Gayan and Vinoli clinch table tennis titles
Sampath Bandara
Gayan Dilupa Wijeratne of Sri Lanka Navy and Vinoli Silva of Girls
High School, Kandy clinched the Intermediate Men's and Women's Singles
titles in the Future Spin Table Tennis Championships - 2009 held in
Nuwara Eliya recently which was conducted by Future Spin Table Tennis
Academy, Nuwara Eliya.
Gayan Dilupa Wijeratne beat Prasad de Silva of Vidyartha College
Kandy in the Intermediate Men's Singles and Vinoli Silva overcame
Praveena Silva (both from Girls High School, Kandy) in the Intermediate
Women's Singl
es.
While Dishanka Tennakoon of Dharmaraja College won double titles in
the junior category, he defeated Umesh Niluminda of Devananda College,
Ambalangoda by 11-02, 11-02 in the under 10 boys singles and he beat
Isuru Anjana of Dharmasoka College, Ambalangoda by 11-05, 11-07 in the
under 12 boys singles.
Final results: Under 8 girls singles: Sandamini Kularathna (Mahamaya
Girls College, Kandy) beat Shavini Maleesha Dissanayake (Holy Family
Balika Vidyalaya, Kurunegala) 11-05, 11-08.
Under 8 boys singles: Lasith Weerallagama (St. Anthony's College,
Katugastota) overcame Thimira Kodituwakku (St. Anthony's College,
Katugastota) 11-06, 11-06.
Under 10 girls singles:
Hansani Piumali (Anula Vidyalaya, Nugegoda) won over Thanushi Rodrigo (Mahamaya
Girls College, Kandy) 12-10, 11-05.
Under 10 boys singles:
Dishanka Tennakoon (Dharmaraja College, Kandy) routed Umesh Niluminda (Devananda
College, Ambalangoda) 11-02, 11-02.
Under 12 girls singles:
Odini Hemaransi (Devananda College Ambalangoda) trounced Pushmi
Jayatunge (Girls High School, Mt. Lavinia) 11-06, 11-05.
Under 12 boys singles:
Dishanka Tennakoon (Dharmaraja College, Kandy) beat Isuru Anjana (Dharmasoka
College, Ambalangoda) 11-05, 11-07.
Under 15 girls singles:
Dishani Jayasinghe (St. JBMV, Kegalle) defeated Odini Hemaransi (Devananda
College, Ambalangoda) 11-09, 07-11, 11-07.
Under 15 boys singles:
Prasad de Silva (Vidyartha College, Kandy) overcame Umesh Niluminda (Devananda
College, Ambalangoda).
Under 18 girls singles:
Hiruni Kumarasinghe (Girls High School, Kandy) beat Anushka Nadeeshani (Viharamahadevi
Balika Vidyalaya, Kandy) 11-08, 07-11, 11-08.
Under 18 boys singles:
Prasad de Silva (Vidyartha College, Kandy) won over Akila Dodankotuwa (Vidyartha
College, Kandy) 13-11, 08-11, 11-09.
Under 18 girls singles:
Nipuni Nayanamala (St. Joseph's Balika Vidyalaya, Kegalle) overcame
Anjali Udeshika de Alwis (Visakha Vidyalaya, Colombo) 11-06, 11-07.
Novices men's singles:
Chinyhaka Ekanayake (Vidyartha College, Kandy) beat G. L. Dumuth
Prasanna (Sri Lanka Navy) 11-07, 03-11, 11-09.
Intermediate women's singles:
Vinoli Silva (Girls High School, Kandy) defeated Praveena Silva (Girls
High School, Kandy).
Intermediate men's singles:
S. Gayan Dilupa Wijerathna (Sri Lanka Navy) beat Prasad de Silva (Vidyartha
College, Kandy) 11-08, 01-11, 11-03. |
