St. Sebastian`s in hunt for glory after 2009   

ThePapare Basketball Championship (TPBC), setting the stage for the next generation of stars, will take center-field in the Sri Lankan basketball fraternity for the second consecutive year allowing twenty-eight top notch schools to compete to become the elite stars of the school’s basketball arena.

TPBC 16 – A Recap

St. Sebastian`s College – Moratuwa, last grabbed an U19 All Island ‘A’ Division Championship in the year 2009 and in 2016 they had to end their run in the tournament in the group stage. Moratuwa lads joined the tournament from Group B.

Photo Album – TPBC17 | St.Sebastian’s College – Moratuwa | Boys Basketball Team

The Team in a Nutshell

Even though the team lost four seniors as the 2016 season ended, the rest of the members have stepped up to the plate to back up the skipper for the 2017 season Naveen Akash. Alongside Akash stands Nimash Malinka and Thalash De Mel who together creates the balance of the team.

Greshan Anthony the mentor of the side for the year 2017, believes that he could rotate the players and have an array of options in substitutions since all the members of the team are equally up to the mark in talent.

The key for the lads will be their long range shooting skills. Possessing a couple of skilled point-guards the team will excel in rotating the ball around the perimeter to execute the set plays.

The team practices 6 days a week adapting themselves to a fast track program since the time is not on their side as the practices were disrupted with the on-going examinations. In addition to this, the team does strength training separately to keep par with the fitness levels required. During the few days leading to the tournament, the team has been playing a lot of friendly matches and matches against old boys to develop the overall game they play.

Quotes

Captain of the team Naveen Akash speaking with ThePapare.com said, “I have a lot of confidence in my team to get to the finals. We are a well-balanced team covering every aspect of the game and we have a very good coach too and I think this will be the year we bring the title of champions back to school.”

Greshan Anthony, Coach of the St. Sebastian’s College team speaking with ThePapare.com said, “We won this tournament last in 2009 and came runners up in 2010 and I think this year’s team is the closest we’ve had that can match up to those teams and I believe that they can win the title of champions since they have the talent and skill needed.”

Team Line Up

Naveen Akash (Captain), Nimash Milanka, Dillon Lowe, Shennon Kurera, Duane Lowe, Sutharaka Ferenando, Roshane Fernando, Shenal Jayathilaka, Shehan Fernando, Gayashan Irosha, Nuwanka Fernando, Kavinda De Mel, Thalash De Mel.