Royal dominates school tennis scene 2006

Royal College, under the leadership of Udith Wickremasinghe, dominated the school tennis scene in 2006.

Royal College team retained the National School Games Title beating the challenges of Ananda and St.Peter's.

Thereafter, they emerged senior and junior champions, as well as the Overall Champions at the Public Schools Tennis Championships. The performance of the respective teams at this meet was as follows:

* Under 11 - Champions beating Colombo International School

* Under 15 - Champions beating St. Peter's

* Under 17 - Runners-up to St.Peter's in the final

* Under 19 - Champions beating Asian International School

Ganendran Subramaniam (under 19 and under 17), Sylvester Francis (under 13 and under 11) and Sasith Wickremasinghe (under 15), were the coaches who guided the Royalists towards these outstanding achievements.

The support received from Mrs. I.

Hamangoda (Teacher in Charge of Tennis) and Mr. Sugath Liyanagunawardena (Senior Games Master), a s well as the Old Royalists Tennis Club were a constant source of encouragement.

This year, Royal College will be focusing on broad basing the game by expanding their beginner programme, with the coaching of Ganendran Subramaniam and Sylvester Francis.