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Dinul, Sanidula,Vivash in the lead

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Dinul Vinsitha Weerasekara of Dharmapala College, Pannipitiya and Sanidula Dahamdi of Musaeus College took the lead in group ‘X’, while Vivash Samarakoon of Royal College topped group ‘Y’ at the end of the third round of the 2nd Sri Lanka Under-14 Chess Grand Prix on Wednesday.

They remained unbeaten to collect three points each.

Weerasekara beat Pamok Samaranayake, Insara Wickramarachchi and Disal Weerasekara, while Sanidula beat Disal Weerasekara, KSCD Amaratunga and DWK Hettiarachchi in the first three rounds. In group Y, Samarakoon beat Ashad Nevan Mohammed, Daham Jayasundara and Thisaja Kolonne.

S.D.B.K. Senevirathne of Maliyadeva College and Brijeash Saravanabaavan of Gateway International were trailing Samarakoon by half a point at the end of the third round.

In group X, Thisarindu Induwara of Royal College was in the third place.

The fourth round of this youth event was in progress at the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka Headquarters on Thursday.

The youth event conducted by the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka features 24 leading chess players of the age group. The round robin stage will conclude on March 14 and the winner and the runner up of the two groups will advance to compete in the knockout stage on March 20 and 21. The CFSL has offered Rs. 55,000.00 as cash awards and the event is conducted according to health guidelines issued by the Ministry of Health. As no spectators are allowed the CFSL has made arrangements to live stream matches on selected days.



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Second ODI between New Zealand and Sri Lanka abandoned

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The second ODI between New Zealand and Sri Lanka has been called off due to rain in Christchurch.

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Lahiru takes five wickets as Joes take lead

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Lahiru Amarasekara

Under 19 Cricket

Off-spinner Lahiru Amarasekara produced a five-wicket haul as St. Joseph’s restricted Mahinda to 127 runs on day one of the Under 19 traditional cricket encounter at Galle on Monday.

Amarasekara was ably supported by spinner Yenula Dewthusa and Muditha Dissanayake who shared the other five wickets.

With wickets falling at regular intervals, batting opener Ranmina Hettiarachchi anchored the top order with a knock of 33 runs. Chandupa de Silva with 29 runs, Tharusha Dilshan (15) and Hiruna Gallalge (17) were the only other batsmen to reach double figures.

In their essay St. Joseph’s were comfortably placed at 132 for two wickets but back-to-back wickets in the last two overs placed them at 132 for four wickets at stumps.

At Welisara, Dinuka Tennakoon took five wickets but Maris Stella managed to post 268 runs as Shean Adithya top-scored with 83 runs. In reply Trinity were nine without loss.

Vihanga Nimsara and Rasindu Ilukshana were the heroes for Moratu Vidyalaya as their half-centuries helped them score 249 runs against St. Sylvester’s at Boyagane.

Match Details

At Galle: Mahinda 127, St. Joseph’s 132/4

Scores:

Mahinda

127 all out in 57 overs (Ranmina Hettiarachchi 33, Chandupa de Silva 29; Lahiru Amarasekara 5/34, Muditha Dissanayaka 2/23, Yenula Dewtusa 3/32)

St. Joseph’s

132 for 4 in 42.1 overs (Sadeesh Jayawardena 53, Naren Muralidaran 41; Shehan Hasaranga 2/39)

At Welisara: Maris Stella 268, Trinity 9/0

Scores:

Maris Stella

268 all out in 93.5 overs (Kaveen Fernando 26, Shean Adithya 83, Anshen de Silva 28, Ramith Bandara 33, Nethum Basnayake 26, Levin Fernando 22; Jayavi Liyanagama 2/40, Dinuka Tennakoon 5/74)

Trinity 9 for no loss in 4 overs

At Boyagane: Moratu Vidyalaya 249, St. Sylvester’s 5/1

Scores:

Moratu Vidyalaya

249 all out in 93.1 overs (Vihanga Nimsara 82, Rasindu Ilukshana 54; Isuru Gunasekara 2/28, Pansilu Bandara 2/50, Akila Wickramasinghe 3/48, Khanka Wickramasinghe 2/31)

St. Sylvester’s

5 for 1 in 4 overs.

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Sowmiya clinches a triple crown, Silvijan bags a double

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Winners posing with their awards.

Northern Badminton Championship 2023

T. Silvijan Dalima was crowned men’s singles champion while S. Sowmiya clinched a triple crown at the Northern Badminton Championship 2023 in Kilinochchi during the weekend.

At the Provincial Indoor Stadium in Kilinochchi, Silvijan met K Thusan in the final clash in which the latter retired in the second set with scores reading 21-14, 16-11 in favour of the champion. L Hentry and K Kajan were the losing semi-finalists.

Meanwhile, S. Sowmiya won all three of her open events, the women’s singles, doubles and mixed doubles with respective partners.

Sowmiya clinched the women’s singles crown with a 21-15, 21-13 win over R. Ragavi in the final following her doubles title win with B. Oliviya. Sowmiya and Oliviya overcame Athmika and M. Kavinaya 21-9, 21-15 to seal the women’s doubles crown.

Earlier, Sowmiya and Silvijan, the best singles duo in the tournament, also won the mixed doubles title by defeating R. Sulacsan and S . Thanojana 21-12, 21-16 in the final.

The men’s doubles final was won by L. R. Reminsan and T. Thusyanthan who beat G. Thanukanth and R. Yuthakaran with a 21-13, 21-9 score line.

The tournament, organised by the Northern Province Badminton Association, was conducted under the guidance of Sri Lanka Badminton (SLB). SLB President Rohan de Silva and a host of top officials were among the special guests at the presentation ceremony.

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