Ave Maria and Maris Stella take Tarbet titles
The 44th Sir John Tarbet Junior Athletic Championship, organized by the Sri Lanka Schools Athletics Association (SLSAA) under the sponsorship of Ritzbury, concluded at the Diyagama Stadium in Homagama. While Ave Maria Convent Negombo emerged champions in the girls’ category, the defending champions Maris Stella College Negombo, grabbed the title in the boys’ category.
Boys Champions Maristela College
The defending champions secured 74 points, with Lyceum International School, Wattala and Loyola College Kochchikade coming in second and third place with 71 and 57 points respectively. Meanwhile in the girls’ category, Ave Maria Convent obtained 98 points with Maliyadeva Girls’ School Kurunegala and Newstead College Negombo, securing the second and third place respectively.
The prize giving was held under the patronage of Nandana Wickramage, Group Director and Head of Marketing and Sales of Ceylon Biscuits Limited (CBL).
“We are glad to be a part of yet another eventful meet in Sri Lanka’s sporting calendar. New meet records were established and many outstation athletes shone, bagging numerous trophies on offer. Sponsoring the 44th Sir John Tarbet Junior Athletics Championship has given us the opportunity to support many students to showcase their sporting talents. Ritzbury seeks to remain committed to supporting budding talent throughout the country and looks forward to a long and fruitful partnership with the Sri Lanka Schools Athletic Association and other sporting bodies in the country,” said Nilupul de Silva, Marketing Manager of CBL Foods.
After four days of intense competition, Saseema Rajapaksha of Ratnawali Balika Vidyalaya Gampaha and Waruna Attanayake of Lyceum International School Wattala were adjudged the best athletes of the meet.
A total of over 5000 athletes from 412 schools flocked to Diyagama, Homagama with the intention of claiming fame, joy and honour at the annual junior athletics meet which took place from August 5 to 8.
Events were held for the age categories of Under-12, 13, 14 and 15 in the boy’s and girls’ segments. As per the regulations introduced by the Ministries of Education and Sports, the SLSAA did not conduct events for the age groups of Under-12 and 13 at a competitive level. But the officials introduced qualifying standards for those age categories for both the boys and girls. The top finishers who achieved the standard level received merit certificates. The meet included a total of 63 events, with a total of 107 rounds inclusive of 40 finals scheduled overall.
Ritzbury has been continuously supporting Sri Lanka’s sports and is the regular sponsor of the Junior National Squash Championship, Inter International Schools Soccer Tournament and the Inter International School and Mercantile Athletic Meet. Ritzbury will also sponsor the senior category of the John Tarbet event, in September at the Sugathadasa Stadium. – NA
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