Seetha Devi SC hockey champs

S. M. Jiffrey Abdeen Kandy Sports Corr.

Seetha Devi Sports Club, Kandy continued their success trail when they became champions in the tournament for women while Christ Church Sports Club, Matale and Sri Lanka Air Force became joint champions in the tournament for men at the all-island seven-a-side Old Vijayans hockey tournament for 2008 organised by the Past Pupils Association of Vijaya College and worked off at Nandimithra Stadium astro turf at Matale.

Seetha Devi SC won their second hockey title in a week when they beat Essence Sports Club Kandy 1-0 in the final. At half time there was no scoring.

Seetha Devi SC scored their winning goal through National Women’s Team skipper and centre forward Shyama Kumari Ranasinghe.

Insaka Samaranayake and Anuruddha Herath Bandara umpired.

In the semi-finals Seetha Devi beat Old Devians 3-0 and Essence SC beat Colts SC 2-1 on a tie breaker.

Men’s championship

Air Force Sports Club and Christ Church SC were declared joint champions as only three minutes of play was possible due to bad light.

In the semi-finals Air Force beat Sri Lanka Army 3-2 on a tie breaker strokes and Christ Church Sports Club defeated Park Sports Club Matale 2-1 also on a tie breaker. Both matches ended in one all draws at the end of full time.

Veterans tournament

Park Sports Club, Matale won the veterans over 40 tournament by defeating CH and FC 2-1 on a tie breaker in the finals.

This turned out to be a bitterly fought out battle with the scores remaining deadlocked at one all at the end of full time. Centre forward Indrawansa Herath scored for Park SC while Suresh Wijeratne scored for CH and FC during field play.

Ajith Jayasena and Sarath Jayasinghe umpired.

Chief guests at the awards presentation ceremony were Minister of Urban Development Rohana Dissanayake, Deputy Minister of Petroleum Resources Duminda Perera and Managing Director of Janashakthi, Prakash Schaffter.