Royal wins Pereira Challenge Cup

Richard DWIGHT

TENNIS: The tennis team of Royal College proved formidable when they made a clean sweep of their annual fourth encounter held at the Thomian tennis courts last Saturday at Mt Lavinia.

This ‘Blues’ tennis tie between the two traditional rivals, commenced in the year 2003 to perpetuate the memory of E.F.C. Pereira a revered teacher of both schools. The Royalists won all 3 categories convincingly to be awarded the E.F.C. Pereira challenge cup.

The former President of the Sri Lanka Tennis Association, D.L. Seneviratne, who was the chief guest at the awards ceremony said that all Royal-Thomian encounters were big matches and, that apart from cricket, the two schools vie for challenge trophies at Rugby, hockey, waterpolo and Rowing.

He concluded by saying that this tennis tie further goes to strengthen the bonds between the two schools.

Results

Under 19 Royal won 4-1

1st SINGLES: Udith Wickremasinghe bt: S. Saduk 9/0

2nd Singles: Indika Wettasinghe bt: M. Mallwarachchi 9/3

3rd Singles: Shehan Gomez bt: P. Srikanthan 9/1

1st Doubles: Roshan Dissanayake / M. Hazari lost to Y. Dewage/ R. Nirushan

2nd Doubles: M. Shakir/ K. Weerakkody bt: R. Subashkumar, T. Sellahewa.

Under 15 Royal won 3-0

1st Singles: Ashan De Silva bt: Manuka Ranasinghe 7/0

2nd Singles: Alexan Subramaniam bt: Lochana De Alwis 7/3

Doubles: Nadeesha Herath/ N. Abanpola bt: J. Edward/ C.S. Fernando 9/1

Under 13 Royal won 3-0

1st Singles: Shamal Dissanayake bt: Avishka Perera 7/0

2nd Singles: Dhanushka Abeywardena bt: V. Hulangamuwa 7/5

Doubles: Udeeshan Raviraj/Brithaban bt: Y. Jayasuriya/ K. Kanagasunderam 7/3.