Gateway excels at Under 19 Basketball
Gateway College completed a very successful season in Basketball by
excelling at the All Island Under 19 'A' division basketball tournament
2014 and the JathikaPasalWestern Province Under 19 National Schools'
Basketball tournaments.
To reach the consolation final of the All Island Under 19 'A'
division basketball tournament, Gateway beat defending champions,
Maristella College, Negombo 61 to 27, Royal Institute 80 to 52, St.
Peter's College, Colombo 89 to 66, Colombo International School, Colombo
69 to 57. At Quarters, Gateway overcame De Mazenod College, Kandana 80
to 60. In this tournament where all four semi-finalists were
international schools, Gateway beat CIS Colombo 81 to 46 at the
consolation finals.
Nichula Liyanage 39 and RoahulSamarakoon 14 scored well for Gateway.
At the JathikaPasalWestern Province Under 19 National Schools'
Basketball tournamentorganised by the Ministry of Education, Gateway
beat Royal College 76- 72 in the quarterfinals and St. Sebastian's 86-60
in the semifinals but lost to Asian International School 66-41 at the
final.
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Front row (left to right): ShanukaChandrasoma,
SapthaAmarawickrama(Vice Captain) , NichulaLiyanage(Captain),
Steve Fernando, Ashen rsakulasuriya,Yeran Karunanayake.
Second row (left to right): Pasan Liyanage, Rahul
Samarakoon,RanulJayasinghe, Lakith Weerasinghe, Tharindu
Fernando (Head Coach), MelathaJansz, Kavin De Silva, Ishira,
Ishira Ritigahapola Absent: AgboWijesekara |
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