DSS and Zahira - boys joint champions

S M Jiffrey Abdeen,- Kandy Sports Correspondent

It was a case of joint champions at the boys and girls all island under 13 hockey championship organized by the Sri Lanka Schools Hockey Association and the Kandy District Schools Hockey Association concluded at the Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy yesterday.

The first final to be played was in the girls championship in which Sri Sangamitta Girls College, Matale held Janadhipathi Vidyalayala, Nawala to thrilling one-all draw.

Janadhipathi Vidyalaya who had the better of the exchanges drew first blood early in the game through centre forward Samadhi Madura. But seconds before the short whistle Sangamitta Vidyalaya equalized through centre forward Sandaruwani Jayaratne with the ball deflecting into the boards off the stick of a defender.

The second half saw a furious battle with both teams striving hard to score the decider but the defence put up by both teams were virtually impregnable.

Janadhipathi Vidyalaya were awarded three penalty corners but they could not convert them into goals. For Sangamitta Balika Vidyalaya Nawanjana Ekanayake, Sachithra Sandaruwani, Hishani Dhanapola and Sandaruwani Jayaratne played well.

For Janadhipathi Vidyalaya Dulanjali Sandanika, Nishali Sepala and Kavishka Viranjani played well. In the deciding match for the third place Musaeus College beat St Anthony’s Girls College, Kandy 1-0. But the Antonian girls played this match under protest as three players from the Musaeus team did not have valid document to prove their identity.

In the semi-finals Sangamitta BV beat Seetha Devi BV 1-0. In the other semi-final Janadhipathi Vidyalaya beat Musaeus College 1-0.

Quarter-finals: Musaeus College beat Seetha Devi BV 1-0, Janadhipathi Vidyalaya beat Hewaheta Central College 4-0, St Anthony’s Girls College beat Yasodara Vidyalaya 2-0 on penalty strokes, Sangamitta Balika Vidyalaya beat Panadura Balika Vidyalaya 2-0.

Boys championship

In the finals of the boys championship two unbeaten teams clashed and D S Senanayake College held Zahira College, Matale to a scoreless draw.

The finals turned out to be a big farce as it commenced in semi-darkness and concluded in darkness with the ball hardly could be seen. St Benedict’s College, Kotahena clinched the third place defeating Ananda College 1-0 with Nirmal Dias scoring the winning goal for the Bens.

Semi-finals:

D S Senanayake College beat St Benedict’s College 3-2 on penalty stroke and Zahira College, Matale beat Ananda College 3-0.

Quarter finals:

Ananda College beat Nalanda College 1-0 on penalty strokes, St Benedict’s College beat Royal College 1-0, Zahira College, Matale beat Maris Stella College 3-0, D S Senanayake beat Isipatana College 1-0.