Seetha Devi SC emerge champs in Singapore

by S.M. Jiffrey Abdeen – Kandy Sports Corr.

Seetha Devi Sports Club, Kandy a virtually Sri Lankan national outfit at hockey, repeated their success of last year and brought honour to the country when they emerged Cup Champions at the 19th Annual Singapore Sixes Hockey Championship organised by the Singapore Cricket Club. Seetha Devi beat Cairns Sapphires Sports Club Australia 2-0 in the finals played at Padang Singapore last week. At half-time there was no scoring.

It was centre-half Chathurika who breached their opponents defence early in the first with a scorching drive. Two minutes later prolific scorer of the tournament centre forward Buddhika Gunaratne dribbled her way into the scoring zone and scored through a well directed hit.

With that the match ended with the Seetha Devi stickers emerging champions for the second year in succession.

Seetha Devi Sports Club first participated in this championship in 2010 and finished runner-up and that was the first time a Sri Lankan women hockey team had finished at that level.

They skipped the championship in 2011 due to domestic commitments. In the semi-finals, Seetha Devi SC beat SRC ladies team 1-0 after a tense battle and they scored the winning goal towards the end off the stick of centre forward Chathurika Wijesuriya.