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League Netball Tournament The 'A' division had two teams Hatton National Bank the defending champions and Sampath Bank. The 'C' division consisted of two groups with Janashakthi, HSBC and Standard Chartered Bank while the 'B' consisted four teams Access Group, David Peiris, Seylan Bank and Ceylinco Group. The mixed division also consisted of two groups with David Peiris, Ceylinco Group, HNB and HSBC in the 'A" group and Seylan Bank, Sampath Bank and Access in the 'B' group. The tournament was declared opened by chief guest Priyanjula Guruge at 8.30 a.m. and was followed by the first match of the day between Janashakthi and Standard Chartered Bank which was a 'A' group in the 'C' division that ended in a easy 26 points to 9 win for Janashakthi. The winners went on to record their second win defeating HSBC by 22 points to six. In another match of the same group Standard Chartered Bank registered a thrilling 26-24 win over HSBC, Janashakthi with two wins finished on top in their group with Standard Chartered Bank in second. In the 'B' group of the same division Seylan Bank and David Peiris won their matches against Access Group and Ceylinco Group by 29 points to 14 and 20 points to 15 respectively. In the 'A' group of the mixed division Ceylinco Group beat David Peiris narrowly by 16 points to 15 and HNB beat HSBC by 21 points to 6. In the 'B' group of the same division Seylan Bank recorded two wins over Access Group by 26 points to three and Sampath Bank by 16 points to 11 finish on top while Sampath Bank beat Access by 17 points to 1 finished second. The tournament had to be called off at 4.00 p.m. due to bad weather with some of the first round matches yet to be played and will continued today from 8.30 a.m. onwards. |
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