The under 18 national water polo teams left the country on Monday (23rd) to participate in the 3rd Asian Water Polo Youth Championship which is organized by the Asian Swimming Federation.
The tournament will be held from 25th-30th of September in Singapore. This tournament will be the Asian region qualifiers for the FINA world youth water polo championship.
The boys will be competing against 9 other nations which including Asian water polo giants China, Kazakhstan and Japan. The girls team will compete against 6 other nations in the tournament.
The teams are as follows,
U-18 Boys team
Rifat Uwais – Captain (Royal College)
Ashane Francis – Vice Captain (S.Thomas’ College)
Isuru Kahandawala (S.Thomas’ College)
Shakya Bandara (S.Thomas’ College)
Deelaka Weeraratne (S.Thomas’ College)
Nimnaka Rathnayake (Nalanda College)
Aqeel Sourjah (S.Thomas’ College)
Kosala Wijewardena (S.Thomas’ College)
Keshan Munasinghe (S.Thomas’ College)
Oshada Madusanka (Ananda College)
Sachitha Jayatilake (S.Thomas’ College)
Thamindu Ranasinghe (Royal College)
Anthony Wijewardena (Royal College)
U-17 Girls team
Aneesah Fowzie-Captain (Bishop’s College)
Tusari Ekanayake-Vice Captain (Visakha Vidyalaya)
Samaakhya Gajanayake (Visakha Vidyalaya)
Ashanti Sumanapala (Bishop’s College)
Shenara David (Ladies’ College)
Anoushka Tissera (Ladies’ College)
Lara Modder (Ladies’ College)
Upuli Dodamgoda (Visakha Vidyalaya)
Shaleena Peiris (Visakha Vidyalaya)
Nidheesha Ellawala (Ladies’ College)
Aneka Abeywickrema (Visakha Vidyalaya)
Thameesha Eliyapura (Bishop’s College)
Sashi Weerawarana (Ladies’ College)
Coaches
Malaka Chandradasa
Awnee Razack
Ajantha Silva
Strength and Conditioning Coaches
Yoshitha Rajapaksa
Bilal Hassen
Chef de Mission
Hiran Ukwatte
Team Manager
Carlo Baddeliyanage
