Thursday, September 8, 2011

Seetha Devi U-17 hockey champs

Seetha Devi Balika Vidyalaya, Kandy won the all island schools under -17 girls hockey championship when they beat their home town rivals Pushpadana Girls College by one goal to nil in a thriller in the finals of the tournament organised by the Sri Lanka Schools Hockey Association and played at Royal College Complex, Colombo.

At half Seetha Devi BV led 1-0.

The champion Seetha Devi Strickers scored their winning goal in the 18th minute of the first half when their centre forward Nilusha Weeraisnghe drove in 'a snorter' which was well stopped by Pushpadana's custodian but the ball rebounded inside the semi circle but left extreme Ayesha Madhushani Indunil took advantage of it to scoop the ball to score.

The second half was hotly contested with Pushpadana trying their best to obtain the equaliser before having any thoughts of a win.

But Seetha Devi's defence held on till the final whistle.

Ajith Manjula and G H Ekanayake umpired.

Third place

St Anthony's Girls College, Kandy, clinched the third place by defeating Yasodara Vidyalaya 1-0 in the consolation finals.

In the two semi finals Pushpadana Girls College beat St Anthony's Girls College 3-1 and Seetha Devi Balika Vidyalaya defeated Yasodara Vidyalaya 3-1 on penalty strokes.

A notable feature was the fact that three of the semi finalists were from Kandy and Yasodara Vidyalaya was the only school from the rest of the island in the semi finals. In the quarter finals Seetha Devi BV beat Janadhipathi Vidyalaya, Nawala 1-0. Pushpadana Girls College beat Sangamittha BV Matale, 3-1 Yasodara Vidyalaya beat Visakha Vidyalaya 2-1, St Anthony's Girls College beat Musaeus College 3-1.

Courtesy: DailyNews

Posted on Thursday, August 11, 2011

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