Dharmaraja and Mahamaya excel at Junior Athletics meet
Dharmaraja College was on top in the event for boys aggregating 95 points while Vidyartha College ended up runners up with 56 points
to perform well regionally and also meet the qualifying standards. Therefore it is your task to achieve it and the government on its part will provide you with the assistance when you achieve national level including furthering your studies.”
Dharmaraja College was on top in the event for boys aggregating 95 points while Vidyartha College ended up runners up with 56 points. In the competition for kids
Dharmaraja finished on top with 57 points and ending up as runners up with 44 points was St. Sylvester’s College. The championship for girls saw Ma
hamaya Girls College hold sway with 147 points and had a clear lead of 59 points over the second placed Girls High School who could only muster 87 points.
A total of ten meet records were lowered with the first day accounting for 7 of them despite the wet conditions underfoot.
Dharmaraja College and Mahamaya Girls College, Kandy, excelled at the Kandy District Kids and Junior Athletic Championship organised by the Kandy District Athletic Association and worked off at the Bogambara Stadium, Kandy.
Chief Minister of the Central Provincial who was the Chief Guest at the awards ceremony speaking on the occasion said that more children should take to athletics which is one sport in which every school, whether big or small participates.
“If you can run, you are an athlete and it is thereafter you will have to develop yourself using the latest techniques to improve your skills. There should be no excuse that you cannot participate in athletics which is the simplest form of sport which develops as you grow up,” he said.
“Our athletes have brought honour to the country winning medals at the highest level like the Olympic Games where Susanthika Jayasinghe and Duncan White won medals. It is a hard road to success as over 200 countries take part in the Olympics and to be among top three is a great achievement. It is not simple to participate in as you will have