Punsara Wickramasinghe of Anula Vidyalaya Nugegoda and Mohamed Rilwan of St. Joseph’s College, Colombo-10 were selected as the most promising girl and boy players for the year 2022 respectively at the 33rd Sri Lanka Junior National Squash Championship that was held last week at the SSC courts.
Meanwhile, Chanithma Sinaly of Sirimavo Bandaranaike Vidyalaya and Nevindu Lakman of DS Senanayake College who won the under-19 girls and boys events respectively were nominated as the national squash players for the year by Sri Lanka Squash after the Junior National championships. (TBR)
Results:
U-11: Novices (Girls):
Winner: Lithuli Jayawardena (Sirimavo Bandaranaike)
Runner-up: Maheli de Zoysa (Visakha Vidyalaya)
3rd: Ranuly Seneviratna (Visakha Vidyalaya)
(Boys):
Winner: A Kishean (Royal College)
Runner-up: H. Noordeen (Colombo International)
3rd: Himsandu Amarasinghe (Mahanama College)
U-15: Novices (Girls):
Winner: Sevindhi Dissanayake (Visakha Vidyalaya)
Runner-up: Inuri Ediriweera (Musaeus College)
3rd: Nevanya Atukorale (Sirimavo Bandaranaike)
(Boys):
Winner: Ashindu Sandew (DSS)
Runner-up: Akith Welikala (Colombo International)
3rd: Senitha Subasinghe (DSS)
U-9: (Girls):
Winner: Nethanya Wickramasinghe (Ladies College)
Runner-up: Yasasma Belpage (Visakha Vidyalaya)
3rd: Livini Jayawardena (Visakha Vidyalaya)
(Boys):
Winner: Danuja Jayasinghe (Ananda Sastralaya)
Runner-up: Ranuk Mendis (Gateway College)
3rd: Hirun Samaratunga
(Horizon International Malabe)
U-11: (Girls):
Winner: Nimthara Thebuwena (Sirimavo Bandaranaike)
Runner-up: Navya Ganegoda (Ladies College)
3rd: Dinithma Mihely (Sirimavo Bandaranaike)
(Boys):
Winner: Danuja Jayasinghe (Ananda Sastralaya)
Runner-up: Akayne Konara
(S. Thomas’ Mt. Livinia)
3rd Place: Harshitha Karunathilaka (Ananda College)
U-13 (Girls):
Winner: Punsara Wickramasinghe (Anula Nugegoda)
Runner-up: Shasmin Booso (St. Paul’s Milagiriya)
3rd: Methuki Samaranayake (Sirimavo Bandaranaike)
(Boys):
Winner: Manuth Dissanayake (Gateway College)
Runner-up: Linuka Silva (DSS)
3rd: Randil Siriwardena (S. Thomas’ Mt. Lavinia)
U-15: (Girls):
Winner: Adhithi Gunasekera (Ladies’ College)
Runner-up: Senomi Silva (Musaeus College)
3rd: Punsara Wickramasinghe (Anula Nugegoda)
(Boys):
Winner: Matheesha Wijesekara (Royal College)
Runner-up: Mohamed Rilwan (St. Joseph’s College)
3rd: BB Nanayakkara (Gateway College)
Under-17: (Girls):
Winner: Chanithma Sinaly (Sirimavo Bandaranaike)
Runner-up: Adhithi Gunasekera (Ladie’s College)
3rd: RI Wood (Lindsay Balika)
(Boys):
Winner: Matheesha Wijesekara (Royal College)
Runner-up: Pramudutha Thalagala (Defence Services College)
3rd: Mohamed Rilwan (St. Joseph’s College)
U-19: (Girls):
Winner: Chanithma Sinaly (Sirimawo Bandaranaike)
Runner-up: Yeheni Kuruppu (Visakha Vidyalaya)
3rd: Anargi Perera (Visakha Vidyalaya)
(Boys):
Winner: Nevindu Lakman (DSS)
Runner-up: Thinura Randina (Nalanda College)
3rd: Sehath Perera (Royal College)
(Special awards):
Most Promising Girl Player of the Year – 2022: Punsara Wickramasinghe (Anula Nugegoda)
Most Promising Boy Player of the Year – 2022: Mohamed Rilwan (St. Joseph’s)
(Challenge trophy to the junior national Girl and Boy players 2022 with a replica)
Junior National Girl Player of the Year – 2022: Chanithma Sinaly (Sirimavo Bandaranaike)
Junior National Boy Player of the Year 2022: Nevindu Lakman (DSS)