Big Indian squad at U.S. Kids Euro Champs, Chaitanya tops his event

By Rahul Banerji

A sizeable Indian contingent is currently in Scotland for the European Championship 2019 of U.S. Kids Golf with Chaitanya Pandey of Delhi taking first place in the boys seven years and under section at the Longniddry Golf Course with a 6-under par score.

In all, 32 children in 13 age groups have travelled to the East Lothian area of Scotland for the championship that is being held in 16 categories being played on six courses – Longniddry, Musselburgh Golf Club, Craigielaw Golf Club, Royal Musselburgh Golf Club, Renaissance Golf Club and the Glen Golf Club.

Others who have done well so far include Lavanya Gupta who is tied for first place in the girls 11 years event on a 2-under par total after two rounds at Royal Musselburgh.

On the rise

In the boys 9 years category, Arshvant Srivastava climbed 19 places to tied seventh with an under-par second round. In the same group is Jeev Milkha Singh’s son Harjai with his father on the bag.

Chaitanya, whose group played over nine holes, had a total of 6-under 102, two ahead of South Africa’s Lee Foxcroft. In the same event, Priaan Kantawala of Mumbai was seventh with a 1-over 109.

Mumbai’s Nishna Patel, Ragini Navet of Delhi and Natasha Jaichandra of Bangalore were fifth, sixth and seventh in the girls 13-14 age category.

Detailed results will follow overnight.

Groupings:

Boys 7 and under (9 holes, Longniddry Golf Course): Chaitanya Pandey (Delhi) and Priaan Kantawala (Mumbai)

Boys 8 years (9 holes, Longniddry Golf Course): Rayan Sao (Kolkata), Suhaan Shah (Adalaj, Gujarat), Darshit Chaurasia (Kolkata) and Devvrat Singh Rajawat (Jaipur)

Boys 9 years (18 holes, The Musselburgh Golf Club): Arshvant Srivastava (Noida), Neil Jolly (Mohali), Sohang Har Kantor (Noida), Jay Handa (Noida) and Harjai Milkha Singh (Chandigarh),

Boys 10 years (Craigielaw Golf Club, 18 holes): Ranveer Mitroo (Delhi), Ayan Dubey (Noida), Anshh Dubey (Noida) and Udai Aditya Middha (Delhi)

Boys 11 years (Craigielaw Golf Club, 18 holes): Ivan Jolly (Mohali) and Aditya Khaitan (Kolkata). Also Arav (Arrow) Shah of Melbourne currently based out of Noida).

Boys 12 years (18 holes, Glen Golf Club): Kuldeep Dhesi (Patiala)

Boys 13 years (18 holes, Royal Musselburgh Golf Club): Garv Lakshmani (Kolkata) and Jai Bahal (Gurgaon)

Boys 14 years (18 holes, Glen Golf Club): Ramayush Ray (Kolkata)

Boys 15-18 years (18 holes, The Renaissance Club): Kaushal Bagrodia (Kolkata) and Ronav Patel (Mumbai)

Girls 9 years (9 holes, Longniddry Golf Course): Asara Sawhney (Delhi), Rhea Kumar (Delhi) and Parnika Sharma (Noida)

Girls 10 years (18 holes, Royal Musselburgh Golf Club): Verushka Shah (Adalaj, Gujarat)

Girls 11 years (18 holes, Royal Musselburgh Golf Club): Serena Khanna (Delhi) and Lavanya Gupta (Delhi)

Girls 13-14 years (18 holes, Musselburgh Golf Club): Natasha Jaichandra (Bangalore), Nishna Patel (Mumbai) and Ragini Navet (Delhi)

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