Gateway wins third basketball title in a row
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(Standing from left): Kevin Bennet (Coordinator), Tharindu Fernando (Head Coach), Sashein Perera, Seth Abeysekara, Yoosuf Nazih, Abhee Witharana, Samuel Tsung, Mathisha Udumalgala, Julan Senvitha, Mikyle Reza, Giyan Fernando, Fawzan Thariq (Coordinator) (Seated from left): Usman Shafraz (Vice Captain), Abdullah Jazeel, Aadhil Ammar, Taresh Samarasinghe, Ashain Thevarapperuma (Captain)
The Gateway College juniors comfortably beat Elizabeth Moir School by 31-8 at the semi-final and went on to eat Colombo International School by 19-10 to win the Under-13 Inter-International Schools’ Basketball Championship that was hosted by the Colombo International School.
Earlier in the year, Gateway College secured the Under-17 and Under-19 championships of the same tournament.
During group stages, Gateway Colombo had little resistance as they beat Wycherley International School by 40-2, Lyceum International School Nugegoda by 35-0, Gateway College, Kandy by 48-7 and the British School in Colombo by 40-11.
Usman Shafraz was named as the Best Defensive Player while Ashain Thevarapperuma won the Most Valuable Player award. Gateway’s outstanding performances during the recent years, where they have won several national and international school tournaments, has set the stage for few of its players to represent the country in basketball as well.