‘The Kolkata Junior & Amateur 2024’, the 8th leg of the IGU Eastern India Amateur Feeder Tour and the 7th leg for Juniors, took place at Tollygunge Club in Kolkata on June 12th and 13th. In the Junior Category, Varish Mohta won in both the A & B Boys as well as B Boys categories with a total scoreline of 148 across both days of play, he was followed by Dishan Ghosh (163) in A & B Boys and Andrew Baid (169) in the B Boys Category who secured the runners up position respectively. The C Boys category was won by Aryanak Chakrobarty playing 22 over par and Krishiv Rungta secured the 2nd position. Aryaman Rungta made a comeback in the D Boys category and secured 1st place, followed by Ayushman Sana who came second, it was a close contest in the D Boys category as Aryaman Rungta clinched the trophy by playing 4 strokes less as compared to Ayushman Sana. Dhanvi Patel emerged victorious in the A & B Girls Category playing 29 over par and Kassish Khanna followed next with scores of 186. The D Girls Category witnessed a comeback by Myra Kaur Chandok to secure first position with Hissi Besra as the runner-up. In the E Boys & Girls categories, Jayansh Lakhotia and Anaisha Agrawal finished first respectively. Yugaansh Agarwal came second in the E Boys category.
In the Amateur Category, Anshul Mishra has yet again dominated and was victorious playing 3 under par across both days of play. He has maintained his position in WAGR as well. Gurmehr Bindra (145) secured 2nd position in the Amateur category. Abhishek Mitra finished first in the Mid-Amateur playing 8 over par and was followed by Colonel JP Singh in 2nd place with a scoreline of 158. In the Ladies Category, Anahaat Bindra was victorious with a score of 152. BV Srihari Rao (179) and Dhananjoy Bose (183) secured the 1st and the 2nd place respectively in the Senior category. In the Super Senior Category, Pradip Das emerged victorious followed by Captain Rana Chatterjee as the Runner up. G Suresh Sharma and Sumit Banerjee came 1st and 2nd respectively in the NETT Category.
In the WAGR Round, Anshul Mishra shot a splendid score of 203 playing 7 under par across three days of play. Gurmehr Bindra scored 6 over par to claim second place. It was a close contest for the 2nd place between Gurmehr Bindra and Rudraksha Banerjee and things were tied down to the last hole where Gurmehr Bindra emerged victorious by playing 2 strokes less than Rudraksha Banerjee.