Maris Stella and Walala Central grab top honours at Tarbet Athletics
Maris Stella College Negombo and Walala A. Ratnayake Central won the overall boys’ and girls’ titles respectively at the 83rd Sir John
Overall girls’ category winners Walala A. Ratnayake Central athletes with Chief Guest Nilupul de Silva, Marketing Manager of CBL together with the SLSAA officials.
Tarbet Senior Athletic Championship, which ended at the Sugathadasa Stadium last Sunday.
The three-day competition produced 23 new meet records as Maris Stella College won the boys’ championship with a tally of 137 points.
Walala A. Ratnayake, who clinched the girls’ championship with 193 points, also won the second place of the boys’ segment after recording 107 points. St. Peter’s College Colombo was placed third with 95 points.
In the girls’ segment, St. Joseph’s Girls’ School and Kuliyapitiya CC won the second and third places with 135 and 86 points
Members of the overall boys’ category winning team of Maris Stella College Negombo with Chief Guest Nilupul de Silva, Marketing Manager of CBL together with the SLSAA officials.
respectively. After three days of intense competition, sprinter, Rumeshika Ratnayake of St. Joseph’s Balika Vidyala Kegalle and hurdler, Supun Viraj Randeniya of Ranabima Royal College were adjudged the top athletes of the meet.
“Sponsoring the oldest school’s athletic championship for the second consecutive year, has once again given us the opportunity to support young athletes throughout the country. Ritzbury is glad to be associated with such a prestigious event and we hope to continue this successful partnership with the Sri Lanka Schools Athletic Association and other sporting bodies in the country,” said Nilupul de Silva, Marketing Manager of CBL, affirming their continuous commitment to athletics.
The 83rd Sir John Tarbet Senior Athletic Championship was organised by the Sri Lanka Schools Athletics Association under the sponsorship of Ritzbury Chocolates of CBL. – NA
 Best Male Athlete Supun Viraj Randeniya of Ranabima Royal College and Rumeshika Ratnayake of St. Joseph’s Girls’ School Kegalle who was adjudged the Best Female Athlete. |
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Special awards
-Overall boys’ champions: Maris Stella College Negombo (137 points)
-Overall girls’ champions: Walala A. Ratnayake C (193 points)
-Outstation boys’ champions: Walala A. Ratnayake Central (107 points)
-Outstation girls’ champions: St. Joseph’s BV Kegalle (135 points)
-Best boys’ athlete: K.D. Supun Viraj Randeniya (Ranabima Royal College)
-Best girls’ athlete: R.M.R.K. Ratnayaka (St. Joseph’s GS Kegalle)
-Best performance (400m): Harsha Chathuranga (St. Peter’s College) and Vinura Lakmal (Maris Stella College) (48.79secs)
-Best performance (long jump): Vinura Lakmal (Maris Stella College/7.15 metres)
-Best performance (high jump): Thilina Karunaratne (Royal College/2.16 metres)
-Relay champions (boys’): 1. Maris Stella College, 2. St. Mary’s College Kegalle 3. St. Peter’s College
-Relay champions (girls’): 1. Walala A. Ratnayake, 2. St. Joseph’s GS Kegalle, 3. Sumana BV Ratnapura
-Track events champions (boys’): Walala A. Ratnayake Central (78 points)
-Track events champions (girls’): Walala A. Ratnayake Central (172 points)
-Field events champions (boys’): Maris Stella College (73 points)
-Field events champions (girls’): Sumana BV Ratnapura (51 points)
-Under -20 boys’ champions: 1. Walala A. Ratnayake Central (52 points), 2. St. Mary’s College Kegalle (37 points), 3. St Peter’s College (37 points)
-Under -20 girls’ champions: 1. Sumana BV Ratnapura (114 points), 2. Walala A. Ratnayake Central (65 points), 3. St. Joseph’s BV, Kegalle (41 points)
-Under-18 boys’ champions: 1. Maris Stella College (60 points), 2. Walala A. Ratnayake Central (53 points), 3. Joseph Vaz College (47 points)
-Under-18 girls’ champions: 1. Walala A. Ratnayake Central (114 points), 2. St. Joseph’s GS Kegalle (45 points), 3. Kuliyapitiya CC (38 points)
-Under-16 boys’ champions: 1. Maris Stella College (72 points), 2. Trinity College (25 points), 3. Lyceum College (20 points)
-Under-16 girls’ champions: 1. St. Joseph’s GS Kegalle (49 points), 2. Walala A. Ratnayake Central (38 points), 3. Kuliyapitiya CC (31 points)