Amila Udara steals the limelight at Novices TT Tournament

All category winners  

By Susil Premalal

Amila Udara of Maliyadeva College won three titles at the All-Island Intermediate/Novices Men’s and Women’s, Boys’ and Girls’ Age Group Table Tennis Championship held at the newly constructed GIMA Indoor Stadium in Ambalangoda recently.   

Over 370 players participated in this tournament, which was conducted by the Coaching and Development Committee of the Table Tennis Association of Sri Lanka.   

The results:

Under-7 Girls’ Singles: Runithi Methunija (Mahamaya, Kandy) beat Budara Hesanga (Southlands College) 12-10, 2-11, 11-8, Under-9 Girls’ Singles: Chanuki Akshana (Dharmasoka) beat Sithuki Sinelya (Sumedha College, Gampaha) 11-4, 11-4, Under-11 Girls’ Singles: Chanuki Akshana (Dharmasoka) beat Hesanya Sesathmi (Dharmasoka) 12-10, 12-10, Under-13 Girls’ Singles: Mayumi Weeraparakrama (Lyceum, Kurunegala) beat Pramukshi Fernando (Bishop’s College) 11-7, 11-8, Under-15 Girls’ Singles: Mayumi Weeraparakrama (Lyceum, Kurunegala) beat Methnadi Kumarasinghe (Mahamaya, Kandy) 11-9, 10-12, 11-2, Under-17 Girls’ Singles: Imashi Herath (Mahamaya, Kandy) beat Rishani Udeshani (Prajapathi Girls’ College, Ambalangoda) 11-6, 11-5, Under-19 Girls’ Singles: Imashi Herath (Mahamaya, Kandy) beat Tishani Sathiadas (Methodist College) 11-6, 11-8, Novices Women’s Singles: Imalsha Sewmini (Prajapathi Girls’ College, Ambalangoda) beat Muthuli Sahanya (Southlands College) 11-8, 11-7, Intermediate Women’s Singles: Joint Champions: Sandunya Eshmini (Kegalu Balika Vidyalaya) and Imalsha Sewmini (Prajapathi Girls’ College, Ambalangoda), Under-7 Boys’ Singles: Taavi Samaraweera (S. Thomas’, Mount Lavinia) beat Chenitha Dehenya (St. Aloysious’, Galle) 11-3, 11-5, Under-9 Boys’ Singles: Akitha Randil (Kularathne College, Ambalangoda) beat Rometh Weerasekara (Nalanda, Colombo) 11-5, 11-0, Under-11 Boys’ Singles: Kenura Silva (Nalanda, Colombo) beat Yenul Abeywickrama (Ananda, Colombo) 5-11, 11-7, 11-9, Under-13 Boys’ Singles: Mathila Sasdin (Dharmasoka) beat Kenura Silva (Nalanda, Colombo) 9-11, 11-8, 11-7, Under-15 Boys’ Singles: Akain Suranga (Colombo International School) beat Mathila Sasdin (Dharmasoka) 13-11, 11-9, Under-17 Boys’ Singles: Akain Suranga (Colombo International School) beat Damsara Movindul (Dharmasoka) 11-9, 10-12, 11-5, Under-19 Boys’ Singles: Amila Udara (Maliyadeva) beat Shayamal Sumanatissa (Kingswood) 11-7, 11-8, Novices Men’s Singles: Amila Udara (Maliyadeva) beat Jeyarajah Dhanuj (Northern Province TT Association) 11-8, 11-1, Intermediate Men’s Singles: Amila Udara (Maliyadeva) beat Jeyarajah Dhanuj (Northern Province TT Association) 11-3, 11-8