Nagarika Tharunaya team wins netball title
by Wehelle Piyathilaka - Maharagama - Special Corr.
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Trincomalee girls volleyball team in action in the volleyball
tournament. Trincomalee qualified to play in the final of the
volleyball tournament and it will take place in Jaffna.
Picture by Wehelle Piyathilake, Maharagama Special Corr
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SPORTS FESTIVAL: Nagarika Tharunaya team won the men’s netball
tournament while Kegalle were runners-up and Puttalam were third at the
22nd National Youth Sports Festival qualifying competition held at the
National Youth Centre in Maharagama.
There were 15 teams that participated in netball including Northern
Province and Eastern Province.
Then in the volleyball competition for women, there were 16 teams in
the fray and Trincomalee and Kalutara qualified to play in the final.
Third place went to Kurunegala District team.
In the men’s volleyball tournament, Kurunegala and Colombo qualified
to play in the final while third place went to Kalutara District team.
There were 20 teams that participated.
The finals will be played at the Duraiyappah Stadium in Jaffna in
October. This is the first time that a National Sports Festival is
taking place in Jaffna.
The best way to maintain peace and harmony between the North and
South is through sports, said Chairman and Director General of the
National Youth Services Council Lasith Pium Perera.
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