Western Province wins NSF Netball Title

Western Province overcame Central Province to win the Netball Championships at the 44th National Sports Festival (NSF) at the National Sports Complex in Polonnaruwa. The event was conducted by the Ministry of Sports and the Department of Sports Development.

In the final, the scores were 64-52 in favour of Western Province.

Nine provinces participated in the tournament and the results in the first and second round were as follows:

First Round:

■■orther■ Province beat Sabaragamuwa Province (62-60)

Second Round:

■wester■ Province beat North Western Province (89-33)

■ce■tral Province beat Uva Province (72-12) ■souther■ Province beat Eastern Province (70-15)

■■orth Central Province beat Northern Province (57-56)

Central Province, Southern Province, Western Province and North Central Province qualified for the semi-finals and the results were as follows:

First Semi-final:

Central Province beat Southern Province (58-40)

Second Semi-final:

Western Province beat North Central Province (99-29) – to qualify for the finals.

THIRD PLACE: North Central Province beat Southern Province (48-45)

There were several national players in the winning Western Province team and the Most Outstanding Player of the Tournament was Hasitha Mendis (Western Province).

WESTERN PROVINCE: Chaturangi Jayasuriya, Hasitha Mendis, Dulanga Dananji, A.P.K.M. Priyadrshani, Tissala Algama, Y.n.m.ranasinghe, N.R. De Silva, D.D.S.D. K. Dehigaspitiya, Semini Alwis, S. Abeygunewardena, J.D. Chaturika and Poornika Lakshani

Action from the final – Western Province vs Central Province

Most Outstanding Player – Hasitha Mendis