Clinch Marie Musaeus Higgins Trophy:Ladies rowers make clean sweep
By Sajeewa Jayakody
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Ladies College B Four crew of Anoushka Tissera (scull),
Tarea Karunaratne(3), Davina Koch(2), Chanika
Goonethilaka(Bow), Ashmitha Guneratne(Cox) reacts after
winning B Four, the penultimate event of the day. They
clocked 4 minutes 5 seconds with second placed Musaeus
College timing of 4 minutes 6 seconds. Pic: Chinthaka
Kumarasinghe
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Ladies College, Colombo 7 made a clean sweep by winning all nine
events including the exhibition C Fours and prestigious Boat Race in
their 10thAnnual Regatta against Musaeus College which were run on the
Beira Lake Course, Colombo yesterday. The Ladies rowers were richly
rewarded when they received the Marie Musaeus Higgins Trophy after their
grand display.
Ladies College captured the day's last event – Boat Race with a huge
lead as the Flower Road School girls comprising of Dharini Samarasinghe,
Thiranya Fernando, Isabella Sansoni, Ashani Welikala and Marihah Idroos
earned 12 points clocking 4:02 seconds before the Musaeus girls reached
the finishing mark in 4:18 seconds.
Skipper Ashani Welikala combined with vice captain Dharini
Samarasinghe, both 18-year-old students to win by 10 seconds in the
day's third event, B Pair. The second year coloursmen of the Flower Road
school clocked 4:23 minutes to bag four points.
In the penultimate event, both teams offered a little bit of
excitement for everyone as the decision was made by a hair's breath. The
B Four crew of Anoushka Tissera, Tarea Karunaratne, Davina Koch, Chanika
Goonethilaka and Ashmitha Guneratne, who was at the same stage in the
middle of the course, cruised to victory at the last moment competing in
the inside course as they reached the finishing line in four minutes and
five seconds.
Ishara Abbey joined Anika Ahamed to win the B Double Sculls in 4:19
seconds to earn five points and increased the deficit to 32-0 at the end
of the sixth event.
Results:
A Scull: Yellani Rasthaputhra 4:20 seconds (6 points)
B Scull: Ishara Abbey 4:20 (2 points)
A Pair: Isabella Sansoni, Thiranya Fernando (4:20 (8 points)
B Pair: Dharini Samarasinghe, Ashani Welikala 4:23 (4 points)
A Double Sculls: Yellani Rasthaputhra, Anoushka Tissera 4:16
(7 points)
B Double Sculls: Ishara Abbey, Anika Ahamed 4:19 (5 points)
C Four (exhibition): Yellani Rasthputhra, Nashali Goonethilaka,
Ishara Abbey, Anika Ahamed, Thehani Walpola 4:19
B Four: Anoushka Tissera, Tarea Karunaratne, Davina Koch,
Chanika Gonnetihlaka, Ashmitha Guneratne 4:05 (8 points)
A Four (Boat Race): Dharini Samarasinghe, Thiranya Fernando,
Isabella Sansoni, Ashani Welikala (captain), Marihah Idroos 4:02 (12
points). |
