Visakha Vidyalaya Colombo and Visakha Vidyalaya Kuliyapitiya emerged victorious in the second round of theU19 age category in the 27th Milo Sri Lanka Schools Netball Championship in Kandy Yesterday.
Visakha Vidyalaya Colombo beats Sri Siddhartha College from Eppawela by 18-15 while Visakha Vidyalaya Kuliyapitiya defeated Keerthi Abeyawickrama MV by 31-09.
The Schools Netball Championship, the island’s premier netball event, is being held at the Bogambara Stadium Kandy from August 2 to 4 organized by the Sri Lanka Schools Netball Association with Milo as their main sponsor.
9300 girls from 780 schools across the country took part in the preliminary stages of the tournament held in June and July. Meanwhile former champions Holy Family Convent from Kalutara secured victory over St Joseph College Negombo by28 points. to 4 In the U15 age category Musaeus College College, Mahamaya Kandy and Holy Family Convent Kurunagala produced the best performances and scored easy victories in the second round Musaeus College won over Holy Family Convent Kalutara by 24-12 while Mahamaya beats Dharmasoka MV by 14-07 and Holy Family Convent Kurunegala defeated Tissa Central College Kalutara by 23-02 points respectively.
The games were held in two groups - ‘A’ and ‘B’. Group ‘A’ was categorized into four age groups of Under-13, 15, 17 and 19 and Group ‘B’ was categorized into three age groups of Under-15, 17 and 19”. A total of 370 schools will take part in Group ‘A’, while 90 schools will compete in Group ‘B’. A total of 5500 netball players will be competing during the final where the champions will be decided.
Holy Family Convent, Kurunegala are the defending champions in the under-13 and 19 categories while Kalutara Balika Vidyalaya and Visakha Vidyalaya were crowned U-15 and U-17 champions respectively in Group ‘A’ last year.
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