Bengal Schools Regatta: S. Thomas', Musaeus in finals
by Leslie Fernando
S. Thomas and Musaeus rowers put up a fine performance to enter the
final of the boys' and girls' Fours event at the Bengal Rowing Club
International Schools Regatta held in Calcutta, India yesterday.
The oarsmen and oarswomen from both schools rowed with superior
strength, power and balance to make it to the finals.
Thomian 'A' crew comprising of Sakya Kalupathirana (B), Devan Hallock
(2) Rajitha Wickremasekera (3), Manil Salgado (S), Yanik Salgado (Cox)
entered the final of the Fours defeating Chandigarh Province Crew in a
close contest.
Meanwhile, Musaeus 'A' crew comprising of Sachitra Jayatilaka, Uvini
Atapattu, Gimani Widanagamage, Menaka Kohana, Vinuri Jayasundara
defeated the Calcutta RC in the semi-finals. They will meet the Chennai
Rowing Club in the finals.
Musaeus 'B' crew of twins Ushika and Umanga Iddamalgoda, Sanjeevani
Kularatne, Miyuru Jayatilaka, Naduni Perera did well to reach the
semi-finals and were beaten by Bengal RC.
Thomian 'B' and 'C' crews Naveen Murthy, Arrik Variya, Danushka
Jayanetti, Jayan Peiris, Akshath Wickremanayake, Avinash de Silva,
Sidath Munasinghe, Sajeeva de Silva, Uwin Jayasinghe and Peter Christie
also fared well to reach the quarter finals of the Four event.
Altogether 29 schools teams from Asia and England participated at the
regatta conducted by the Bengal Rowing Club in association with the
All-India Rowing Federation. |