Joes and Familians U-18 cagers claim titles
View(s):St. Joseph’s College, Colombo and Holy Family Convent, Bambalapitiya won the Boys and Girls’ titles respectively at the Sri Lanka Schools Under-18 Division ‘A’ Basketball Tournament held at the Nalanda College premises.
St. Joseph’s beat Gateway College, Colombo 63-53 while Holy Family Convent beat Lyceum International School, Wattala 65-34 in the finals. Methika Jayasinge of St. Joseph’s and Kishuri Reiss of Holy Family Convent were declared the Most Valuable Players respectively in boys and girls while Abhaya Gajamange of St. Joseph’s and Dihini Dharmadasa of Holy Family were respectively adjudged the Best Offensive Players.
Randima Sooriyaarachchi and Shane Daniel coached both the winning teams.
St. Joseph’s team
(Seated from left): Shane Daniel (Co-Coach), Chamath Gimhana (Assistant Coach), Hemal Fernando (MIC), Jayantha Bandara (Tournament Secretary), Charaka Perera (Captain), Rev. Fr. Samesh Anthony (POG), Rev. Fr. Ranjith Andradi (Rector/Principal), Rev. Fr. Priyan Thisera (Primary School Principal), Maneth Perera (Vice Captain), Rev. Bro. R.J. Jeyakanthan (General Secretary), Rimaz Hassan (Chairman Basketball Advisory Committee), Randima Sooriyaarachchi (Co-Coach) (Standing from left): Aaron Gerald, Methuka Karannagoda, Damketh Dammalage, Methika Jayasinghe, Adrian Gunasekara, Chamindu Wijesinghe, Kevin D’ Almeida, Abhaya Gajamange, Adrian Wijayawardena, Mareen Abishake, Darren Bernard, Manish Perera
Holy Family Convent team
(Seated from left): Shane Daniel (Co-Coach), Kishuri Reiss (Captain), Jayantha Bandara (Tournament Secretary), Rev. Bro. R.J. Jeyakanthan (General Secretary), Rainee Anthony (Vice Captain), Randima Jayasinghe (Teacher-in-charge), Randima Sooriyaarachchi (Co-Coach) (Standing from left): Minulie Dabarera, Amaya Henry, Venessa Fernando, Binuthi Jayasinghe, Sachika Abeypala, Chiara Francisco, Tiara de Silva, Dihini Dharmadasa, Kavya Riyal, Minoli Hensman, Sinali De Vaas Gunasekara, Senuthmi Fernando, Melissa Nanayakkara