19th November 2000
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Dilshan triumphs at mini tennis
Dilshan Lokuhettige of D.S. Senanayake Vidyalaya beat Ishan Jayasuriya of Ananda College 15/10, 12/15, 15/8, while Nishara Jayakody of Holy Family Convent beat Denushika Weeraperuma of Visakha Vidyalaya 15/11 & 15/13 to win the overall Boys and Girls Grade 5 Title of Mirinda Mini-Tennis Championship 2000 worked off at the Sri Lanka Tennis Association Courts.Both these youngsters used their superior forehands to manoeuvre their opponents.
However, Ishan Jayasuriya and Denushika Weeraperuma fought back whenever the opportunity arose, giving their opponent a tough time. Geemal Dias of Ananda College and Nilupul Gunasekara of Musaeus College won the Grade 4 Overall title, Sahan Udara of D.S. Senanayake Vidyalaya bagged the Grade 3 overall title. The Championship attracted over 1200 boys and girls between the age group of 7-10.
Results:
Boys Grade 3 - A.A. Sahan Udara beat Nadeesha B. Herath 15/12,15/11.
Boys Grade 4 - Geemal Dias beat Manuja Chandrasekara 17/15, 13/15, 15/8.
Boys Grade 5 - Dilshan Lokuhettige beat Ishan Jayasekara 15/10,12/15, 15/8.
Girls Grade 4 - Nilupul Gunasekara beat Antonette Amritha Muththiah 15/9, 15/9.
Girl Grade - Nishara Jayakody beat Denushika Weeraperuma 15/11, 15/13.
Susanthika Fund
Contributions are coming in from various people for the 'Susanthika-Athens 2004 Olympic Trust Fund organised by the Duncan White Sports foundation. All those wishing to contribute should send them to: 49/16 Iceland Building, Galle Road, Colombo 3.Sirisoma fails to enter quarters
Khobhala Sirisoma, Sri Lanka's national billiards champion, failed to make it to the quarter-finals of the World Billiards Championships in Middlesborough in England losing to Geeth Sethi of India by 8 frames to 1.
Earlier Sirisoma showed promise by winning three out of his four matches.
M.J.M. Lafir put SriLanka on the map by winning the world title, the
first to do so in any sport, when he beat India's Satish Mohan in the final
in the competition held in India.
Square peg in a round hole
Dishonesty, hoodwinking and cheating has started eating like a cancer into the sports of schools today in this country. The biggest perpetrators are not the students, but the masters themselves.On November 11 Hameediya Maha Vidyalaya played S. Thomas' Prep School, Kollupitiya in an under-16 Milo Trophy soccer match at Price Park. When the Thomian side went to the venue at 9.00 am., they were in for a rude shock.
No goal posts had been put up, no flag poles and the ground authorities knew nothing about the fixture. The game was due to start at 9.30. The game finally got underway at 10.25. The coach and master-in-charge of the Thomian team, Gratien Amarasinghe, noticed that the referee was not attired in the specified referee's uniform and when he inquired from the master-in-charge of the host school, whether he was from the Referees'Association, he was answered in the affirmative. However, Amarasinghe's suspicions had been aroused and later he found out from the referee himself that he was not sent by the Referees' Association. But was asked by the master-in-charge of Hameediya Maha Vidyalaya to blow for this match.
Amarasinghe promptly ordered the Thomian side off the field and has
now lodged a complaint with M. Farook, the Tournament Secretary, to hold
an inquiry into the matter. - BM
Suwan Selvaratnam takes National Stroke Play title
By Tita Nathanielsz
The young and the not so young battled tenaciously for silver in the National Stroke Play Golf Championships organized by the Sri Lanka Ladies Golf Union at the Ridgeways of the Royal Colombo Golf Club. The young fell by the wayside making way for two seniors and Ex-Sri Lanka National title holders Suwan Selvaratnam and 'Duchess' Yvonne Abhayaratne to take the honours.Suwan Selvaratnam was the best and she took the title with 252 strokes averaging 84 per round. 'Duchess' Abhayaratne came 2nd with 261 strokes averaging 87. Suwan Selvaratnam is now our National Stroke Play Champion and takes Silver leaving flowers for Yvonne.
Special Awards
In the Silver division there were a few specials for noteworthy performances each day. On the first day Yvonne Abhayaratne was recognized for her gross 84. On the 2nd day Niloo Jayatilleke outmatched her competitors with an excellent 81 and on the last day Suwan Selvar-atnam came in with 83.Anysa Outstanding
In the competition for nett scores teenager Anysa Diaz a bright new spark was exceptionally smart in her chase after the Nuwara Golf Club Trophy. Her aggregate 197 nett was great considering that she is comparatively new to the game. Her praiseworthy scores each day were 66, 63 and 68. Maestro Willie Barsenbach volunteers that she is a tremendous player with encouraging potential and I have no reason to doubt the man's judgement. Meantime Papa Pat Diaz was beaming all day basking in the glory of his daughter's victory. Fran de Mel came 2nd to Anysa Diaz 20 strokes behind.Nett Scores
In an entirely different and independent competition prizes were awarded for best nett scores each day and those who strolled to collect their prizes at the award ceremony were Y. S. Jung 74, Usha de Silva 72 and B. Kopp 74.Sponsors
Mackwoods Ltd. who have been sponsoring this competition for over half a century were once again lavish and very supportive. Mrs. Sriyani Nonis the charming lady who chairs the Company with skill and acumen was Chief Guest at the Award Ceremony preceding the lunch at the Club House. Much credit to irrepressible Anne Captain who dovetailed all the arrangements to end blemish free. A great event superbly organized and the Ladies took a bow.Four Golds for Mallika at veterans' meet
By Nilika de Silva
Sri Lanka's star athlete at the 11th Asian Veterans Athletics Championship, Mallika Satchithananda turned up trumps this year too when she ran away with four Golds.Coming first in the 10 km, 5000 metre run, 200 metres and finally the half Marathon, Mallika was the highest Gold Medal winner for Sri Lanka at the Championships.
Mallika clocked 55:40.0 in the 10km, 29:09.2 in the 5000 m and 37.9 seconds in the 200m.
Since the Asian Veterans Athletics Championship was inaugurated, Mallika has bagged the highest number of Golds for Sri Lanka at this tournament.
The Asian Veteran Athletics Championship was held this year in Bangalore-India, from November 6-12.
Mallika has been running for her motherland in Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, Taiwan, Indonesia, Korea and India.
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