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HNB win inaugural Mercantile hockey 9-a-side tournament

19 December, 2021
The winning HNB team. Standing: Kasun Herath, Nuwan Mahara, Rasika Wickramasinghe, Thilina Perera, Gimhara, Indika Hewawasam (coach), Udesh Silva, Upul Danushka; Squatting: Damith Bandara (captain), Nimesha Gunasena, Kushan, Bishantha Welgamage
The winning HNB team. Standing: Kasun Herath, Nuwan Mahara, Rasika Wickramasinghe, Thilina Perera, Gimhara, Indika Hewawasam (coach), Udesh Silva, Upul Danushka; Squatting: Damith Bandara (captain), Nimesha Gunasena, Kushan, Bishantha Welgamage

Hatton National Bank (HNB) emerged champions of the inaugural Mercantile hockey men’s nine-a-side Championship at the Astro Turf, Torrington in Colombo.

HNB ‘A’ beat Commercial Bank ‘A’ 1-0 in the ‘A’ division final with the winning goal scored by Damitha Bandara five minutes into the second half.

Hayleys ‘B’ clinched the ‘B’ division title defeating Commercial Bank ‘B’ 2-0 in the final. J Wijekoon opened the scoring in the seventh minute while Bodhika Dias doubled the lead with a goal in the eighth minute of the second half.

Sampath Bank ‘B’ won the ‘C’ division final when they beat HNB ‘B’ on a penalty shootout 2-1 after the match ended goalless.

Isanka Samaranayake scored a brace for Sampath while Indika Hewawasam scored for HNB. Asanka Maduranga was adjudged the Best Player.

Browns Group defeated Airport Aviation 1-0 in the ‘D’ division final thanks to a goal by N Kahingala in the first half while Pathum Proboda was adjudged the Best Player. This was the first tournament conducted by the Mercantile Hockey Association after the Covid -19 outbreak while Swisstek Aluminum was the main sponsor with Alpha Global Shipping Service as part sponsor.

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