Sport in brief

Kingsley de Silva VB on March 21-22

Siripala UDAWATTE

The Kingsley de Silva Volleyball Championship organized by the Kingsley de Silva Foundation with the association with the Balares Sports Club Boralesgamuwa will be held at the Balares courts in Boralesgamuwa on March 21-22.

The tournament will be open for men's teams from Colombo District and Women's teams from all over the country.

Trophies and cash awards are on offer for Champions, runners up, Best Spiker of the tournament, Best Blocker, setter for both categories.

The entries close on March 10 and should be sent to Kingsley de Silva Volleyball Championship, Kingsley de Silva Foundation, No: 201A, Lake rd., Boralesgamuwa. Fax: 4204548. For more details contact 4979239.

Hemakumara reaches 1,000 mark

DILWIN Mendis - Moratuwa Sports Corr.

Chatura Hemakumara of Moratu Vidyalaya became the sixth schoolboy to reach 1,000 runs in the current school's cricket season when he cracked 205 runs with 24 hits to ropes and eleven over. His effort enabled his team to register their twelfth outright victory for the season and also to equalising the record set by Ananda College recently.

Vidyalians have three more matches including their Big Match. They beat formidable St. Servetius, Matara by nine wickets at Moratuwa. Man behind their success is their coach old Vidyalian Prasanna Dissanayake who coached Ajantha Mendis.

Batting first visitors were bowled out for 191 runs with H. Hashan scoring 86 and in reply Vidyalians declared at 340 for 7 and in their second essay Servatius were dismissed for 154 with Aloka Priyadarshana claiming 5 for 36.

St. Servetius 191 (H. Hashan 86, N. Madushanka 33, C. Jayan 23, Sudeepa Kelum 3 for 23, C. Hemakumara 3 for 70, A. Priyadarshana 2 for 15) and 154 (C. Jayan 41, H. Hasan 28, Aloka Priyadharshana 5 for 36, C. Vithane 2 for 13).

MMV 340 for 7 dec. (Chatura Hemakumara 205, Janitha Devinda 39 n.o., Malinga Bandara 33, Lasitha Mendis 25, T. Darshana 2 for 59) and 6 for 0.

Ace AC's Junior meet

Ace Athletic Club, the oldest Athletic Club will hold its Junior Meet for age groups under 13, 15 and 17 at the Sports Ministry ground, Reid Avenue on March 07.

The meet is scheduled to commence at 8.30 a.m.

Antonian in seventh win

S. M. JIFFRY ABDEEN Kandy sports corr.

St. Anthony's College, Kandy, registered their seventh outright win for the season when they beat St. Anne's College, Kurunegala by 138 runs in their inter school cricket match played at Katugastota yesterday.

All rounder Adil Reyal's fine double 62 and 5 for 66. Opener Dulash Kumarasinghe also scored a quick 52.

Off-spinner Kasun Ekanayake also had a match haul of 7 for 38.

St. Anthony's 193 all out (Dulash Kumarasinghe 52, H. Wickremasekera 15, J. Sigertsz 23, K. Ekanayake 19, Adil Reyal 62, Chanaka Silva 4 for 91, W. Wijesinghe 2 for 21, V. Gunawardena 4 for 26) and 157 for 4 decl. (Dulash Kumarasinghe 37, Malindu Perera 47, A. Reyal 14, Hiran Wickremasekera 32 n.o., L. Lankeshwara 2 for 33).

St. Annes 94 all out (C. Silva 26, D. Asoka 19, Chanaka Silva 10, Kasun Ekanayake 5 for 29, S. Pallihakkara 2 for 13, T. Bandara 2 for 19) and 138 (V. Gunasekera 23, Y. Francis 22, R. Wijesinghe 19, T. Bandara 2 for 19, Adil Reyal 5 for 66, Kasun Ekanayake 2 for 19).

TT for Friendship Trophy

The Table Tennis Friendship Trophy 2009 organized by the Women's working group of the Table Tennis Association of Sri Lanka will be held on March 8 at the S. Thomas' College Indoor Stadium, Mt. Lavinia. The tournament will start at 7.00 a.m.

The tournament has been organized to celebrate the International Women's Day which is commemorated on March 8.

Entries close on March 5 while the draw will take place on the following day.

Entry fees per team will be Rupees 600.00 and should be sent to Namal Gunasekera, Secretary, Women's Working Group (TTSL), 259/5A Sethsiri Mawata, Thalangama North, Koswatta, Battaramulla.

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Around two dozen held after Pakistan attack

Pakistan officials said Wednesday around two dozen people were detained over the ambush on Sri Lanka's cricket team, which has raised new questions about the government's war on militants.

The detainees were being questioned as police hunted for clues in Tuesday's brazen attack, which left six police and two civilians dead. Seven Sri Lankan cricketers and a coach were among 19 people wounded.

Up to 12 men armed with grenades, a rocket launcher and automatic weapons opened fire in an assault which has stirred up doubts about Pakistan's control over militants linked to Al-Qaeda and the Taliban. "Around two dozen people have been picked up most of them belonging to banned or outlawed organisations in the hope of finding a clue to the identity of the escaped terrorists," one police official told AFP.

The official, who was speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to release the information to the media, indicated the gunmen were not among those detained.

Officials have offered a reward of 125,000 dollars for information about the men behind the well-planned attack. A large weapons cache, anti-personnel mines and two unexploded car bombs were found at the scene. LAHORE, AFP

Stamp to mark MSC's centenary

The Moors Sports Club celebrates its centenary today.

To mark this great occasion a commemorative stamp will be issued with Mahinda Wijesekera, Minister of Posts as chief guest at 3.30 p.m. Rauff Hakeem MP will be the guest of honour.