Rohan and Saranga clinch Melvani Memorial TT titles
Sampath BANDARA
Rohan Sirisena of Nugegoda Table Tennis Club and Saranga de Silva of
Commercial Bank emerged champions of the Ashok Melvani Memorial Open
Ranking Table Tennis Championships which concluded at the S. Thomas
College Indoor stadium on Sunday.
Rohan Sirisena defeated Chatura Viskam of Sri Devananda College,
Ambalangoda by 4/3 and won the open Men's Singles and Saranga de Silva
beat Oshadi Gunasekara of Dharmasoka College, Ambalangoda by 4/1 in the
women's singles final.
Chaminda Rodrigo overcome Gamini Moraes by 3/1 to win the Masters
event, M.M.M. Laffir beat Fida Hussain by 3/2 and clinched the veterans
game.
Awards were presented to the winners of the open Men's and women's
singles by former National player W.A. Buddhasiri.
Nuwani Nawodya of Dharmasoka College, Ambalangoda who is representing
Sri Lanka at the Asian Youth Games in Singapore and South Asian Junior
Games in India was awarded a one year scholarship by Tibber Table
Tennis.
Results:
Under 10 girls: Kavindi Shesadi (Dharmasoka) beat Hasini Sandeepani
by 3/0
Under 12 girls: Ruvini Kannangara (Musaeus College) overcome Tedini
Thushara (Sri Devananda) by 3/2
Under 15 girls: Nuwani Nawodya (Dharmasoka) rout Chandima Madushani (Mahamaya
Girls College-Kandy) by 3/2
Under 18 girls: Erandi Warusawithana (Dharmasoka) triumph over
Tharindra Weerakoon (Maliyadeva) by 3/1
Under 21 girls: Tharindra Weerakoon (Maliyadeva) beat Nirmani Silva
(Girls High School, Kandy) by 3/1
Under 10 Boys: Trishan Nimesh (Dharmasoka) defeat Dinul Himsara (Dharmasoka)
by 3/2
Under 12 Boys: Udaya Ranasinghe (Vidyartha College, Kandy) beat
Supuna Warusawithana (Dharmasoka) by 3/0
Under 15 Boys: A.M. Shashiranga (Dharmasoka) rout Imantha Udanjaya (Dharmasoka)
by 3/1
Under 18 Boys: Chathura Wiskam (Devananda) overcome A.M. Shashiranga
(Dharmasoka) by 3/1
Under 21 Boys: R.M.L. Chaturanga (Dharmasoka) beat Chatura Wiskam of
Devananda by 3/0
Men's Doubles: B.N.B. Jayasinghe and M. Lakshita beat K.S.T. Chalitha
and Rohan Sirisena by 3/2
Women's Doubles: N. Nawodya and E. Warusawithana were beaten by N.
Silva and S. Silva by 3/1
Mixed Doubles: E. Warusawithana and Chameera Ginige beat T. Shashini
and C. Viskam by 3/2
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