Renown SC moves to top spot

Bernard Perera

Renown Sports Club for the first time came onto the top of the points table when they trained Jupiter SC 6-2 in their Dialog champions league encounter played in Negombo on Sunday. Renown SC were tied for the second place with Ratnam SC with both teams having obtained 10 points each. But the victory over Jupitors SC in Group ‘A’ put them ahead of the leaders Sri Lanka Air Force who led the table with 12 points Renown at the Lemons had a fine lead 4-0 and went onto add two more goals in the second session, while their opponents two scored two goals.

In a Group ‘B’ match the leaders in Don Bosco SC managed to maintain their top position beating Negombo Youth Sports Club three goals to nil.

The addition of three points from this game gave them a clear lead of five points to be ahead of second placed Sri Lanka Army who had a total of 9 points.

Upto last week end group ‘A’ teams have completed their first round games meanwhile in group ‘B’ except for Blue Star SC and New Youngs SC the other four teams have finished their round one matches.

Old Bens playing Group A is the only team that have lost all their matches played so far and occupies the last slot, while Negombo Youth SC is placed last in Group B has collected three points from one win.