Sport in brief

Navy women stickers in fine start

by S. M. Jiffrey ABDEEN Kandy Sports Corrs.

Navy Sports Club `A' women's stickers in their maiden appearance in women's pulled off a great 2-1 win over Colts Sports Club Colombo in their All-Island Inter Club Seven-a-side Bank of Ceylon Super Sevens Hockey Tournament organized by Seetha Devie Balika Vidyalaya at the Asgiriya Stadium in Kandy yesterday. The tournament will continued today at 8 a.m.

In the schools Tournament Defending Champions Pushpadana girl college, Kandy scraped through to a 2-1 win over Christ Church College, Matale in the tournament for girls.

Pushpadana scored their goals through R. L. Liyanage (1) and C. Ekanayake (1) while N. G. Hemamali sounded the boards for Christ Church College.

28 for chess nationals

by Anushka WITHANAGE

Fourteen men and fourteen women competitors will vie for honours at the National Chess Championships to be worked out at the Engineering Institute, Pelawaththa on June 5,6,7,8,12,13 and 14.

The tournament is sponsored by Sri Lanka Telecom. Last year's champions were Athula Razel (men), Vineetha Wijesuriya (women). The indoor sport of chess, a brain teaser and a demanding sport internationally which has produced grandmasters like Bobby Fisher, Antoly Karpov and Gary Kasparov among others, has made much inroads in Sri Lanka with competitors in their numbers reaching over the chess board to make a name.

Army ‘A’ in 1-0 win over Old Sebastians

by S.M. Jiffry ABDEEN - Kandy sports Corr.

RUGBY: Defending champions Sri Lanka Army `A’ were made to fight all the way before posting a close 1-0 win over Old Sebastian Sports Club, Kandy on the opening day of the Bank of Ceylon Super Sevens, Mens’ Seven-a-Side hockey Tournament organised by Seethadevi Balika Vidyalaya which began at the Asgiriya Stadium in Kandy yesterday. At half-time there was no scoring.

Sri Lanka Army scored their winning goal through S.S. Jayasinghe in the minute after lemons.

In the boys event Ananda College, Colombo scored a good 2-0 win over St. Sylvester’s College in the tournament of boys schools. Goal getters for Ananda College were C. Nilaweera (1) and A. Pathirana (1)

Sri Lanka cancel Oxford visit over security fears

Less than three months after their team bus came under terrorist gunfire in Lahore, members of the Sri Lankan cricket team have withdrawn from a scheduled visit to Oxford due to security concerns. Muttiah Muralitharan, Kumar Sangakkara and team manager Brendon Kuruppu informed the Oxford Union debating society on Friday they feared a backlash after a front-page story in the `Times’ in which it was claimed that 20,000 Tamil civilians had been killed in recent hostilities between government troops and LTTE.

Cager quarter-finalists found

De Lasalle College Muttwall beat Colombo South International School 91 to 90 in a closely contested game to enter the quarter-finals of the Sri Lanka Schools Basketball Association `C’ Division Tournament at Modara yesterday.

It was a late rally that helped the victors who were trailing 18-34 at half-time. Nipun Roshan (46) and Nipul Lakshitha (14) were outstanding for the winners while Lakshan Mendis scored 24 for Colombo South International School. In another encounter played at St. Joseph’s Boys School, Nugegoda, St. Aloysius College, Galle trounced Lyceum Intertioanl, Wattala 52-23 after leading 33-8 at half-time. Kingswood College and Gateway Kandy, St. Joseph’s Enderamulla, St Joseph’s Boys School, Nugegoda and St. Joseph’s College Galle also entered the quarter-finals to be worked out today at both Modara and Nugegoda.

The finals will be player on Monday.

Janaka overall winner

Overall winner at the 18th Annual Diesel and Motor Engineering Company’s Golf Tournament was Janaka Thebuwana with 41 points, while winner of Group `A’ was Chanaka Perera with 36 points, Group `B’ was won by Gihan Wickremasinghe with 38 points and Group `C’ by Janaka Thebuwana with 41 points.

The ladies championship was won by Suwaneetha Selvaratnam.

The tournament was sponsored by the RCGC.

Otters cager champs

The closely fought out rousing battle between the Otters and the Colombo B.C. proved to be a worthy final in the Otters Diamond Jubilee President’s Cup Basketball championship - where in the end Otters triumphed in the presence of a large gathering on Friday evening, at the Otter’s Basketball Court. RD

Navy stickers in fine start

Navy Sports Club `A’ women’s stickers in their maiden appearance in women’s pulled off a great 2-1 win over Colts Sports Club Colombo in their All-Island Inter Club Seven-a-side Bank of Ceylon Super Sevens Hockey Tournament organized by Seetha Devie Balika Vidyalaya at the Asgiriya Stadium in Kandy yesterday. The tournament will continued today at 8 a.m.