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32nd All Island School Sports Festival

kit-sports editor — Fri, 14 Oct 2016 07:55:21 +0000

W.M.A.M. Madushanka of Thaldeka St. Rita’s College, Wennappuwa won the first gold medal at the 32nd All Island School Sports Festival at the Bogambara Stadium, Kandy yesterday.

Madushanka recorded 14.42 metres in the under 21 boys shot-putt event. Incidentally, Madushanka’s brother Manesh Malintha also won a gold medal in the under 17 discuss throw event. The opening ceremony was ceremonially held in the presence of Minister of Education Akila Viraj Kariyawasam who was the chief guest.

The students of Kingswood and Seetha Devi sang the National Anthem while the Minister hoisted the National flag.

Sunil Hettiarachchi hoisted the All Island school flag while the Central Province flag was hoisted by Governor Niluka Ekanayake.

The Directors of Provincial Education and Directors of Provincial Sports hoisted the Provinces flag and sports flag respectively. The All Island School song was sung by Kingswood and Seethadevi students. The torch was carried by 2015 All Island Schools Games best sportswoman Rumeshika Ratnayake of St. Joseph’s College, Kegalle and the best sportsman of throwing events S.P.B. Bawantha of Weera Keppetipola National School, Akuramboda.

The welcome speech was delivered by Education Ministry Secretary Sunil Hettiarachchi. The Games was officially opened by the Minister of Education.

Yamani Dulanjali of Ambagawuwa Central College made the Competitors’ Pledge while the Referees Pledge was made by Neville Rodrigo. The opening ceremony ended with a beautiful ‘Ves’ dancing item.
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Dilhani shocks Yamani …

kit-sports editor — Sun, 15 Nov 2015 01:14:19 +0000

Middle distance specialist Dilhani Fernando turned the tables on Asian Youth Championship gold medalist Yamani Dulanjali in the girls under 20 400m, while 6 new meet records were set on the second day of the 27th National Youth Athletics Championship continued at Diyagama yesterday. Fernando clocked 58.33 seconds as she sealed her second Gold while Dulanjali faced a shock defeat, although it appeared that Dulanjali was suffering from a hamstring injury.

National 400m champion, Chandrika Rasnayake renewed her own record with a time of 54.31 seconds to win her second Gold medal of the meet in the women’s over 20 400m. She was given stiff competition by Upamali Rathnakumari who finished second in 54.86seconds.

National javelin throw champion Sumedha Ranasinghe threw 75.84m in the men’s over 20 javelin throw to set a new meet record, where he erased the record set by D.S. Ranasinghe of 72.42m in 2013 at Polonnaruwa.

In the under 20 boys 10000m the top three finishers clocked better timing than the previous record. The event was won by K.L. Pamode with a time of 32 minutes 53.93 seconds which erased the meet record set by him in the last edition of the festival.
In other events of the day A.P. Jayawardene (Discus throw – 47.85m) and K.L. Samarasinghe (400m – 48.67) set new meet records in the under 20 boys category.
Shanika Dulakshi clocked 15.50 seconds to set a new meet record in the under 20 girls 100m hurdles.

Youth Athletes in a quandary Only 4 out of 13 qualified athletes listed

kit-sports editor — Thu, 02 Jul 2015 01:38:34 +0000

Youth athletes were left in a quandary as the Athletics Association (AASL) has decided to send only four athletes for the IAAF World Youth Championship even though 13 youth (under 18) athletes have achieved required qualifying standards.
The Championship will be held from 15th to 19th July at Cali, Colombia.
“For now we have decided to send four medalists of the 1st Asian Youth Athletics championship for the world event” said Saman Kumara, long serving recorder of the Athletics Association.
“But since there are request from others , we are going to sit down at a meeting on Thursday (today) and decide whether we are adding more to the team, and we may select two more from the best performance of the rest except the said four” said Saman Kumara.
Nevertheless, out of 13 there are three 400m runners, three 200m runners and three 400m hurdlers, where top 400m hurdler Dharshan Rajapaksha, who won the silver medal at Asian youth, has been selected for the world event while the rest have been neglected.
Many athletes peaked after the Asian Youth Championship, and athletes such as Gateway sprinter Asiri Wijesekara clocked a personal best of 21.88 seconds in the 200m during the Junior Nationals in late May, which could have well secured a medal for him during Asian Youth. Removing such an athlete from world showpiece would just be a loss to the country.
Bens 400m sprinter Supun Nimansa, who clocked 49.05 seconds in the recently concluded John Tarbat championship, is another who could perform impressively if the standard of competition is superior, such as at the World Youth.
According to the athletes and coaches who have not been selected for the tour, they are even ready to finance their own expenses through their schools and other means if the Association and Sports Ministry are not ready to fund them for the meet, which will be an invaluable experience for their career and once in a lifetime opportunity which would inspire them in their future.
According to analysts, Sri Lanka has one of the best youth teams this year, as they performed remarkably well for their age during competitions, with repeated impressive performances. Athletes expect AASL will follow the same procedure they did in the last two editions of World Youth Championship in 2011 and 2013, where they sent all qualified athletes for the world event.
Selected athletes
Yamani Dulanjali
(400m hurdle-60.92 sec, 200m-24.82 sec and 400m-57.03 sec)
Dammika Ranathunga (High jump- 2.12m)
Chamal Kumarasiri
(Triple jump-15.39m)
Darshana Rajapaksha (400m hurdle-52.87 sec)
Athletes who have reached qualifying standards but not selected
Asiri Wijesekara
(200m-21.88 sec)
Sachith Perera
(200m-22.12 sec)
SM Safran (200m-22.14 sec)
Supun Nimansa
(400m-49.05 sec)
Nidula Jayawardene
(400m-49.05 sec)
Mohammad Hamzan
(400m 49.25 sec )
Uditha Chandrasena
(400m hurdle- 53.04 sec)
Anura Dharshana
(400m hurdle 54.54 sec)
Ushan Thivanka
(High Jump-2.06m)