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Straight sets victory for Korea Sri Lanka Junior Women spikers went down to a strong outfit from Korea 3-sets to nil in their third engagement at the 9th Asian Women's Junior Volleyball Championships on Thursday. At the end of the game the scores read 15-1, 15-2, 15-2. In a another group A game Thailand defeated Malaysia also with same margin 3-0. (15-2, 15-7, 15-6) In Group 'B' matches Vietnam defeated Singapore 3-0 (15-7, 15-2, 15-6) while Japan overcame Australia 3 sets to 1 (15-3, 12-15, 15-3, 15-2) Japans Australia game which went on for four sets lasted for one hour and thirty five minuts the longest game seen so far in this tournament. Korea and Thailand obtaining 6 points each from three preliminary round games heads the Group A while in Group B China and Australia also with 6 points from same number of games are placed right on top. Sri Lanka is positioned at the bottom of Group A. while Singapore is stuck in the bottom of Group 'B'. Matches for today are as follows Taipe Vs Vietnam Galle CC registered a first innings win over Tamil Union in their Under 23 cricket fixture at Sara Stadium yesterday. Tamil Union 133 (I Ariyaratna 47, R. Tissera 27, T. Indika 3/47, V. Perera 4/28) and 24 for no loss. Galle CC. 175 (D.Sudharshana 22, B. Ratnayake 21, V. Perera 20, S. Weerakoon 4/48, Gayan Wijekoon 3/32). The BRC vs Antonians game at BRC grounds Havelock Road ended in a no decision. Anthonians 37, (J. Perera 23, C. Samarasinghe 38, C. Kumar 34, C. Thenuwara 35 n.o. H. Perera 3/25, K. Madugalle 3/54 S. Rajapakse 2/56). BRC 107/7 (M. Hettiarachchi 31, S. Hashim 21 n.o. C. Samarasinghe 2/25, S. Joseph 2/13). At Bloomfield grounds too the match ended in a no decision when rain halted play before the scheduled close. Bloomfield 226 (B. de Silva 49. T. Guneratne 75, Hemantha Boteju 3/55, Arshad Junaid 4/59). CCC 107/5 (Bradman Ediriweera 26, Roshan Wimalawansa 24 n.o, J. Silva 24 n.o, B. de Silva 3/22). SSC playing against Kurunegala YCC at SSC grounds had to content with a no decision again Avishka Gunewardena scored a brilliant century for SSC when he had 19 fours and 3 sixes. He and Shantha Kalawitigoda (99) put on a opening stand worth 222 runs for SSC. SSC 259/2 dec. (A. Gunawardena 133, S. Kalawitigoda 99) Kurunegala YCC 218 for 4 at close (DR) For
Brig. Hapugalle Trophy Pizza Hut Invitation Schools Basketball Tournament for Brig. S. D. N. Hapugalle trophy 1998 will be conducted from September 30 upto October 5 when the finals of this tournament will be held. This tournament, which has been organised by the Sri Lanka Schools Basketball Association will be staged for the seventh successive year. It was first mooted by Brig. Hapugalle who was one time Chairman of the Basketball Association. Mrs. Kumari Perera, Chairperson of the Schools Basketball Association addressing a press conference in this regard last Thursday, said that this tournament to be played on a semi-league basis, will have a total number of 24 schools from all over the country participating. She said that a special feature in this year’s tournament is the participation of a prestigious school from India, namely Doon School Deharadun New Delhi. Too see them taking part in this invitation Basketball tournament will be a great opportunity for not only the basketball playing students of Sri Lanka, but a rare treat for fans as well. The Chairperson of the schools Basketball Association said that when the children of international schools were suddenly deprived of the right of participation in sports competitions organised by the Ministry of Sports, Brig. Hapugalle who was her father immediately foresaw the necessity for International schools to organise tournaments. Thanks to his foresight today, we find this tournament a fully fledged international with national and international schools from Sri Lanka and abroad participating. needless to say this has gone a long way in promoting interaction and mutual understanding among students of diverse backgrounds through competitive sport. Therefore the mutual benefit to all students who take part in such basketball tournament is immesurable Mrs. Perera said. She also thanked the Pizza Hut of John Keells Holdings Ltd for coming forward to sponsor this tournament. She said that the Sri Lanka Schools Basketball Association was looking forward to their continued support in making the Pizza Hut Invitation Schools Basketball Tournament for the Brig. Dennis Hapugalle Trophy an on-going project in the years ahead. Calistus De Almeida, Director Keells Restaurant Limited, addressing the media said that this was the first major sponsorship undertaken by Pizza Hut Sri Lanka. "By sponsoring this tournament Pizza Hut confirms its desire to support a sport in this country. Basketball is such a tailor-made sport for us to sponsor due to many factors. Pizza Hut and the Basketball originated in the United States and they share a