Yasodara Vidyalaya, U-12 shuttle champs

Kandy sports corr.

Yasodara Vidyalaya, Colombo clinched the all island schools under 12 badminton title for girls when they registered a 3 - 1 win over Lindsay Girls Colombo at the indoor courts of St. Anthony's College, Katugastota on Sunday.

The little shuttlers from Yasodara Vidyalaya gave a very impressive display and the little ones from Lindsay Girls School though they lost gave their opponents a very good fight as most of the matches were closely contested ones.

Yasodara Balika shuttlers started off with Tharindi Wijesinghe getting the better of Nethmini Prasadi 21/10, 21/17. Next, skipper Illmee de Silva scored a comfortable 21/4, 21/5, over Chaturika Piumali. But in the third single Yasodara Vidyalaya received a setback when Supekshala Ruwanari lost to a fighting Samandari Rodrigo of Lindsay 17/21, 8/21 setting the stage for the deciding doubles.

Sangamittha Balika Vidyalaya Galle won the 'B' Division championship defeating Holy Cross College, Gampaha 3 - 1 in the final.

following schools won the championship titles in other divisions: