Final netball trial May 29
 

by Leslie Fernando

The final netball trial to pick the 12-member Sri Lanka team to participate at the Asian Junior Netball Championships will be held on May 29 at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Ms. Rio Ramlan, the Assistant Secretary, Netball Federation of Sri Lanka (NFSL) said that 17 players in the training pool will face the trial and the selectors of the NFSL will be present the whole day. Ramlan added that the Asian Junior Netball Championships will be held in Bangalore from July 24 to 30. The 17 poolists are training under Junior National coach Thilaka Jinadasa assisted by Deepthi Alwis.

Ramlan added that netballers from Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, India, Pakistan, Maldives and Nepal will vie for championship honours. At the last championships held in 2004 in Colombo, Malaysia emerged champions and Sri Lanka were runners-up.

She also said that once the 12 players are selected, the NFSL will meet to select a manager, delegate, and an umpire to make the trip.

The championship will be hosted by Bangalore Netball Association and conducted by the All-India Netball Federation with the guidance of the Asian Netball Federation.

The poolists are: Gishanthi Jayakody (Hatton National Bank), Sherine Nugera (St. Joseph?s College, Nugegoda), Iresha Korelagodage, Nithya Rajaratnam (Seylan Bank), Priscilla Koch (Access Industrial System), W. A. Sujani (Puttalam DNA), Semini Alwis (Visakha Vidyalaya), Shanika Dilhani (Seylan Bank), Kosala Madushani (Yasodara Devi Balika MV, Gampaha), Gayathri Perera (Newstead Girls College, Negombo).

Akila Jayawardena (Prajapathi Girls College, Ambalangoda), Nisanshani Ruwanlekha (SL Army), Sheruni Peiris, Rushika Wijendra (Holy Family Convent, Bambalapitiya), Thilini Batagoda (Anula Vidyalaya), Deneshika Lokuge (Southland College, Galle), Shiranthika Perera (Newstead Girls College, Negombo).