Will Sri Lanka take revenge in Singapore?

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Sri Lankans battling it out with Singapore in the Asia Cup 2012 final at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium last August. Picture by Ranjith Asanka

The Asian Netball runners up 2012 - Sri Lanka will take part in the Nations Cup in Singapore with the service of a new head coach, Yasa Ramachandra, the Sports Ministry Media sources said. Tamara Paragoda Liyanage has been appointed as the Assistant Coach while Dr. Shiromy Pilapitiya has been appointed as the Team Manager. The tournament will be held from December 2 - 8 at Toa-Payoh Sport Hall, Singapore with the participation of six teams including Tanzania, Malaysia, Namibia, Republic of Ireland, 2012 Asian Champions Singapore and runners up Sri Lanka.

The selection committee for the tournament has also been newly appointed. The committee headed by Chandrani Pathiraja , Lakmini Samarasinghe, Sandya Jayasuriya, Sunimal Karubalapitiya and Priyantha Virginie Peiris, will select the national team on November 10 from a pool of 22 players at St Joseph's College indoor stadium. The medical and skills tests will be held on November 9 at the sports ministry. At the selections there will be matches against to opponents that will help the players to perform on a match condition.

The team will leave for Singapore on December 30. The coaches and the selected team will have to work on a busy and tight schedule in the pre match training sessions here in Sri Lanka, due to time constraints.

Hosts Singapore will try thier best to retain their pride gained when they won the Asina Championship here in August while the runner up Sri Lanka would be looking for the revenge.