Gateway beat Royal to win Western Province ‘A’ Division Basketball Championship
View(s):Gateway College won the Under-20 Western Province ‘A’ Division Basketball Championship beating Royal College, Colombo by 31-26 at the final played at the Royal College court. The Gateway team, that remained unbeaten throughout the tournament, had stiff competition in almost all games.
The final round games were quite intense as both the semi-final and the quarter-final went down to the wire. At the semis, Gateway beat Maris Stella 51-50. The quarter-final saw Gateway beating S. Thomas’ 34-31. During the early rounds, Gateway beat Dharmapala Vidyalaya Pannipitiya 59-45 and D.S. Senanayake College 46-37.
Front row from left: Kavin de Silva (Assistant Coach), Tharindu Fernando (Coach), Maj. Gen. M.R.U. Bandarathilake (Head of Sports), Dr. Harsha Alles (Chairman), Chenuka Kasthuriarachchi (Captain), Vinita Shenoy (Principal), M.T.M. Fowzan (Basketball Coordinator) Second row from left: Chavaan de Costa, Tharin Ranawake, Sairam Prabhakaran, Mirtesh Thurairajah, Dwayne de Mel Third row from left: Nikhil Jayasinghe, Aaron Fonseka, Iqram Iqbal, Avishka Hettearachchi