Musaeus College turns up trumps at Indian regatta

By Bandula ALAHAKOON - Borella Special Corr.

ROWING: Musaeus College girls did not disappoint their fans as they not only won the Senior Girls Fours and Sculls and what's more, the girls from Musaeus also were awarded the trophy for the Best Disciplined Team too at the BRC International School Regatta held in Kolkatta, India.

The girls from Musaeus College have been at this regatta from inception of this contest and this was their third visit to India - and what a fine performance from them! Musaeus had a team of 15 girls and they had three Fours teams and from them they had 4 scullers, a junior Fours team and two senior Fours teams and 2 scullers from each category. The Senior Fours won the Gold and Bronze.

While the Junior Fours won the Silver Medal. The two senior Scullers Swarnamali Wijesinghe and Sachitra Jayathilake were able to win Gold and Silver medals.

Last year too Musaeus College were successful in winning the Gold and Silver medals in the Fours Event and they won the Silver Medal in the Sculling event.

From the Indian sides City Outfit South Point were also successful in winning two events - the junior boys and girls Fours at the regatta. There were around 42 schools that participated in the regatta. Schools from India, Pakistan, UAE and Sri Lanka participated.

Senior Girls Sculls: Gold by Swarnamali Wijesinghe, Silver: Sachitra Jayathilake. Senior Girls Fours - Gold: Sachitra Jayathilake, Rashmi Kodikara, Swarnamali Wijesinghe, Vinuri Jayasundara, Sanjeevani Kularatne.

Senior Girls Fours - Bronze: Dilhara Rupasinghe, Ranmali Jayarathne, Samanmali Gurusinghe, Chalani Ramanayake, Danushri Welikala.

Junior Girls Fours - Silver: Subashini Kularatne, Ishika de Silva, Ravindra Kumarasinghe, Vinuri Wickramasekara, Nathira Wijemanne.