Table Tennis: Siwrathna and Weerasena best at Western Province Ranking Championship

Visakhian Nathasha Sadavinee Siwrathna and Dewmith Weerasena of Lyceum International School, Nugegoda were crowned the Most Outstanding Players of the Western Province Ranking Table Tennis Championship 2015 organised and conducted by the Gold Star Table Tennis Club, Gampaha at the S. Thomas’ College Indoor Stadium in Mt. Lavinia.   On their way to win the crowns Siwrathna dominated in the Girls category winning the Under-15, Under-18 and Open Women’s Singles championships while Weerasena emerged champion at the Boys Under-15 and Under-18 events and ending as the runner-up in the Men’s Open Singles.   Though Siwrathna and Weerasena had plain sailings in their respective age group categories but playing in the Open finals both faced stiff opposition.   In the Men’s Open finals Helith Hendawitharana didn’t find things easy when Weerasena kept the game alive with a 11/06 win in the second set but Helitha settled calmly to win the third and fourth sets to win the championship.   Final Results   Singles events:   Under-8 Girls: Fathmath Deema Ali (Royal Institute, Colombo) beat Sithmi Seya Siyambalapitiya (Musaeus College) 2-0 (11/06, 11/09) Under-8 Boys: Kakeru Hennayake (Ananda College, Colombo) beat Danuk Lamasuriya (Ananda College, Colombo) 2-0 (11/06, 11/07)   Under-10 Girls: Sanaya Buddhadasa (Visakha Vidyalaya, Colombo) beat Fathmath Deema Ali (Royal Institute, Colombo) 2-0 (11/06, 11/06)   Under-10 Boys: Aathif Rusthi (Royal College, Colombo) beat Thumal Adikari (Royal College, Colombo) 3-0 (11/06, 11/09, 11/08)   Under-12 Girls: Sanaya Buddhadasa (Visakha Vidyalaya, Colombo) beat Thamasha Perera (Viharamahadevi Balika, Kiribathgoda) 2-0 (11/07, 11/05)   Under-12 Boys: Senura Silva (Ananda College, Colombo) beat H.D. Ranasinghe (S. Thomas’s College, Mt. Lavinia) 3-1 (11/06, 02/11, 11/06)   Under-15 Girls: Nathasha Sadavinee Siwrathna (Visakha Vidyalaya, Colombo) beat Rukshani Sewwandika (Buddhist Girls College, Mt. Lavinia) 3-0 (11/06, 11/06, 11/04)   Under-15 Boys: Dewmith Weerasena (Lyceum International, Nugegoda) beat Helika Adikari (Royal College, Colombo) 3-0 (11/06, 11/06, 12/10)   Under-18 Girls: Nathasha Sadavinee Siwrathna (Visakha Vidyalaya, Colombo) Dilanya Munasinghe (Musaeus College, Colombo) 3-0 (11/01, 11/03, 11/02)   Under-18 Boys: Dewmith Weerasena (Lyceum International, Nugegoda) beat Helitha Hendawitharana (Royal College, Colombo) 3-1 (11/09, 11/07, 07/11, 11/04)   Open Women’s: Nathasha Sadavinee Siwrathna (Visakha Vidyalaya, Colombo) beat Sanaya Buddhadasa (Visakha Vidyalaya, Colombo) 3-0 (11/08, 11/05, 11/02)   Open Men’s: Helitha Hendawitharana (Royal College, Colombo) beat Dewmith Weerasena (Lyceum International, Nugegoda) 3-1 (14/12, 06/11, 11/04, 11/02)