Seetha Devi girls' school, Kandy clinched a hockey double, when their under 17 hockey team emerged champions in both Kandy schools league hockey championship-2011 conducted by Kandy Schools Hockey Committee in Kandy and the all-island schools hockey tournament 2011 for under 17 girls conducted by Sri Lanka Schools Hockey Association together with Colombo Shools Hockey Committee in Colombo recently.
Led by Samadara Chandrika Kumari and coached by M.A.M. Ashroff, Seetha Devians beat their home town rivals Pushpadana Girls Kandy 1-0 in the final to annex the title at the all island schools under 17 hockey championships 2011at the College ground, Colombo recently.

Standing from left - S. Paraneedaran (Asst. Coach), N.D Weerasinghe, D. Amarasooriya, Samadara Chandrika, W.M. Themiyadasa (President SLSHA), Sumith Edirisinghe (President SLHF), M.A.M. AShroff (HD Coach), S. Wijesinghe (Secretary SLSHA), N. Vishwanathan (SLHF), S.M. Illeperuma, N.H. Ratnayake, H. Ekanayake, D.G. Prakash (Asst Coach). Squatting H.S. Karunaratne, A.M. Indunil, T.I Dissanayake, K.S Guruge, W.W. Jayasinghe, D. Rajapakse,  N. Ratnayake, M.R. Ranasinghe, S. Madubhashini, S.T. Paranagama, M. Dilrukshi, P.M. Fernando, S. Fernando.

Daily Mirror
Wednesday, 31 August 2011 01:28