similar heritage and culture. Basketball is a sport played throughout the world just like Pizza Hut which is spread the world over. Last but not least, when at a time basketball did not have a serious sponsor in this country, Pizza Hut confirms its commitment to basketball", he said. Among the previous winners of this Tournament are Dharmasoka College, Ambalangoda, S.Thomas’ College Mount Lavinia, St. Anthony’s College Wattala, and St. Sebastian’s College Moratuwa. The following are the groups, and venues of matches: The underline team of each group is the venue of that particular group. Group A St. Anthony’s College, Wattala, Asian International School, Dehiwala Central College, St Peters College, Colombo, Dharmashoka College, Ambalangoda, Colombo International School. Group B St. Joseph’s College (CMI), Kalubowila, St. Aloysius Seminary Borella, St. Anthony’s College and, Gateway International School, Nalanda College, Colombo, Richmond College, Galle. Group C Aletha International School, St. Mary’s College, Dehiwela, Doon School (India), De Mazenod College, Kandana, Wesley College, Colombo, British School, Colombo. Group D St. Mary’s College, Dehiwala, Ananda College, Colombo. Prince of Wales College, Moratuwa. Royal College, Colombo, Royal Institute, St. Joseph’s College, Colombo. Venue: Depot Police Court. Trinity
U-15 Rugby Champ Trinity College, Kandy won the Under 15 Rugby Championship while St. Anthony’s College, Kandy and St. Joseph’s College, Colombo took away the Plate and the Bowl respectively at the recently concluded Inter-Schools Under 15 Rugby Championships held at Kandy. The matches were played at Bogambara grounds and Nittawela grounds produced quality rugby for a large spectator gathering present. The Cup final saw Trinity edge out Royal 12-10 points in a close finish. Trinity defeated Wesley and Royal beat Isipatana in the semis. RESULTS CUP: Quarter Finals — Isipatana beat Zahira, Trinity beat Lumbini, Wesley beat St. Peter's and Royal beat St. Thomas’ (Prep). Semi Finals — Trinity beat Wesley, Royal beat Isipatana. PLATE: Quater Finals — Vidyartha beat Ananda, St. Anthony’s beat Nalanda, Kingswood beat St. Sylvester's, Sri Rahula beat Mahanama. Semi Finals — St. Anthony’s beat Vidyartha, Sri Rahula beat Kingswood. Final — Trinity beat Royal. BOWL: Quarter Finals — St. Anthony’s ‘B’ beat St. Thomas', Thurstan beat Royal ‘B’, St. Joseph’s beat Trinity ‘B’, Dharmaraja beat St. Thomas’ Prep ‘B’ SEMI FINAL: Thurstan beat St. Anthony’s ‘B’, St. Joseph’s beat Dharmaraja. Final — St. Joseph’s beat Thurstan. National
Sports Festival M. G. Lilina Shanthi of Hambantota and K. D. A. S. Katulanda were adjudged as best atthletes of the 12th Annual National Youth Sports Festival conducted at the Mahaweli Stadium here last evening. Katulanda representing the Kegalle District became the automatic choice for the best athletes award for his record breaking feat in the short sprint. He ran home in 10.4 seconds and set up a new games record. Later the organisers reversed their decision stating that Katulanda's sprint was assisted by the wind. After a officials meeting again they declared it as a games record. In 1990 former Sri Lanka 100m record holder Sriyantha Dissanayake ran a 10.1 second dash at the National Sports Festival. This was first recognised as a new Sri Lanka record but was later declared null and void since it was found to be wind assisted. Lilina Shanthi was nominated best woman athlete for her breath taking 200 metres run. She finished her event in 26.8 seconds. Meanwhile Imalka Ranaweera accounted for the first meet record of the day when she leaped 1.60 metres in the High Jump event. However Imalka could not match her 1998 NationalSportsFestivalfourth place jump of 1.74 metres. The two day event saw four new records estiblished and a very high standard was witnessed throughout the sports festival. Meanwhile the Trincomalee District soccer team edged out Batticaloa 5-4 after a penalty, shoot out. The full 90 minutes produced a nil all result and the extra time failed to produce goals. Both teams which face hardships due to the North East war displayed good temprament in the final. R. Royal Jinson of Trincomalee was adjudged the best player of the final. Sports Minister S. B. Dissanayake and Deputy Minister of Health Pavithra Wanniarachchi were present at the closing ceremony as special invitees. Commonwealth Games medalists Sriyani Kulawansa and Sugath Tilakaratne too were present. The highlight of the closing ceremony was the cultural pageant presented by both the Belhood Rupavahini Village and Embilipitiya Central College. Results Team games. Volleyball (Men) Gampaha beat Puttalam 15-11, 15-12 15-11. Best player—Thusitha Amal, • Kabaddi (MPD) Ratnapura best Colombo 40-31. Best Player Wimal Rohana. • Netball Gampaha beat Kurunegala. 24-10. Best player Anusha Deepani. New meet records—High Jump (women) (1) Imalka Ranaweera (Ratnapura) 1.60 m (2) Ishani Apsara (Gampaha). 