Trinity create record – get 1,035 points at 7th CPNAG swim meet

by S.M. Jiffrey ABDEEN – Kandy Sports Corr.

SWIMMING: National Swimming Champions Trinity college created a record when they became the first team to top the thousand-point mark when they amassed a whopping 1,035 points at the seventh annual Age Group and Novices Swimming Championship (CPNAG)) meet organised by the Central Province Aquatic Sports Association and sponsored by Nutella Hazel Nut Spread from Italy and worked off at the University Swimming Pool at Peradeniya.

This was seventh age-group championship title win in this championship by the Trinitians who stamped their class by topping the thousand point mark.

This they achieved in the absence of their star swimmer and captain of the Sri Lanka team Heshan Unamboowe who is away in Australia undergoing training in swimming on a scholarship.

Trininty College won four out of the five age group championship and the only one which they could not win was in the over 16 age group which was won by Thiskaya Abeysinghe of Trinity College. But Trinity College had swimmers like skipper Lashan Senaratne and Shehan de Silva in this age group.

Apart from the Age Group championship Trinity college also carried Novices Championship with 252 points against 171 by Kingswood College.

Mahamaya girls College once again underlined their supremacy in water sports when they won the Age Group Championship for girls for the seventh consecutive aggregating 654 points against 378 by Hillwood College but Hillwood College hit back by annexing the Novices championship for girls with a total of 240 points against 147 by Hillwood College.

The occasion was graced by the Supreme Court Judge from Maldive Islands Justice Ahamed Muthasim Adnan as the guest of honour.

Age Group Champions – Girls

Under-10: Dewapriya (Mahamaya GC) and Methmini Thillakaratne (Mahamaya Girls Colelge) and Sahasna.

Under-12: Devubdhaya Jayawardena (Mahamaya Girls College)
Under-14: Vinoli Siriwardena (Mahamaya Girls College)
Under-16: Thisari Karunatillake (Girls High School)

Over-16 - Joint Champions: Hananee Weeratunga (University of Peradeniya, Nelum Uduwawela (Gateway College, Kandy), Dilki Perera (Girls High School).

[Novices Championship Girls]

Under-10: S.R. Seneviratne (Girls High School)
Under-12: Uresha Madhusyhani (Hillwood College)
Under-14: Fathima Irfan (Hillwood College)

Over-14 – joint champions: Harshani Ekanayake (St. Anthony’s Girls College, Kandy) and R.A.P.M. Ranathunga.

[Age Group Championship – Boys]

Under-10: Vihanga Thillakaratne (Trinity College)
Under-12: Eshara Wijeratne (Trinity College)
Under-14: S.M.B. Senanayake (Trinity College)
Under-16: Migara Hulangamuwa (Trinity College)
Over-16: T. Abeysinghe (Kingswood College).

[Novices Champions - Boys]

Under-10: S. Sirimanne (Trinity College) and Danuka Harankahwalage (Gateway College)
Under-12: S.P. Wijesinghe (Trinity College)
Under-14: Midhya Jayasinghe (Trinity College)
Over-14: V.W. Wimalasiri (Gangasiri Swimming Club, Gampola).

[Overall Champions - Novices Girls]

1. Hillwood College 240 points
2.Mahamaya College 147 points
3.Gateway College 60 points
4.St. Anthony’s Girls College 60 points
5.Girls High School 57 points

[Overall Champions Novices – Boys]

1. Trinity College 252 points
2.Kingswood College 171 points
3.Dharmaraja College 132 points
4.St. Anthony’s College 105 points
5.Gangasiri Aquatic Club 72 points.

[Age Group Overall Champions – Girls]

1. Mahamaya College 654 points
2. Hillwood College 378 points
3. Girls High School 270 points
4.CIS 69 points
5. Gateway College, Kandy 66 points
6.University of Peradeniya 57 points
7. Sangamitta Balika Vidyalaya, Matale 57 points

[Age Group Overall Champions – Boys]

1. Trinity College1,035 points
2.Kingswood College 291 points
3. CIS 210 points
4. Dharmaraja College 99 points
5.St. Anthony’s College 93 points.