HFC K’gala Milo Netball Queens for the 12th successive year
Holy Family Convent Kurunegala emerged the Milo All-Island Schools Netball champions for the 12th successive year when they bagged the overall champions’ title at the 28th Schools Netball Championship concluded at the Public ground in Kurunegala yesterday.
The Rock City girls were almost assured of the title before the age group finals were scheduled to be played in the afternoon session as they had the honour of qualifying to all the four finals in the age groups of Under-13, 15, 17 and 19.
Despite losing the Under-17 and 19 finals to Musaeus Colombo and to arch rivals Kalutara BV, they came out on top in the Under-13 and 15 categories which was more than sufficient for them to clinch the overall title.
The Familians were first crowned the netball queens in the year 2008 and since then have been the undisputed champions to date.
Apart from emerging the overall champion for the 12th successive year, they had the honour of bagging two out of the four most outstanding players awards. A.M.A.L. Abeysinghe (Under-13) and R.M. Chalani Nisha (Under-15) brought honour for HFC with individual titles while Nethmi Wijenayaka of Musaues Colombo and Dewna Randilu Silva of Kalutara BV were the best in the Under-17 and Under-19 age groups respectively.
Results:
Semi Finals:
Under-13: Holy Family Convent Kalutara beat Hillwood College Kandy 7/2; Holy Family Convent Kurunegala beat Maliyadeva BV 15/6
Under-15: Devi Balika Vidyalaya beat Holy Family Convent Kalutara 17/12; Holy Family Convent Kurunegala beat Maliyadeva 18/8
Under-17: Holy Family Convent Kurunegala beat Maliyadeva BV 23/17; Museaus beat Gothami BV 35/18
Under-19: Kalutara BV beat Ladies College 33/25; Holy Family Convent Kurunegala beat Visakha Vidyalaya Colombo 19/17
Finals:
Under-13: Holy Family Kurunegala beat Holy Family Kalutara 15/4
Under-15: Holy Family Kurunegala beat Devi Balika 22/11
Under-17: Musaeus beat Holy Family Kurunegala 30/29
Under-19: Kalutara BV beat Holy Family Kurunegala 34/31