Sri Lanka-born Yevin to carry Queen’s Baton
View(s):Fourteen-year-old Yevin Samararatne born in Sri Lanka, migrated with his parents in year 2005 has been nominated to take the Queens Relay baton at 10.45.a.m Queensland time from Beenleigh.
The live telecast would be on Channel 7.
Now a young golfer, Yevin has grown in leaps and bounds in the past few years. Today, amateur-turned-professionals and caddie-turned-pros are making their mark at the international level. The 14-year-old has emerged winner at many state and national golf championships in Australia.
“We were living close to the Logan Golf Range. It was a common sight to see players indulge in practices on the course while we were passing by. One day we dropped in at the course with my plastic golf clubs. A coach came up to me and my family after he had observed my swing and told us that I possess a great swing. This prompted me to pursue golf as a career,” Yevin recalls.
Yevin has also been qualified to be selected for the Greg Norman Junior Masters at the Palmer Colonial and Palmer Gold Coast Golf Clubs. He was recently named the Queensland School Boys Captain at the National All Schools Championship which was held at Murray Bridge, South Australia from December 8 to 10 2017.Yevin has since participated in a number of golf tournaments from January 2018 to date….All Sri Lankans should be proud of .
Sunil Thenabadu