Sport in brief

Dharmapala takes major honours

CRICKET: A superb five wicket haul from S. Kasun helped Dharmapala MV Pannipitiya take major honours in their Inter-school Cricket Tournament match against Prince of Wales College worked off at Moratuwa.

Dharmapala MV 146 (S. Kandanarachchi 56, Y. Silva 5 for 25, R. Thirimanne 3 for 10) and 166 (P. Hewage 44, N. Pavithra 33 n.o.).

Prince of Wales 134 (R. Mendis 31, I. Gunasena 26, S. Kasun 5 for 16).

TT tourney postponed

TABLE Tennis The Chrys Gunaratne Memorial Open Ranking Table Tennis tournament which was to begin yesterday at S. Thomas College Indoor Stadium, Mt.Lavinia has been postponed. The new dates will be notified later.

Three oarsmen for Asian Games

ROWING: The Amateur Rowing Association of Sri Lanka has selected three oarsmen to represent Sri Lanka in the 15th Asian Games to be held next month in Doha.

Two of them are from the Sri Lanka Navy K.A.K. Sandana and S.M. Amaradasa whilst the third is a schoolboy, Guyan Dayaratne, the 18-year-old from Moir International school.

Sandana and Amaradasa will compete in the light weight double sculls event, while Dayaratne will participate in the light weight single sculls event. Both races will be held on the 5th and 6th of December on the 1000 metre water stretch of Doha.

The 3 oarsmen leave on the 30th of November accompanied by the coach cum manager Lakmal Wickremage. (RD)

Fingara Paintball Championship

PAINTBALL: The Fingara Town & Country Club, organised Fingara Paintball Championship 2006 will be conducted at the Paintball Arena, Hotel Siri Medura premises, Negombo Road, Seeduwa from 9.00 a.m. to 3.00 p.m. today.

Paintball is a recently introduced high energy sport which has been gaining popularity among both players and spectators alike.

The Paintball Championship 2006 will be conducted by Snipe Ride (Pvt) Ltd. under internaitonal regulations, and has the participation of 12 Teams comprising 84 players, who have been preparing for the event during the past few weeks.

Road Race tomorrow

ROAD RACE: The Colombo Walk and Road Race will be held on Sunday starting from the Independence Square and will finish at the Colombo University grounds.