Mahinda House-athletic champions of Vidyartha

S M Jiffrey Abdeen- Kandy Sports Correspondent

Mahinda House with 264 points became champions at the inter-house sports meet of Vidyartha College, Kandy, held at the Bogambara Stadium, Kandy last Friday.

Finishing runner-up was Narendra House with 258 points. In third and fourth places with 203 and 202 points were Wickrema House and Parakrama House respectively.

The Chief Guest of the occasion was Chief Minister of the Central Province Sarath Ekanayake who emphasized the importance of participating in sports and its value has been identified by President Mahinda Rajapaksa who has instructed all school going children should participate in at least in one sport after a medical examination and depending on their skills. If you cannot run faster or throw the Putt Shot it does not matter as there are a wide range of sports in which you could participate.

The individual awards were made as follows:

Under 10 champion: Ashan Senanayake (Mahinda House)
Under 11 champion: D S Bandara (Parakrama House)
Under 12 champion: R M S N Ranasingghe (Parakrama House)
Under 13 champion: W D S A Wijeratne (Parakrama House)
Under 14 champion: G J S Gunatillake (Parakrama House)
Under 15 champion: D D G S Bandara (Mahinda House)

Under 16 champion: S A M U Sumanasinghe (Narendra House)
Under 17 champion: R M Senaviratne (Narendra House)
Under 19 champion: G G C Ganewatte (Mahinda House)
Under 21 champion: N D Chandrasiri (Narendra House)

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