1.49m. (3) A. P. Nilanthi (Matara) 1.48m. 100 m. (men) (1) K. D. A. S. Katulanda (Kegalle) 10.7 sec. (2) K. Udayanga Manawadu (Anuradhapura) 11.1 sec. (3) D. M. Shantha Dissanayake—(Kurunegala) 11.1 sec. • Overall team standings (1) Gampaha (54 points) (2) Ratnapura 49. (3) Kurunegala, (4) Puttalam 40 (5) Kandy 35. Schools Invitation 6-a-side Cricket Tournament Nalanda College Colombo led admirably well by skipper Niranjan Kumara Mannikkage clinched the schools Six-a-Side Elephant, Lemonade trophy when they beat a gutsy Joseph Vaz Wennappuwa XI by a handsome 21 runs in the finals of the Old Wesleyites Sports Club, organised cricket tournament which ended at Campbell Park yesterday. The architect of this convincing win for Nalanda was that experienced cricketer Mevan Porage who turned in a superb all round performance to guide his team to this memorable triumph. Naland taking the first lease of the wicket made a challenging score of 70 for 3 in 5 overs with Porage sparking a dazzling 43 which included six sizzling fours as well as one towering six. He received good support from Pradeep Handigalle and Kelum Gangodawila who both made 10 runs each. The Wennappuwa lads faced with an asking rate of 14 runs per over ended up with only 49 for 3 with Terence Fernando chipping in with 16 and Shane Kurera who made 12 runs. Nalanda captain Niranjan Kumar Manikkage bowled best to bag 2 for 7. Nalanda with this win pocketed the Elephant Lemanade Trophy for the second time running in the history of this series whilst ironically the losers Joseph Vaz went onto win the runners up award also for the second time in this Six-a-Side tournament. At the end of the final Nalanda’s Mevan Porage was chosen as the Man of the Finals by adjudicator Chisty Mujahid of Pakistan. Earlier in the day Nalanda college got the better of De-Mazenod College Kandana in one of the semifinals whilst Jospeh Vaz dowuned St. Peter’s College to look their berth in the finals. And the 1997 schools six-a-side champs Prince of Wales college Moratuwa was knocked out in the quarter final stage by the Peterites who thus paved the way for the Nalandians to crown themselves as the 1998 champions at the Wesley College grounds last evening. SCORES: NALANDA 70/3 off 5 overs. (Pradeep Handigalle 10, Mevan Porage 43, Kelum Gangodawila 10) JOSEPH VAZ 49/3 in 5 overs (Shane Kurera 12, Terance Fernando 16, Niranjan Kumara 2/7) SPECIAL AWARDS Man of the Final — Mevan Porage (Nalanda) Best All Rounder — Suranga Pinto (St. Peter’s College) Best Bowler — Kelum Gangodawila (Nalanda) Best Batsman — Pramith Chamara (President’s College) Best Fielder — Jerome Feranando (St. Peter’s College) A new set of office bearers were appointed recently for the Moratuwa Sports Club after a Special General Meeting convened by the Board of Trustees of Moratuwa Sports Club. Eardley Perera PC was the pro-term chairman and conducted the election of new office bearers. The list of office bearers is as follows: Patron — Arjuna Dias Vice Patrons — Herman J. C. Perera, Eardley Perera PC, D. D. Jayasinghe, Stanley Fonseka, Dayantha Fernando, Chandra Senanayake President — Chrishantha de Silva Vice Presidents — Sidney Mendis, Jerry Fernando, Granville Warnakulasuriya, Sylvester Dias, Christy Fernando, Phan Dias, Cassian Fernando, D. L. Abeynayake, Maurice Fernando, Renfred Peiris, Aelian Peiris, Prematilake de Silva, W. Fernando, Ranjith Gunawardana, Viran de Mel, Quintus de Silva, Anusha Gunasekara, Vernon de Mel, Hyasli Aponso Secretary — Willet Fernando Assistant Secretary — Granville Warnakulasuriya Treasurer — Prasanna Fernando Assistant Treasurer — Jerry Fernando Sports Secretary — Vernon de Mel Bar Secretary — Bernard Fernando Pavilion Secretary — Kusumpala Amerasinghe Indoor Games Secretary — Ajith Cooray. John Keells Seven-a-Side Rugby Tournament ’98 The John Keells Group Sport Club has organized the Inter-Company, Rugby Tournament which will be worked off on Saturday, October 3 at the CR & FC grounds. Twelve teams will be participating on a league basis. The teams are as follows: Walker Tours - 2 teams - A and B team. Mackinnons Group - 1 team. DHL - 2 teams - A and B, Jay Kay Marketing - 1 team, Keells Food Products — 1 team, RPK Management - Plantations - 1 team, John Keells Office Automation - Toshiba - 1 team, Keells Business Systems - Toshiba - combined team, Citadel- 1 team, Ceylon Cold Stores - 1 team. Of these participants some are division club players representing leading rugby clubs such as CR and FC, Havelock, CH & FC, Kandy Sports Club and Petersons. The Mackinnons Group emerged champions last year with Walkers Tours being runners up. The Plate Championship was won by the Plantation sector with Ceylon Stores emerging runners up. In order to have a full days rugby, the 3rd place will also be fought for by the teams which get knocked out of the Cup & Plate championship. |
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