(Seated L to R) Seated Jagath Rajapaksha ( National Coach), Dananjaya Dharmarathne (General Secretary TTASL) , Chandana Perera (Chief Coordinating Officer TTASL), Ranjith Edirisinghe (Manager, Special Events - Coca Cola), Kanaka Herath (MP Kegalle District, Vice President and Chairman of Tournament Committee, TTASL), Saman Rathnayaka (Treasurer TTASL), Thushara Sampath (Tournament Committee Secretary) and Group Captain Lakshman Ranathunga (Vice President TTASL).
(Standing L to R) Dewmith Weerasena (U-10 Boy's Champion), Udaya Ranasinghe (U-15 & U-18 Boy's Champion), Umaya Tharaki (U-18 Girl's Champion and Women's Open Runner up), Ruvini Kannangara (U-15 Girl's Champion & U-18 Girl's Runner up), Ishara Madurangi (Women's Champion), Rohan Sirisena (Men's Champion), Isuru Anjana (U-12 Boy's Champion) and Hansani Piyumila (U-12 Girl's Champion). |
Udaya Ranasinghe and Umaya Tharaki stole the limelight at the Chrys Gunarathna Memorial Open All-Island Table Tennis Championship which was conducted at the S. Thomas’ Indoor Stadium in Mt. Lavinia.
Ranasinghe of Vidyartha College Kandy won the Under-18 and 15 titles and was also adjudged most outstanding men’s player while Tharaki of Dharmasoka Ambalangoda clinched the Under-18. She also emerged runners-up in the Women’s Open Singles and was adjudged the most outstanding women’s player of the tournament.
Results:
Men’s Singles: Rohan Sirisena (Sri Lanka Air Force) beat Nirmala Jayasinghe (MAS Intimates) 4-3 (11/8, 12/10, 5/11, 6/11, 5/11, 11/9, 12/10)
Women’s Singles: Ishara Madurangi (Sri Lanka Air Force) beat Umaya Tharakie (Dharmasoka Ambalangoda 3-2 (11/6, 11/9, 5/11, 11/9,11/6)
Veterans Singles: Gamini Moraes beat Mohamed Marzook 3-0 (11/8, 11/5, 11/3)
Masters Singles: Jagath Rajapaksha beat Vajira Wickramasinghe 3-2 (12/10, 8/11, 11/9, 12/14, 11/6)
U-18 Boys Singles: Udaya Ranasinghe (Vidyartha Kandy) beat Thilina Wijesiri (Vidyartha Kandy) 3-0 (11/6, 11/5, 11/8)
U-18 Girls Singles: Umaya Tharakie (Dharmasoka Ambalangoda) beat Ruwani Kannangara (Musaeus) 3-1 (12/10, 6/11, 13/11, 13/11)
U-15 Boys Singles: Udaya Ranasinghe (Vidyartha Kandy) beat Nuwantha Niroshana (Dharmasoka Ambalangoda 3-1 (11/7, 8/11, 11/5, 11/8)
U-15 Girls Singles: Ruwani Kannangara (Musaeus) beat Muthumali Piyadharshani (Devananda Ambalangoda) 3-1 (11/8, 11/6, 10/12, 11/4)
U-12 Boys Singles: Isuru Anjana (Dharmasoka Ambalangoda) beat Virunaka Hendahewa (Royal Colombo) 3-2 (7/11, 11/9, 5/11, 13/11, 11/8)
U-12 Girls Singles: Hansani Piumila (Anula Nugegoda) beat Thanushi Rodrigo (Mahamaya Kandy) 3-1 (11/6, 11/6, 6/11, 11/7)
U-10 Boys Singles: Dewmith Weerasena (Lyceum Nugegoda) beat Isuru Hansa Methmal (Kegalu Vidyalaya) 3-0 (11/4, 11/6, 11/4)
U-10 Girls Singles: Dilmi Kolabage (Prajapathi BV Ambalangoda) beat W.I.S. Priyasadi (Sussex Kegalle) 3-2 (6/11, 6/11, 11/7, 11/5, 11/9) |
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