Lanka hockey team off to Myanmar

Sampath Bandara

Sri Lanka’s under 18 Hockey team captained by Geemal Dias of Ananda College left for Myanmar yesterday to participate in the second Junior Boys Under 18 Asia Cup Tournament which held in Yangon from November 11 to 22.

Pool A: India, Malaysia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand.

Pool B: Chinese-Taipei, Japan, Korea, Myanmar, Singapore

Sri Lanka Contingent

Geemal Sandeepa Dias (Captain Ananda College)

Heshan Thilina Fernando (V. Captain St. Thomas College Mount Lavinia) Thilina Sandaruwan, D. M. Bandara, R. D. Kulathunga, M. D. K. Piyasiri, (all from Chris Church College, Matale) D. S. Madhubasha and Prabath Mahara, (both from St. Thomas College - Matale) Hasitha Lakruwan and Kasun Sigera, (both from Ananda College, Colombo) N. D. Premathilake and Nadun Weerakkody, (Vijaya College, Matale) Pasan Wijewardana (St. Thomas College, Mount Lavinia) Marlon Senanayake and Jasintha Senarathne (both from Royal College Colombo). A. S. Alles (St. Benedict’s College, Colombo) U. A. R. Fernando - Joseph Vaz College (Wennappuwa) Lukeman Shah (Trinity College, Kandy)

Officials K. Jeyaratnem Chef de Mission, Dampiya Wanasinghe - Manager, Leelananda Ittapana - Coach, Palitha Wasalage (Asst. Manager), Sumith Dissnayake (Asst Coach), Indika Jayawardane (Umpire), Gaya Perera - Official

November 11 - Sri Lanka Vs Malaysia, November 12 - Sri Lanka Vs Pakistan, November 14 - Sri Lanka Vs Thailand, November 17 - Sri Lanka Vs India, November 22 (Finals).