10 Years), Gurnavjeet .S. Bhatia (11 Years), Jujhar Singh (12 Years), Jai Bahl (13 Years), Siddharth Kaul (14 Years), Saurav Rathi (15-18 years) WINNER GIRLS: Shelin Raj (7 & Below), Pall Singala (8 years), Prarthana Khanna (9 Years), Lakshita Prakhya (10 Years), Jayati Karia (13 Years), Jahnavi Prakhya (14 Years), Himadri Singh (15-18 years). IGU North-Zone Feeder tour - 5th Event at RBGC, Nainital T he ¿ fth event of IGU Sub-Junior/ Junior Feeder tour was held at RBGC Nainital from the 29 to the 31 of May 2018 with 81 players participating. For the ¿ rst time an IGU event was organized in Nainital, for promoting golf among juniors and to provide the required tournament exposure for emerging players. Participants from places like Chandigarh, Gurgaon, New Delhi, Noida, Dehradun and Jallandhar were seen. His Excellency the Governor of Uttarakhand H’ble Dr. KK Paul, appreciated the efforts of The Indian Golf Union in holding its maiden tournament at RBGC Nainital. He added “I congratulate Indian Golf Union for their admirable efforts in boosting gol¿ ng activities in the country and look forward to continued cooperation with the RBGC in the future too”. The tournament was a great success as highlighted by Col Sah in his thanks giving speech during the prize distribution ceremony. He expressed his con¿ dence in the efforts of IGU in promoting Junior Golf in the country and was of the opinion that India might very soon be producing high quality international golfers with players getting competitive edge from a very young age. Category A- Boys: 1st: Yash Chaudhary, 2nd: Anish Nangia, 3rd: Anuj Kumar Dubey Category B- Boys: 1st: Purnayush Mangal, 2nd: Himanshu Nagar, 3rd: Divyansh Dubey Girl: 1st Harbin K. Jawanda, 2nd Khushi Dawar, 3rd- Avni Singh Category C- Boys: 1st: Daanish Chauhan, 2nd: Harshit Khatri. L, 3rd: Vihaan Anand Reddy and Ayush Pannu Category D- Boys: 1st: Vihaan Malhotra, 2nd: Suryaansh Gulati, 3rd: Kanav Chauhan Girls - 1st: Lavanya Gupta, 2nd: Nora Beniwal, 3rd: Niyati Dhillon Category E- Boys: Jay Handa, 2nd: Rannvijay S. Gill, 3rd: Arjunveer Shishir Girls: 1st: Mahika Garg, 2nd: Keerat K. Hans GolfPlus Junior August-September 2018 33