Sports Snippets

Central Province Kabaddi champs

By Upananda Jayasundera, Kandy Sports Special Corr.

Central Province Kabaddi team won the championship at the Inter-Club Kabaddi Tournament when they beat Matale District team by 63 points to 15 in the final held at the Bernard Aluvihare Stadium, Matale recently. The tournament was organised by the Ministry of Sports, Central Province.

Central Province team was represented by Pujapitiya Provincial Secretary's team and this team has now qualified to participate at the 33rd National Sports Festival to be held during the latter part of the year.

Mercantile swim meet Oct. 7

SWIMMING: The Mercantile Swimming Championships for President's Trophy organised by Thurstan Aquatic Club in association with Sri Lanka Aquatic Sports Union will be held on October 7 at Thurstan College swimming pool.

Thurstan took to swimming in the early sixties with boys going to the Josephian pool for training. Thurstan were gifted a six-lane pool in 2000 by Gratien Gunawardene, an old boy.

Old Joes cricket fiesta

CRICKET: The annual inter-batch six-a-side cricket tournament organised by the Old Boys Union and Old Joes Sports Club will be held today (Sunday) commencing at 8.30 a.m. There is a slight change in the format and the significance in this year's tournament is that for the first time there will be teams from Senior Prefects and The Teachers from the college who are billed to play with Old Boys. There will be fun and entertainment for the Josephian families.