Royal College Colombo and Good Shepherd Convent Kotahena bagged the Boys’ and Girls’ Basketball championships respectively, at the All-Island Schools Games conducted by the Ministry of Sports at Jaffna's St. Patrick’s and Central College courts.
In the Boys’ final, Royal beat St. Joseph’s College Colombo 54-42, while in the Girls’ final, Good Shepherd beat Holy Family Convent Bambalapitiya 45-42.
In the Boys’ semi-finals, Royal beat Royal Institute 51-43 and St. Joseph's beat Joseph Vaz Wennappuwa 44-31.
Royal Institute beat Joseph Vaz 64-36 for third place.
In the Girls’ semi-finals, Good Shepherd beat Lyceum International Wattala 59-36 and Holy Family beat Dharmasoka College Ambalangoda 58-22.
Lyceum Wattala beat Dharmasoka College 60-31 for third place.
Royal's Rukshan Atapattu and Good Shepherd's Nirma Sasanthi won the 'Best Player' awards in boy's and girls' categories respectively.
The final rites of veteran broadcaster, writer, and lyricist Nirmala de Alwis will be held today at Peradeniya.
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