Gateway College Under-18 team won the International Schools in Sri Lanka (TISSL) Netball Championship held at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium.
Gateway beat Lyceum International School Wattala 16-8 in the final. They were leading 9-6 at the break and continued the good form in the second half. They booked their place in the final by beating Gateway College Kandy 12-6 in the semifinal.
During the round robin stage, they defeated Ilma International (16-5), Lyceum College Nugegoda (12-1), CIS Colombo (17-0) and British School Colombo (18-0).
Gateway College is led by Rithika Srikanth. Shenoshi Abeygunawardena from Gateway College was crowned the Netball Queen while Cloe Thillakaratne was awarded as the Best Defensive player. Gateway College also emerged 2nd runner-up in the U16 Championship.
Sri Lanka U19 suffer second successive defeat
Sri Lanka Under-19 was beaten by Bangladesh U19 by five wickets at the Tolerance Oval stadium in Abu Dhabi.
The Young Bangla Tigers produced a clutch performance in the do-or-die game to stay alive in the tournament. Shevon Daniel won the toss and decided to bat first. Nothing went to plan for the young lions who lost five of their top-six batters inside the first 12 overs.
However, Dinura Kalupahana and Hiran Jayasundara added a 59-run partnership for the sixth wicket. Unfortunately, Kalupahana missed out on a deserving half century and both of the set batters fell in quick succession.
Malsha Tharupathi and Vishwa Rajapakse added 44 runs for the eighth wicket. Tharupathi scored a brisk innings of 46 from just 37 balls as Sri Lanka U19 got cleaned up for 215.
For Bangladesh Mohommad Borson and Maruf Mridha took three wickets each. Tanvir Ahammed also chipped in with two wickets for the Young Tigers.
Bangladesh U19’s chase began with Jishan Alam scoring a blitzkrieg 62 off 32 deliveries.
Kalupahana managed to dismiss the dangerous Alam but Sri Lanka wasn't allowed to come into the game thanks to some sensible batting. Skipper Ahrar Almin led his team over the line with a 44 off 80 as they reached the finishing line with five wickets and 13 balls to spare.
Kalupahana was the pick of the bowlers and took two wickets for 41 for Sri Lanka while Duvindu Ranatunga took one for 44. Sri Lanka will now need to win their next encounter against Afghanistan on 28 March at the Tolerance Oval to qualify for the finals of the tri series.
Kegalle Clinch the National Mens and Womens Titles
The National Kabaddi Championship organised by the Sri Lanka Kabaddi Federation and the Invitational National University Kabaddi Championship were held on the 24 and 25 March in Panduwasnuwara, Hettipola Public Ground.
In these matches Ampara District Men’s kabaddi team and Kegalle District men’s Kabaddi teams clashed in the men's category Finals in the national kabaddi Championship 2023.
In this final, Kegalle district men's kabaddi team won the championship by scoring 70 points and Ampara 69 points by one point.
Kegalle District Women’s kabaddi team and Kilinochchi District Women’s kabaddi teams clashed in the women's category Finals in the national kabaddi Championship 2023.
In this final, Kegalle district women's kabaddi team won the championship by scoring 40 points and Kilinochchi 39 points by one point.
In the Invitational National University Kabaddi Championship Sabaragamuwa University Men’s kabaddi team and Sri Jayawardenapura University men’s kabaddi teams clashed in the men's category Finals in the Invitational National University Kabaddi Championship 2023.
In this final, Sabaragamuwa University men's kabaddi team won the champions title.
Also in the women’s category Sabaragamuwa University women’s kabaddi team and Sri Jayawardenapura university women’s Kabaddi team clashed in INUKC 2023.
In this final, Sabaragamuwa University women's kabaddi team won the champions title.