Hutch Indoor Cricket Mela 2005 sizzles Nuwara Eliya

The ongoing Hutch Indoor Cricket Mela 2005, is taking the district of Nuwara Eliya by storm with a multitude of cricket crazy fans patronizing Gregory Lake in Nuwara Eliya on a daily basis to cheer the participating teams and enjoy a game of indoor cricket themselves.

The Ceylon Indoor Cricket Association is proud of the decision they made in taking the fast spreading game of indoor cricket to the outer districts of Sri Lanka via the mobile indoor cricket nets. The newest concept in the island. 'The mobile indoor nets' has certainly provided the opportunity to enable players to experience this game in district levels.

Hutchison Telecom has been with CICA for indoor cricket in previous occasions as well and joining hands with CICA as title sponsors once again has been a pleasure to both parties.

CICA will have the semi-finals of the Nuwara Eliya district commencing at 9 a.m. on the 22nd of April with the finals of schools at 2.30 p.m. and clubs at 4 p.m. These teams will train for the grand finals held in Colombo district with international standard facilities.

Out of the eliminating rounds in which an amazing number of schools and clubs participated, the teams that qualified for the semi-finals are Gamini Vidyalaya, Republican International, Holy Trinity Sinhalese School, Vajira Vidyalaya, SSI Sports Club, Gamini Sports Club A and B Division, Ultra Violet Sports Club.

The awards and closing ceremony will be held at the grounds immediately after the finals. Public participation will be free of charge. Contact Gamini on 071-2279677 or Sachi on 071-2308861.