Swine Flu halts Int'l Schools cager tourney
Angu RAJENDRA
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Semi-finalists - Asian International School In the picture:
(from left) are Andy Ranasinghe, Yoshana Edirimanne, Anook
De Fonseka, Eksith De Silva, Sajay Senanayake, Janith
Liyanage, Kesigan Paramanayagam, Bevan Samuel, Kukarajah,
Rahil Gomes, Akila Silva, Nabeel, Ivaan Perera and Gautham |
The Under 17 boys basketball tournament organized by the Colombo
International School was well on its way to completion when Swine Flu
broke out at Lyceum International School Nugegoda and Lyceum
International School Wattala. The two schools were closed from Monday
the 19th due to a break out of swine flu among its students.
The eleven International Schools entered for the U-17 boys basketball
tournament are - CIS, AIS, Leighton Park, Stafford, Wycherely, Royal
Institute, Gateway, Alethea, Moir, Lyceum, Nugegoda and Wattala. The
tournament that started on October 12 and to be completed on October 25
has now been indefinitely postponed by the organizers. The tournament
will commence once the schools reopen and the date to re-start the
tournament is yet to be decided.
The teams already qualified for the semi-finals are Gateway College
beating Stafford International School - 75/29 and Asian International
School beating Alethea International School 61/32.
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Semi-finalists - Gateway College In the picture: (from left)
are Ricardo Fernando, Sashin Ramanayake, Danushka Gunasekara,
Kaumith Illeperuma, Azeez Abdulla, Dimantha Jayaratne,
Shehan Udugampola, Faraz Fazlet, Atheef Rajah, Nafeel Niyaz,
Dinoo Padmawansa, Binara Panduwawala, Kavindu Randeniya,
Harshan Kollongoda, Navodh Wakkumbura |
The players will now wait for the other two quarter-finals Lyceum
Wattala Vs Royal Institute and Lyceum Nugegoda Vs Wycherely
International School, to be played, in order to enter the semi-finals.
Lyceum International School Nugegoda are the defending champions. If
they win their quarter-finals they will meet Gateway College in the
semi-finals. |
