Central Province Championship:

St Joseph's, Gampola - athletic champions

Upananda Jayasundera - Kandy Sports Special Corrs

Central Province Athletic Championship was held at the Bogambara Stadium, Kandy from July 4 to 7 in which 7400 athletes participated from 700 schools in the Central Province.

The closing ceremony was held under the patronage of the Chief Minister of Central Province, Sarath Ekanayake.

A special feature was the participation of triplets at the under 21 age group, students of St Joseph's College, Gampola.

They are Thakshila, Wathsala and Sakunthala Karunathilake. They were born on the February 15, 1992 with a difference of five minutes each.

They helped their school St Joseph's College, Gampola to become champions in the girls events collecting 87 points.

The Eldest Thakshila won the Long Jump, Wathsala got the 2nd place in 400 metres Hurdles, while the youngest Sakunthala won the 400 metres flat race with a record time of 60.2 secds.

All three participated in the 4x400 and 4x100 winning relay teams along with Hansika Wathsaramalee.

The winners of the under 19 Boys 200 metres event – B K Athurupana (Trinity College, Kandy) in the middle-time 22.8 secds. On left W M Rangana 2nd (Walala A Ratnayake MMV) time 23.2 secds and on right - 3rd T N Karunaratne (St Sylvester’s) time – 23.5 secds.

The champion 4-400 metres under 15 girls team Walala A Ratnayake MMV (from left) - P Avanthi, R Ekanayake, D Madhushani and S Divyanjali. Pictures by Upananda Jayasundera - Kandy Sports Special Correspondent