Another historic achievement for Peterite tennis

The Peterite tennis players have added another outstanding and historic achievement to their already long list of performances by the fact that all three players who are representing the Sri Lanka under 14 tennis team at the World Junior final qualifying tennis tournament to be held in Kuching, Malaysia are Peterites.

They made tennis champs: (from left) Avitha Weerasinghe, Aaron Assaul, K.D.Y. Pathiraja (coach), Rev. Fr. Travis Gabriel (Rector), Bernard Jesuthasan (Manager) and Nishangan Nadarajah.

There is added significance to this achievement in the fact that the coach of the Sri Lanka team is K.D.Y. Pathiraja, who is the coach of the St. Peter's College tennis team and the manager being Bernard Jesuthasan, who is the Master-in-Charge of tennis at St. Peter's College.

Sri Lanka qualified for this World Junior Asian qualifying tennis tournament after their performances in Myanmar. In Myanmar the Sri Lanka tennis team competed against Singapore, Kazkazthan and the hosts Myanmar and was selected to participate in this World Junior Asian qualifying event.

This competition is to be held in Kuching, Malaysia from 3 to 11 May.

The players who are representing Sri Lanka once again are Nishangan Nadarajah, Aaron Assauw and Aritha Weerasinghe.

What is even more commendable is the fact that even the fourth member of the team Sanjeev Mohankumar is also a Peterite. A lot is expected from these young Peterites by continuing to be part of the future Sri Lankan teams. St. Peter's who are the reigning All Island Overall School Champions as well as the reigning All Island Mini Tennis Champions are going great guns in the National arena as well. Their determination to do well as their strong mental attitude towards being competitive have been the cornerstone of their success.

This historic achievement of the entire contingent of the Sri Lanka tennis team being from St. Peter's is a proud and unprecedented effort on the part of the tennis community at St. Peter's College and is also unmatched by any other sport, either, at College. Many have predicted that the fact the entire contingent being from the same school will be an unparallel achievement in the Sri Lankan sports sphere as well for a long time to come.