Lankan netballers leave for Singapore

Prince GUNASEKARA Reporting from Singapore

NETBALL: The twelve member Sri Lanka netball team led by Gayathri Lankatilleke left the Island yesterday to participate in the Asian senior netball championships which will be staged from September 3 to 8 in Singapore.

All top Asian teams will be vying for honours in this annual event which will be conducted by the Asian Netball Federation. The teams competing are Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, North Ireland, Malaysia and Sri Lanka.

Shashika Samarasinghe is the vice captain of the team and the other senior players in the squad are Damayanthi Jayatilleke, Dhammika Malkanthi, Anjana Kulari and Sanduni Bollegala.

In addition Sri Lanka will also have the services of Tharjani Sivalingam who is considered as the tallest netball player in Asia. Gaya Jayaweera, C. Presila, Kumarani de Silva and Chapa Gallappathy are the new players in the Sri Lanka squad.