Vihara Maha Devi Balika, Kandy a champion girl school at football
by Upananda JAYASUNDERA Kandy Sports Special Corr.
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Vihara Maha Devi Balika Vidyalaya, Kandy football team -
standing (from left): Viloma Mahendra, Upeksha Silva,
Bawanthi Thabawita, Nadushika Attanayake, Geethani Ekanayake,
Achini Wehigampola, Amitha Pushpamala, Harshini Aponso,
Praboda Jayasundera, Nilmini Dharmasekera. Seated (from
left): Shanika Gunaratne, Ms. A. M. R. A. Kumarihamy (P.O.G),
Ms. Jayanthi Dissanayake (Principal) Mrs. Champa
Karunanayake (Teacher-in-Charge), and Dhammika R. Perera
(Coach). Absent: Thilini Wijewardena, Dilshani
Wickremasinghe, Kalpanie Weerasinghe and Madhuhara
Dissanayake. Picture by Upananda Jayasundera - Kandy Sports
Special Corr.
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FOOTBALL: Vihara Maha Devi Balika Vidyalaya, Kandy is a girls school,
but the girls there is very much interested in activities indulged in by
the boys. One of the sports that the girls adore is football.
In football, the girls have performed well to boost their morale to
keep up with the sport. In 2007, they became All-Island Champions and
they also won the 'Tikiri Kobbekaduwa Challenge Shield' in their annual
clash against Visakha Vidyalaya, Colombo.
This year, they were well on the way of becoming All-Island
Champions, when in the final 'an own goal' by one of their defenders
took the 'plum' away from Vihara Maha Devi Balika Vidyalaya, Kandy.
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