NIMB wild cats wins the 2nd EFLI championship

by Indika Walagedara

The EFLI – Sri Lanka Inter University Flag Football Tournament organized by EFLI- Sri Lanka and sponsored by the South Asia Gateway Terminals (Pvt) Ltd, concluded on June 29 at the C.R. & F.C. Grounds, Longdon Place with many people coming to witness the new sporting event enjoying the excitement of the First ever University Flag Football tournament introduced to Sri Lanka this year.

The Exhibition game which was played prior to the Cup finals was definitely a hit as it had many of the Colombo Lions players such as Andrew Siriwardena, and National Rugby star Shenal Dias doing some excellent runs against the experienced US Embassy invitation team.

The Cup finals between NIBM Wild cats vs Kotalawela Defence University Riffles game became a great show -piece as both teams dished out some excellent throwing and running down the flank. Both teams performed well to handle the wet ball after a heavy shower before the Cup Finals.

The Cup finals went in to extra time with the scores deadlocked at 13-all at full time. The game then went in to 3 minutes extra time with sudden death and in the 2nd minute of the extra time NIBM touched down which gave them victory by 19 points to 13.

The Winners are as follows :

Cup Runners up: Kotalawela Defense University -Riffles Cup Champions: NIMB Wild Cats
Plate Runners up: NSMB Storms
Plate Champions:IIT Dragons
Bowl Runners up:Sargodha University, Pakistan Bowl Champions: Jaffna Warriors
Shield Runners up: NIBM Bees Shield Champions: IIT Panthers

Footballs to all participating University teams were handed over by Ted Muttiah, COO, South Asia Gateway Terminals (Pvt) Ltd.