Bishop’s win both matches against Ladies’

by Sajeewa Jayakody

Bishop’s College won the Under-19 and Under-17 hockey matches by 1-0 in both events, against Ladies’ College at their 8th annual hockey encounter played on the Astro Turf, Reid Avenue, Colombo yesterday.

In the Under-19 game, Ameera Gaffoor of Bishop’s College struck the first goal in the fourth minute. Bishopians led at half time 1-0. Thereafter, they kept the Ladies’ attack at bay with their solid defence till the end of the match, which finally ended in favour of Bishop’s College 1-0. In the second half, the Ladies’ fought tooth and nail to find the equalizer but they found difficult to penetrate the opponents’ defence.

Earlier, in the Under-17 encounter, Bishopian Tharishala Perera scored the victories goal for her school as they led the first half 1-0 at ‘lemons’.

Bishopians, the defending champions won the title for the second consecutive year. They beat Ladies College 2-0 at Police Park last year for the first time in the ‘LC-BC’ series, since its inception in 2005.

This year, Bishop’s College was led by Sachithra Munasinghe while Ladies’ College was captained by Senuri Perera.

Previous years’ results and winning team’s captains: 2005 - Ladies College (Saakidhya Manohara) 2006 - Ladies College (Yvanka De Soysa) 2007 - Ladies College (Amandhi Caldera) 2008 - Ladies College (Mayanka Kalupathirana) 2009 - Ladies College (Amayi Mandawala) 2010 - Draw (Anouk De Soysa and Thilini Herath) 2011 - Bishop’s College (Sarala Senanayake).