Cinnamon Bay Beruwala (Men), Amaya Lake Dambulla (Women) Champions
Cinnamon Bay, Beruwala a John Keells Hotel, led by Samith Fernando dethroned defending Champions Heritance Ayurveda Maha Gedera, Beruwela, in the Men's final of the 40th Travel Trade Sports Club ( TTSC) Cricket ' 6s' 2017, concluded at the P. Sara Oval last Sunday.
Fifty one Men’s teams and 7 Women’s teams participated.
Amaya Lake, Dambulla, retained their Women’s title, defeating their sister hotel,
Men Quarter-finals:
Heritance Ayurveda Mahagedera beat Paradise Beach Hotel Camelot Beach Hotel beat Avani Kalutara Cinnamon Bay beat Jetwing Ayurveda Pavilion Ceylon Roots beat Cinnamon Wild Yala
Semi-finals:
Heritance Ayurveda Mahageder beat Camelot Beach Hotel Cinnamon Bay beat Ceylon Roots
(reduced to 4 overs of 4 balls each per team due to bad light) Heritance Ayurveda Mahagedera- 37/4 (4 overs) (Visal S. de Silva 20; Sandaruwan Silva 1 for 5, Ashoka Perera 1 for 8) lost to Cinnamon Bay- 40 for no loss (2.3 overs) (Kelum Sanjeewa 28 n.o., Samith Fernando 12 n.o.)
Special Awards:
Pramith Madusanka (Heritance Ayur. Mahagedera), Samith Fernando Amaya Hills, Kandy, in a repeat of last year's final of. Last year’s Men’s Runner- up, Amaya Lake, Dambulla, lost to Waters Edge in the 2nd Round.
Newcomers, Hamoos Travels and Ceylon Roots made an impressive entrance. Hamoos Travels reached the pre- quarterfinal stage, while Ceylon Roots did even better by reaching the semifinals, losing to Cinnamon Bay, Beruwala.
Kelum Sanjeewa (Cinnamon Bay).
5 overs, 4 balls per over) Amaya Lake, Dambulla- 62/2 (5 overs) (Kalpani Herath 34 n.o., Ganga Pushpakanthi 15 n.o.; S. Neranjani 1 for 16, Nidusha Tennakoon 1 for 7) beat Amaya Lake, Kandy- 49/3 (5 overs) (Nidusha Tennakoon 10 n.o.; Ganga Pushpakanthi 2 for 6, Sisini Madushani 1 for 7)
Special Awards:
Sandamali Neeranjani (Amaya Hills) Best Batter- Kalpani Herath (Amaya Lak e) Ganga Pushpakanthi (Amaya Lake) Kalpani Herath (Amaya Lake) The tournament was sponsored by Aitken Spence Travels PLC and their 2 Vice Presidents, Prasanjit Perera and Anil Hapugoda gave away the awards