Lankan lasses eye top finish
Seated: Jagath Sanjaya (Assistant Coach II), Danapala Jayapathma (Manager), Ranjith Siyambalapitiya (President, SLVF), Kumara Wendakoon (Head Coach), M.P.S. Rangika (Assistant Coach I) 1st row from left: Ashanthika Galkotuwa, Diluskhi Senarathna, Nethmi Balasooriya, Nimeshika Gunawardhana (VC), Koshala Sewwandi 2nd row from left: Chamali Karunarathna, Tharaki Priyadarshani, Rishi Balasuriya, Kavisha Perera (Captain), Shehani Ashanga, Shashika Thilakarathna, Sachini Silva
A 12-member strong Women’s Volleyball team leaves Sri Lanka this week, to compete for a top finish at the 3rd Asian Women’s Under (U)-23 Volleyball Championship 2019, to be worked off from July 13-21, in Hanoi, Vietnam.
At the previous Asian championship, Sri Lanka secured 12th place, while Japan were the overall champs. In this year’s tourney, Sri Lanka is in Pool ‘D’ and will be up against Kazakhstan, Hong Kong and Macau in the Preliminary Round matches.
The U-23 National Volleyball team is sponsored by Dialog Axiata, Sri Lanka’s most prolific sponsor of sports. It is also the proud sponsor of the Sri Lankan National Cricket, Rugby and Netball Junior and Senior Teams. The Company is also the sole sponsor of the President’s Gold Cup Volleyball Championship, Premier Football, and is also a major contributor to Schools’ Cricket by supporting and uplifting the sport at grassroot level, and Paralympics, by powering the Sri Lankan contingent to the Paralympic Games.
Pool A: Vietnam, New Zealand, Turkmenistan
Pool B: Thailand, Australia, Maldives, People Republic of Korea
Pool C: Chinese Taipei, India, China
Pool D: Kazakhstan, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, Macaw