Central Province Nestle Kids Athletics Championship for Grade 3
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Grade 3 Boys champions - Ambagasgamuwa Vidyalaya Hatton
Ambagamuwa Vidyalaya – Hatton, Ginigathhena Primary School and Albion Tamil Vidyalaya – Nuwara Eliya topped the three respective categories at the Central Province Nestle Kids Athletics Championship for Grade 3, organised by the Primary Education Section of Central Province Education Department.
The Grade 3 edition of Central Province Kids Athletics Championship was held at the Digana Sports Complex with the participation of 83 teams in three categories. The number of Boy’s teams were 28, while the Girls category had 26 teams. The Mixed category had 29 teams competing.
Ambagamuwa Vidyalaya, Hatton topped the Boy’s category with 111 points while Anuradha National School, Nawalapitiya followed in at second with 110 points. Kingswood College, Kandy collected 108 points to secure the third slot of the two-day event.
Ginigathhena Primary School became the only team to surpass 100 points in the Girls’ category, as they went on to emerge worthy winners of the category. The girls from Ginigathhena PS collected 126 points to outsmart the rest and secure an easy win. Torrington Tamil Vidyalaya, Nuwara Eliya edged out Ankumbura Model Primary, Katugastota, by one point to secure the second place.
Grade 3 Girls champions - Ginigathena Primary School, Hatton
After a close contest, Albion Tamil Vidyalaya, Nuwara Eliya snatched the win of the Mixed category collecting 103 points from five events. Sri Dharmarathne Vidyalaya, Gampola was placed second with 101 points while Ananda Dassanayake Primary School, Kotmale was placed third with 97 points.
The Nestle Kids Athletics Championship includes five different events involving kids’ day-to-day activities like walking, running, spinning and throwing in a fun way, with a scientific perspective. Based on the points earned after the six rounds, the winners are determined, but the main objective of the programme is to educate the young students of the importance of physical exercise requirements.
To develop unity, team spirit, friendship and other character building qualities among children, the Ministry of Education introduced the ‘Kids Athletics Programme’ for primary students in 2015. The programme currently conducts team sports for grades 3, 4 and 5. Nestlé sponsors this programme and has been of immense help in increasing the initiative’s popularity among schools. By developing the basic athletic talents of primary students, we aim to improve Sri Lanka’s future in athletics.
Through this programme, more than 175,000 students participated in 247 divisional level games, 74 zonal level games and seven provincial level games. All provinces in the country will be represented at this year’s championship, totaling 5,940 children.
Grade 3 Mixed champions - Albion Vidyalaya, Nuwara Eliya
Results and the points
Boys
1: Ambagamuwa Vidyalaya,
Hatton – 111 points
2: Anuradha National School, Nawalapitiya – 110 points
3: Kingswood College, Kandy – 108 points
Girls
1: Ginigathhena Primary School – 126 points
2: Torrington Tamil Vidyalaya, Nuwara Eliya – 96 points
3: Ankumbura Model Primary, Katugastota – 95 points
Mixed
1: Albion Tamil Vidyalaya, Nuwara Eliya – 103 points
2: Sri Dharmarathne Vidyalaya, Gampola – 101 points
3: Ananda Dassanayake Primary School, Kotmale – 97 points