Royal annex Donald Obeysekere Shield
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Royal’s W.V. Suduwelikande grimaces after landing a right punch
on Trinity’s G. Lushanth in their Youth Weight 52-56 kgs bout
which Suduwelikande won on points at the Royal-Trinity Boxing
Dual Meet at the Royal College Boxing Square yesterday. Royal
won the contest 11\2 to take the Donald Obeysekera Shield. -
Pic: Kavindra Perera
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Royal beat Trinity by 11 bouts to 2 to annex the Donald Obeysekere
Shield in their Dual Boxing Meet conducted at the Royal College Boxing
Square yesterday.
The meet was revived after 50 years and Trinity last won it in 1960.
Royal regained the Shield with an impressive display, but Trinity did
well to take the Best Boxers award when Chandimal Dodanthenne outpointed
(6\3) Royal's T.A. Jamion in the Junior weight 50-52 kgs and 15-16 years
category. Jamion won the Best Losers Award.
Captain A.J.B. Anghie was the chief guest.
Results
Schoolboy weight
33-35 kgs and 13-14 years
A.R. Musthafa (Royal) beat F.D. Rogers (Trinity)
41-43 kgs and 13-14 years
K. Sindujan (Royal) beat W.P. Perera (Trinity) 7\0.
52-56 kgs and 13-14 years
A.K. Pieris (Royal) beat K.I. Jayaweera (TC) 0\0. Judges favoured
3\2. Junior weight
44-46 kgs and 15-16 years
D.L. Senaratne (TC) beat M.F. Saiyaf (RC) 1\0. 50-52 kgs and 15 to
years
C.S. Dodanthenna (TC) beat T.A. Jamion(RC) 6\3.
60-63 kgs and 15-16 years
S.P. Gamage (RC) beat W.D. Dedunupitiya (TC)3\0.
Youth weight category
46-49 kgs and 17-19 years
J. Kulatunga (RC) beat Y.N. Senarante (TC) 1\0.
49-52 kgs and 17 to 19 years
D.M. Ranasinghe (RC) beat K.B. Dissanayake (TC) RSC.
52-56 kgs and 17-19 years
W.V. Suduwelikanda (RC) beat G. Lushanth (TC) 1\0.
56-60 kgs and 17-19 years
N.K. Vithanage (RC) beat M. Fadhal (TC) 2\0.
64-69 kgs and 17-19 years
S.A. Ratnayake (RC) beat M. Ashfaque (TC).
69-75 kgs and 17-19 years
D. Weerakkody (RC) beat S. Azhar (TC) 4\0.
75-81 kgs and 17-19 years
G. Warnakulasuriya (RC) beat N. Costa (TC) 7\4.
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