Royal and Visakha excel at Western Province Table Tennis

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Royalist Helitha Hendawitharana took major honours at the Western Province Junior Ranking Table Tennis Tournament in the Boys’ category while Dilani Perera and Sanaya Buddhadasa of Visakha Vidyalaya were front-runners in the Girls’ category.

The Western Province Junior Ranking Table Tennis Tournament organized by the Old Boys Association of St. John’s College was held in the S. Thomas’ College Indoor Stadium in line with the school’s 101st-anniversary celebrations. A total of 325 players participated in the tournament from the age groups of Under 8 to under 21.

Champion paddler Helitha Hendawitharana of Royal College emerged as the winner of the Under 18 Boys’ Singles defeating Thisas Ranchagoda, who is also from Royal College, in the final. Helitha also went on to win the under 15 title.

Visakhian Dilani Perera also had the privilege of winning two titles on offer by securing the under 18 singles as well as the under 21 singles in the Girls’ category. Twelve year old Sanaya Buddhadasa was the other highlight of the day taking home two titles. The Visakhian took the under 12 title and later competed in the under 15 age category to win the under 15 Girls’ Singles title.

Helitha Hendawitharana, Dilani Perera and Sanaya Buddhadasa were adjudged the best players in the tournament for their achievement.

The final results are as follows:

Under 08 Boys’ Singles – Kakeru Hennayake of Ananda College Colombo beat Dewmeth Weerasena of Lyceum International, Nugegoda –   11/01, 11/06

Under 08 Girls’ Singles – Mishanthi Padeniya of Visakha Vidyalaya Colombo beat Yasandi Nehansa of Visakha Vidyalaya Colombo – 11/08, 11/08

Under 10 Boys’ Singles – Sanuth Jayasumana of Lyceum International, Gampaha beat Thisum Gamage of Ananda College Colombo – 07/11, 11/03, 11/09

Under 10 Girls’ Singles – Fathmath Deema Ali of Royal Institute, Colombo beat Oneli Lehansa of Musaeus College Colombo –  11/08, 11/07

Under 12 Boys’ Singles – Senura Silva of Ananda College Colombo beat Sahiru Munasinghe  of Bandaranayake College, Gampaha–  11/06, 11/09

Under 12 Girls’ Singles – Sanaya Buddhadasa of Visakha Vidyalaya , Colombo  beat Oshadi Umayangana  of Buddhist Girl’s College, Mt Lavinia – 11/ 07, 11/07

Under 15 Boys’ Singles – Helitha Hendawitharana of Royal College Colombo beat Thisas Ranchagoda of Royal College Colombo – 11 / 07 , 05 / 11 , 12 / 10, 03 / 11, 12 / 10.

Under 15 Girls’ Singles – Sanaya Buddhadasa of  Visakha Vidyalaya , Colombo  beat  Ayla Chitty of Ladies College, Colombo –11-08, 13 / 11, 06 / 11, 12 / 10

Under 18 Boys’ Singles – Helitha Hendawitharana of Royal College Colombo   beat Thisas Ranchagoda of Royal College Colombo   – 09 / 11, 12 / 10 , 11 / 06 ,  11/07

Under 18 Girls’ Singles – Dilani Perera of Visakha Vidyalay, Colombo  beat Ayla Chitty of Ladies College, Colombo – 05 / 11 , 11 / 07, 13 /  11, 09 / 11 , 11 / 08

Under 21 Boys’ Singles –Sanith Deenath of Anura Central College, Yakkala beat Ravindu Sachinthana of Anura Central College, Yakkala – 09 / 11 , 08 / 11 , 11/ 03 , 14/ 12 , 11 / 08

Under 21 Girls’ Singles – Dilani Perera of Visakha Vidyalaya , Colombo beat Naveera Perera of Bishop’s College,  Colombo – 11 / 05, 11 / 04, 11  / 06