Sri Lanka under 21 stickers off to Bangladesh on Nov. 30
The Sri Lanka men’s under 21 hockey team comprising of 18 players accompanied by four officials will take wing to Bangladesh on Thursday
Shahid Kuthubdeen-Captain
Surendran Jayendran Vice-Captain
(November 27) to take part in the Fourth men’s Junior Asian Hockey Federation Cup international hockey championships to be held in Dhaka from November 30 to December 7.
The participating teams are: Chinese Taipei, Oman, Thailand, Sri Lanka and hosts Bangladesh. Shahid Kuthubdeen of Royal Hockey Club will lead the Sri Lanka team with Surendran Jayendran of Old Bens Sports Club as his deputy.
The team includes six schoolboy stickers, two from Vijaya College Matale and one each from St. Sylvester’s Kandy, Dharmaraja Kandy, Joseph Vas Wennappuwa and Royal College Colombo 7.
The team underwent training for more than two months at the Astro Turf at Reid Avenue Colombo 7 under the supervision of two experienced coaches Anuruddha Herath Bandara and Pulasthi Lanerolle.
Sri Lanka will play their first match against ChineseTaipei on November 30.
| The Sri Lanka Team Shahid Kuthubdeeb (Royal HC), Surendra Jayendran (Old Bens), Sumudu De Costa (Navy), Kasun Ubesiri (Navy), Budaraka Edirisinghe (Nalanda), Akalanka Ishan (Nalanda), Buwaneka Parahitiyawa (CH&FC), Kusal Thilakasiri (Army), Pramodaya Udayashantha (Air Force), Sameera Weerasooriya (Air Force), Sachindra Herath (Old Thomian HC), Malshan Dissanayake (Old Vijayans), Buddhika Naveen Peiris (Vijaya Matale),Malinga Bandara (Vijaya College Matale), Ramil Dharmaratne (St. Sylvester’s Kandy),Danuska Weeratne (St. Sylvester’s Kandy), Shalitha Jayawardena (Royal College Colombo, Chamalka Rukshan (Joseph Vas Wennappuwa). Officials Indrawansa Herath(Vice Principal St. Thomas’ College Matale and VP Sri Lanka Schools Hockey Association. Assistant Manager – D. Dahanayake. Head Coach – Anuruddha Herath Bandara. Assistant Coach – Pulasthi Lanerolle. |