Kandy Netball Association are all out to promote, improve netball in Kandy, in accordance with the ideals and objects of the Controlling body. The Kandy Netball Association is headed by an old girl of Good Shepherd Convent Shanthini Kongahage is blessed with some top committee members, the hard working secretary is T.M.P. Kumarihamy, they are all out to promote the game and are also keen to improve the standard of the game and are planning to have tournaments as well as coaching camps so that they would be able to raise the game.
They are hoping to start off with under 15, 17 and under 19 Kandy District Schools Tournament and also Netball was to be given a facelift in Kandy with this tournament now they are hoping to have this after the coronavirus is halted. The health and safety of the Netball Family will be the main priority and to avoid the spread of Coronavirus they are constantly planning and preparing for netball to return in its fullest form in the safest way possible.
Today over here in Kandy netball which is a popular participant sport is on a good footing, mainly at school level, the sport must be given the maximum support. What they need is the back up to promote the game.
Netball was first introduced to Sri Lanka in1921 by Miss C. Cleverly. The Ceylon Girl Guide Company at Kandy Girls High School played the game first. It soon spread to other schools, namely Hillwood College and Mowbray College. This gave the opportunity to introduce inter school matches. Kandy Girls High School and Colombo Ladies College played the first ever netball match in the month of February in 1925. In 1927, netball was played at Government Training College for the first time. This helped spread the game around Sri Lanka. It was in 1956, Sri Lanka played with some Kandy players its first international match against Australia's national team in Sri Lanka.
So, it is good idea to promote netball, which will allow Kandy Netball players to engage in hundreds of women in positive, supportive environments that provide the opportunity and encourage them to get active, and practice their leadership skills. Kandy is blessed with a Netball Academy at the Municipal indoor stadium at Katukelle which gives a big hand for young up and coming netballers and are coached by Gayani Wijetunga.
In Kandy some of the schools who have produced top netball players, to name a few Girls High school who took to the game first, Good Shepherd Convent, Mahamaya Girls College, Hillwood Girls College, St. Anthony’s Girls College, Swarnamali BMV, Hemamali BMV, Badi Uddin Mahmud Girl's College, Nugawela Central College, Seethadevi Girls' College, Viharamaha Devi Balika Vidyalaya, Gateway College, Colombo International School, École international, Lexicon International School are some of the schools in the game.
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