Standing (Left to right): Judith Fernando, Pooja Dharmakirthi, Vijini Dahanayake, Piumi Gunasekara Sandali Weerasinghe(Vice Caption), Chamathka Kavindra, Nelangi Hewagama, Pasini withanage Sitting ( Left to right) Tharindu Fernando (Coach), Tharanga Gunesekara(Most Valuable Player), Mrs. Rohini Alles (Managing Director), Dhaneesha Pahathkumbura (Captain), Dr. Harsha Alles ( Director), Mr. Dervin Perera ( Head of Sports), Mr. Gilson Peiris( Deputy Head of Sports) . Absent : Parami Kajol, Anjani Pulwansa, Miss. Ruwanthi Perera (Teacher in Charge)

Gateway College Colombo beat Asian International School by 60-38 to win the Inter-International Schools Under 19 Girls Basketball tournament organized by the British School of Colombo.

This is Gateway’s second successive championship for the season. Gateway girls proved their strength in the international school basketball arena when they dominated the all important final from the start to the end.

Gateway’s Tharanga Gunasekara was named the Most Valuable Player of the Tournament while Pooja Dharmakirthi was chosen to be the Best Offensive Player.

Tharanga Gunasekara finished with 10 points and 10 steals. This marked her first double-double this season and the third in her career. Pooja Dharmakirthi scored 29 points with eight rebounds and four assists.

Earlier in the tournament, Gateway beat Lyceum Nugegoda quite easily with a margin of 49 -15 in the quarter finals and Elizabeth Moir school by 34-04 in the semi-finals.