Cricketer Geethal Fernando, Sportsman of the Year
Geethal Fernando, the Benedictine paceman, who knocked the delights out of the Josephian batting line up, taking seven wickets in each innings, sending the Joes reeling to an innings defeat in 2016, won the prestigious Sportsman of the Year award at the Benedictine Colours Night 2016, held at the Defense Services Auditorium recently. At the [...]
Victorian sports stars honoured
Badminton prodigy Dilmi Dias won the highest accolade when the Convent of Our Lady of Victories in Moratuwa held its annual Colours Award Ceremony at the School Hall. Dilmi, an outstanding badminton player, who has represented the country many times and at present the Under-17 Singles champion and Doubles runner-up at the Junior National Championship, [...]
Golden Star for Pushpadana
The Under-14 hockey team of Pushpadana Girls School Kandy excelled to bag the ‘Golden Star’ award at the 17th Sri Lanka Schools Hockey Carnival 2017 for Boys and Girls Under-14 which was concluded at Asgiriya stadium in Kandy. The junior hockey carnival conducted by the Sri Lanka Schools Hockey Association together with Kandy Schools Hockey [...]
Eshan Pieris does it again
Eshan Pieris once again did Sri Lanka proud wining the X30 Senior Class in the Macau International Kart Grand Prix 2017 held last weekend in China. This is one of Asia’s most prestigious karting races. Taking on top drivers from Australia, Philippines, China, Singapore and the rest of Southeast Asia, he took the chequered flag [...]
Mihith, a promising paddler
Young Mahith Kausilu Jayasumana, a 12-year-old from Gampaha and a student of Lyceum International School Gampaha, is an outstanding table tennis player with a bright future. He was among the top school table tennis players and was ranked No.1 in the Under-15 age category in Western Province in 2017. Mahith won the Boy’s Under-15 championship [...]
St. Peter’s conduct Tennis camp for its juniors
St. Peter’s College, Colombo successfully conducted a tennis camp for the school’s Grade 1 and 2 players at its Tennis Courts, with the prime intention of improving the talent of junior tennis players. Eyeing the tennis tournaments scheduled for 2018, St. Peter’s have made this bold decision to groom their young competitors well in advance. [...]