Slimline dethrone incumbent Army
By M. Shamil Amit
89th ABA National Boxing Championships
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Two clusters of MAS Holdings the Slimline Boxing Club Pannala and MAS Southern Koggala emerged champions at the 89th ABA Men’s and Women’s National Boxing Championship which concluded at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium.
Women’s champion team MAS
Men’s category best boxer, R.G.S. Kumarasinghe of Navy in action
Slimline BC was in full command in the finals of the men’s category with all three boxers who qualified to the final winning their bouts. Slimline BC also won three bronze medals which was sufficient for them to emerge champions.
Navy BC took the second spot winning three gold and two bronze medals while defending champions Army BC though having six of their boxers’ qualifying to the final was able to win only two gold, four silver and one bronze medal and had to be satisfied with the third position.
MAS Southern succeeded to retain the women’s title winning five gold, one silver and two bronze medals while MAS Unichela secured the second spot with two gold’s one silver and two bronze medals followed by Police.
Women’s category best boxer J.A.D. Jayasinghe of MAS Southern in action
Navy BC had the honour of producing the most scientific boxer of the meet in the men’s category in R.G.S. Kumarasinghe while MAS Southern’s J.A.D. Jayasinghe took the best boxers’ award in the women’s category.
Men’s champion team Slimline BC with the trophy
The best losers’ in the two categories were S.N. Heelbathdeniya of Slimline BC ‘B’ in the men’s and Niranjala Senanayake of MAS Casualline in the women’s.
Apart from that M.Y.M. Dilshan of Air Force was adjudged the most outstanding boxer for the year 2014 and Slimline BC besides emerging champion team was also adjudged the most successful club for the year 2014 which they won for the second time in a row.
| Results Women’s:
Light Flyweight 48kg: J.A.D. Jayasinghe (MAS Southern A) beat Nadeeka Pushpakumari (MAS Thurulie A). Flyweight 51kg: K.H.E.G. de Silva (MAS A) beat G.Y.M Dilshani (Air Force A). Bantamweight 54kg: M.P.S.S. Cooray (MAS Unichela A) beat B.N. Erandi (MAS Southern A). Featherweight 57kg: K.A.K. Hansika (MAS Southern A) beat D.I.A. Ranatunga (MAS Unichela A). Lightweight 60kg: M.M.V. Prabadhi (MAS Casualline B) beat Niranjala Senanayake (MAS Casualline A). Light Welterweight 64kg: J.V.P.C. Jayasekera (MAS Southern A) beat K.A.L.U. Kaushalya (Air Force A). Welterweight 69kg: G.H.T.N. Dharmasena (MAS Southern A) beat W.M.L. Samaratunga (MAS Thurulie A). Middleweight 75kg: D.D.S. Weeraratne (Police A) beat I.W.S. Chandrasekera (MAS Southern A). Light Heavyweight 81kg: M.T.C. Fernando (MAS Unichela A) beat I.W.A. Umesha (Police A). Super Heavyweight Over 81kg: T.M. Weerasinghe (Army A) beat D.P.M. Jayaratne (Navy A).
Men’s:
Light Flyweight 49kg: Malith Prabashwara (MAS Slimline A) beat P.M.S. Ranasinghe (MAS Linea A). Flyweight 52kg: B.G.R.I. Warnasooriya (MAS Slimline B) beat M.V.S. Bandara (Army A). Bantamweight 56kg: N.G.S. Jayaweera (MAS Slimline A) beat W.R.T. Weerakkody (Army A). Lightweight 60kg: N. Vimukthi Kumara (Army A) beat Udaya Kumara (Air Force A). Light Welterweight 64kg: K.P.C.A. Jayalath (Army A) beat R.N. Wettasinghe (MAS Slimline B). Welterweight 69kg: R.G.S. Kumarasinghe (Navy A) beat S.N. Heelbathdeniya (MAS Slimline B). Middleweight 75kg: M.A. Divaratne (Army B) beat A.G.K. Gunaratne (MAS Linea A). Light Heavyweight 81kg: G.A.N. Fernando (Navy A) beat S.B.G. Koralagedera (Army Red A). Heavyweight 91kg: B.N.S. Sampath (Navy A) beat J.P.N. Jayaweera (Army A). Super Heavywight Over 91kg: L.T.B. Ratnadivakara (MAS Slimline A) beat A.R.B. Tilekeratne (Army A). |
