Janadhipathi BV Nawala clinch overall hockey tourney
View(s):Janadhipathi Balika Vidyalaya, Nawala ascended through a cascade of hard earned victories to clinch the Under 20 Overall Championship at the All Island Inter Schools Hockey Tournament. This year’s win marks the fourth victory of the school winning a Gold Medal at national level. Hockey been introduced less than a decade ago at Janadhipathi Vidyalaya and this achievement turns to be indeed a both praiseworthy and prestigious victory.
Wennapuwa Holy Family Girls’ School and Seethadevi Girls’ School, Kandy occupied the first and second runners up positions respectively. This tournament was participated by students attending schools across all nine provinces of Sri Lanka where sixteen of the most talented Hockey teams played in a series of intensly competitive elimination of matches.
Sandunika Chathurangi of Janadhipathi Balika Vidyalaya was adjudged the ‘Most Talented Player’ of the tournament.Janadhipathi Balika defeated Swarnamali Girls’ College, Kandy 4 goals to three in the quarter finals and moved to the semi finals to beat Seethadevi Girls’ College 2-1.
The final match brought the team head to head with the stickers from Wennappuwa Holy Family Girls School. The lasses of the Nwala school emerged victorious by winning the Gold Medal with a score of two goals to none, crowning themselves as the Overall Champions of this year’s islandwide tournament.
The champion team was led by Chamodi Sandeepani and coached by A.N. Perera. - Lakshman Ranasinghe
The winning stickers with team officials