Royal - National School Games Tennis Champs
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Royal College - National Schools Tennis Champs 2009. Standing
(from left): Anujan Subramaniam, Mohamed Shakir, Kushan
Weerakkody, Ashan de Silva. Seated (from left): S.
Liyanagunawardena (SGM), Mrs. Indrani Hannangoda,
(Teacher-in-Charge), Indika Wettasinghe (Captain), Upali
Gunasekera (Principal), Shehan Gomesz (Vice-Captain), Sasith
Wickramasinghe (Asst. Coach), Ganendran Subramaniam (Overall
Coach).
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TENNIS: Royal College won the National School Games for the 2nd
consecutive year with a magnificent display of tennis at the National
Tennis Centre last month. After the unexpected performance where they
did not live up to expectations at the Public Schools Tennis Tournament
in June, this win indicates that the Royalists are back on top of the
school tennis arena.
Being the top seeds, the Royalists had little trouble in reaching the
final. They defeated De Mazenod College 2-0, St.Patricks College, Jaffna
2-0 and in the semi-finals beat St.Michael's College, Batticaloa 2-0.
In the much anticipated final the Royalists put up a fine show
against a very strong St.Peter's College team to defeat them 2-1.
The hallmark of the final may be considered as the sportsmanship
displayed by St.Peter's College which should be a role model for other
schools.The Royalists have learnt from their mistakes and this win was
possible because of the effort put in by all the games masters, the
players. Furthermore the intensive beginners and the mini tennis
programmes conducted by Mr. Ganedran Subramanium the coach at Royal
College are expected to yield results in the following years.
Even at present the overall - coach of Royal College, Ganendran
Subramaniam who has represented Junior Wimbledon, Davis Cup and was a
National Doubles Champion, is a product of Royal College. The current
national champion Harshana Godamana, Senior Davis Cup player, Rajive
Rajapakse, former Davis Cup Captain, Arjun Fernando can be considered as
the golden products of this prestigious school. The current captain
Indika Wettasinghe and vice captain Shehan Gomesz have also represented
the country on a number of occasions while 13 year-old Sharmal
Dissanayake has already made a fine impact in the national and
International arena.
The Royal College team consisted of captain - Indika Wettasinghe,
Vice Captain- Shehan Gomesz, Kushan Weerakkody, Mohamed Shaarkit, Anujan
Subramanium and Shan De Silva with the teacher in-charge Mrs. I.
Hamangoda. |
