Netball for Milo Trophy from Sunday

Sanjaya Ariyaratne

Netball: The All Island Schools Milo Trophy Netball championship sponsored by the Nestle Lanka Pvt.Ltd. for the consecutive 15th year will take place from October 22 to 24 at Bogambara Stadium, Kandy commencing at 10.00 a.m. onwards. This was revealed at a Media Briefing held at the Capri club in Colombo, recently.

This time nearly 900 teams from 14 centres took part in the selection matches while only 224 teams qualified to compete at the All Island level tournament. The 224 teams qualified for the final event will be under the age groups of 12, 14, 16 and 18.

The players will be provided with accommadation at Girls High School, Pushpadana BV, Viharamahadevi BV and Swarnamali BV. The umpires will be accommadated at Girls High School.

The opening ceremony will be on October 22 commencing at 9.00 a.m. while chief Minister of Central Province, Sarath Ekanayake will grace the occasion as the chief guest. The guest of honour will be Bandula Egodage, Promotion and Sponsership Manager Nestle Lanka Ltd.

The President, Sri Lanka Schools Netball Association (SLSNA) said that the number of teams participating for the Milo trophy championship has increased in number in compare with the last year which took place at Uyanwatta Stadium, Matara in early November. She also said that this event has originated good players to the field of Netball.

The closing ceremony is scheduled for October 24 at 3.00. p.m. with participation of Governer, Central Province Tikiri Kobbakaduwa. Guests of Honour Director Education (Sports and Physical Education) L.K. Jayaweera, Manager Marketing Nestle Lanka Ltd. Norman Kannangara.