St. Joseph’s claim two shuttle titles
View(s):St. Joseph’s College Colombo claimed two titles at the All-Island Inter-School Badminton Championships 2016/2017 held at the Municipal Indoor Stadium in Nuwara Eliya and at the Royal College Sports Complex. At the competition held in Nuwara Eliya, the Josephian shuttlers won the Boy’s Division ‘B’ Under-18 Doubles championship while their Under-19 team emerged winners at the tournament played at the Royal Complex in Colombo.
In the competition that their Under-18 Boy’s team won the title, St. Joseph’s beat Bandaranayake College Gampaha convincingly to qualify for the Division ‘A’ segment this season. The Under-19 team beat Maliyadeva College Kurunegala.
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Under-19 team: Seated from left: Pradeep Welagedara (Coach), Rev Fr Chanaka Jansze (Priest-in-charge), Rev Fr Milan Bernard (Prefect of Games), Rev Fr Travis Gabriel (Rector), Chanuka Weerasinghe (Captain), Dinesha de Silva (Teacher-in-charge) Standing from left: Bevindu Dassanayake, Sheran Fernando, Manuja Masinghe, Yasiru Jinadith, Dinelka Mahaliyana, Vikum Fernando
Under-18 team: 1st row seated from left: Pradeep Welagedara (Coach), Rev Fr Chanaka Jansze (Priest-in-charge), Rev Fr Milan Bernard (Prefect of Games), Rev Fr Travis Gabriel (Rector), Bevindu Dassanayake (Captain), Dinesha de Silva (Teacher-in-charge) Middle row from left: Shavin Udana, Tharusha Perera, Vikum Fernando, Nirmal Ferando, Movindu Premaratne, Yasiru Jinadith Top row from left: Dinelka Mahaliyana, Sheran Fernando, Chanuka Weerasinghe, Manuja Masinghe, Dulaksha Rajasekara