Helika and Fathmath outstanding TT players
Helika Adhikary of Royal College, Colombo and Fathmath Deema Ali of Royal Institute Colombo were adjudged the Most Outstanding Players in the Boys and Girls categories respectively at the SLIIT GOSSIMA 2016 All Island Intermediate/Novices Men’s and Women’s and Age group Boys and Girls Table Tennis Championship conducted by the Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology which concluded at the S. Thomas’ College Indoor Stadium tables recently.
Helika Adhikary was adjudged the Best men’s player for his outstanding performances exhibited by winning the Men’s Novices Singles and Intermediate Men’s Singles while Fathmath Ali too gave a fine exhibition of TT to win the Girls’ Under 15 Singles and Under 18 Girls Singles events to be crowned the Outstanding Women’s player.
Final Results:
Kisara Rathnayake (Lyceum Ratnapura) beat Dilith Widanagamage (Furguson High School, Ratnapura) – 11/9, 11/7; Naveesha Induwarani (Devananda College, Ambalangoda) beat Sadinthi (Musaeus Collge, Colombo) 11/6, 11/1
Oshan Sanarathnarachchi (Royal College, Colombo) beat Minosh De Silva (S. Thomas’s College, Mt. Lavinia) 12/10, 14/12; Imashi Chatumi (Kularatne Vidyalaya, Ambalangoda) beat Sanumi Edirisinghe (Janadhipathi Balika, Nawala) 11/5, 11/5
Zaid Akram (Al-Hudha Intl’ School, Kandy) beat Rifky Ahamed (Kingswood College, Kandy) 11/7, 12/10; Girls Singles: Buddhini Imasha (Janadhipathi Balika, Nawala) beat Sithmi Seya (Musaeus College, Colombo) 9/11, 11/7, 16/14
Kavindu Kalhara (Dharmaloka Vidyalaya, Kelaniya) beat Thumal Adhikary (Royal College, Colombo) 11/9, 11/4; Fathmath Deema Ali (Royal Institute, Colombo) beat Hiruni Inoshi (Janadhipathi Balika, Nawala) 11/4, 11/8
Mahith Jayasumana (Lyceum, Gampaha) beat Achira Abhilash (Lyceum, Wattala) 11/7,