Shakya House, with a points tally of 775, emerged on top at the Inter-House Sports Meet of Dharmapala Vidyalaya, which was held at the school’s ground in Pannipitiya recently. Soorya House, who gathered 709 points, finished second overall. Nanda and Mourya houses scored 618 and 559 points respectively to finish third and fourth. Shakya and [...]

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Shakya House on top at Dharmapala sports meet

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Shakya House, with a points tally of 775, emerged on top at the Inter-House Sports Meet of Dharmapala Vidyalaya, which was held at the school’s ground in Pannipitiya recently. Soorya House, who gathered 709 points, finished second overall. Nanda and Mourya houses scored 618 and 559 points respectively to finish third and fourth.

Shakya and Nanda houses swept the age group championships by winning five titles each. Dileepa Liyanage of Mourya was adjudged the best among the boys in the Under-21 age category while its girls’ championship was shared by Radhika Maduwanthi of Shakya and Sayuri Laushika of Nanda. Sadeesha Madushan of Soorya became the boy’s champion in the Under-19 age category as Theekshani Jayasekara, Madushani Silva and Oshadie Umayangana of Shakya shared the girls’ award.

Three boys, Ravin Maleesha and Rajitha Niranjan from Nanda and Kanishka Somasiri from Shakya shared the Under-17 boy’s championship as Imalsha Hewagama of Soorya and Divyangi Bandarawatte of Mourya were adjudged joint champions in the same age group. Nanda house totally dominated the Under-15 age category as Uthpala Ranasinghe and Ishini Amadara grabbed its boy’s and girl’s awards respectively. Mourya had the honour of sweeping the Under-13 age category when Ravishanka Perera and Chamodi Wijetunga clinched its boy’s and girl’s awards respectively. Pulina Randiv of Soorya won the boy’s championship of the Under-11 category as its girl’s award was claimed by Uvani Anuragi. Former sprinter and Olympic silver medallist Susanthika Jayasinghe graced the occasion as chief guest. – NA




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