HONG KONG, 5 Jan 2015, (HK Golfer News Wire) - Still on a high from his play-off win in the AmBank SportExcel International Junior Championships in Malaysia, D’Souza returned to Hong Kong to lead his HKGA team to victory in the 16th Junior Golf Team Championship at Hong Kong Golf Club. A few days later the 16-year-old claimed a seven-shot win in the HKGA Winter Junior Championship at the Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course.
Two rounds of 69 on the New Course at Fanling helped D’Souza’s HKGA team win the Dr George Choa Cup in the Junior Golf Team Championship, a two-day invitational event for teams across Hong Kong and southern China. D’Souza (138) was backed up by fellow national team players Isaac Lam (146), Michael Regan Wong (149) and Vivian Lee (153) as they stormed to a 13-shot winning margin over the second-placed Shenzhen Golf Association team.
In the Winter Junior Championship, D’Souza and Lee claimed the boys’ and girls’ title respectively over 36 holes on Kau Sai Chau’s North Course. D’Souza (145) fired the tournament’s only sub-par round of 70 on day two to win by seven over Yue Yin-Ho (152) while 15-year-old Lee (159) narrowly defeated Queenie Lai Ying-Tung (161).
The Hong Kong Schools Holiday Competition saw boys and girls aged 12 and under in action at Hong Kong Golf Club’s Deep Water Bay nine-hole course. 11-year-old Joshua Chu from Lam Tin Methodist Primary School carded the lowest score of the day with a two-round 66.
Leading final scores:
Hong Kong Schools Holiday Competition (Aged 12 and under):
Boys 11-12 Gross: 66 – Joshua Chu (LTMPS); 67 – Jackson Chong Chi-Chuen (DBS). Girls 11-12 Gross: 71 – Tiffany Wu (Pui Kiu); 72 – Stephanie Wong Lok-Yin (AIS). Boys 8-10 Gross: 35 – Julius Yang (St. Paul CP); 36 – Pan Chun-Shing (Magdalen). Girls 8-10 Gross: 33 – Chloe Chan Cheuk-Yee (KGV); 43 – Tiffany Chan San-Yu (DGJ), Chloris Li (SSCPS), Charlene Chung (FIS).
16th Dr George Choa Cup Junior Golf Team Championship:
433 – HKGA-1 (Leon D’Souza 69 69, Isaac Lam 75 71, Vivian Lee 77 76, Michael Regan Wong 73 76); 446 – SZGA (Chen Ge-Yi 78 74, Hui Yu-Heng 77 72, Li Bo-Zhou 75 74, Yang Manlixiang 74 86); 455 – HKGA-2 (Lucas Lam 79 74, Emily Vickie Leung 84 75, Fritz Lo 76 76, Justin Lok 75 76).
HKGA Winter Junior Championship: Overall Boys:
145 – Leon D’Souza 75 70; 152 – Yue Yin-Ho 76 76; 154 – Taiga Iwasa 75 79. Overall Girls: 159 – Vivian Lee 84 75; 161 – Queenie Lai Ying-Tung 84 77; 162 – Gabrielle Desombre 81 81.