Kavindi and Jayasinghe win a triple crown each

Sampath Bandara

Kavindi Sahabandu of Holy Family Convent, Kurunegala and B.N.B. Jayasinghe of MAS Intimates clinched a triple crown each in the D.I.A. Samaraweera Memorial Table Tennis Tournament which was conducted by T.H. Table Tennis Academy at Welagedara indoor Stadium, Kurunegala recently.

Kavindi Sahabandu won the Under 15 girls, Under 18 girls and open women’s singles respectively.

Kavindi beat Hasini Wanninayake of Holy Family Convent in an Under 15 girls event by 11/8, 6/11, 11/3 and 11/6, She routed Prasadi Rajapaksa of St. Joseph’s Convent, Kegalle by 11/5, 9/11, 13/11, and 11/4 in the Under 18 event and she also bagged the women’s open singles event beating Nirmani Silva of Sri Lanka Air Force by 11/7, 11/9 and 11/8.

B.N.B. Jayasinghe won the open men’s singles title defeating Thilina Wijesiri of Vidyartha College Kandy by 11/5, 11/8 and 11/8.

He also bagged the open Men’s Doubles and Open Mixed Doubles in the D.I.A. Samaraweera memorial Table Tennis Tournament.

Results:

Under 8 (Boys): Lasitha Warallagama (St. Anthony’s College, Kandy) beat Pium Ekanayake (Vidyartha College, Kandy) 11/2, 11/9.

Under 8 (Girls): Piyumi Dewdini (Holy Family Convent, Kurunegala) beat Sandamini Kularatne (Mahamaya College, Kandy) 11/6, 11/8.

Under 18 (Boys): P.D.U. Thennakoon (Dharmaraja College Kandy) beat Dinesh Kavishka (Vidyartha College Kandy) by 11/8, 2/11, 11/6, 6/11, 11/9.

Under 10 (Girls): Sheshala Bandara (St. Joseph’s Convent Kegalle) beat Piumi Dewdini (Holy Family Convent Kurunegala) 11/2, 11/6, 11/6.

Under 12 (Boys): Udaya Ranasinghe (Vidyartha College Kandy) beat P.C.P. Thennakoon (Dharmaraja College, Kandy) 11/4, 11/6, 11/5.

Under 12 (Girls): N. Nayanahara (St. Joseph’s Convent Kurunegala) beat (Praveena Silva High School Kandy) 11/9, 5/11, 11/4, 11/9.

Under 12 (Boys) doubles: U. Ranasinghe and K. Wickramarathna (Vidyartha College Kandy) beat D. De Silva and P. Hemasinghe (Vidyartha) 11/5, 11/3, 11/7.

Under 12 (Girls) doubles: H. Dunusinghe and B. Rajaguru (Holy Family Convent, Kurunegala, Maliyadeva Girls College, Kurunegala) beat (R. Rajapaksa and P. Sirisena Maliyadeva Girls College, Kurunegala) 11/6, 11/7, 11/4.

Under 15 (Boys): S. Sirisena (Maliyadeva College Kurunegala) beat N. Jayasundara (Maliyadeva College) 11/12, 11/5, 11/8, 4/11, 11/7.

Under 15 (Girls): Kavindi Sahabandu (Holy Family Convent Kurunegala) beat Hasini Wanninayake (Holy Family Convent) by 11/8, 6/11, 11/3, 11/6.

Under 18 (Boys): M.D. Hameed (St. Anthony’s College Kandy) beat M.K.M. Suhail (Trinity College Kandy) 12/11, 11/3, 9/11, 11/8.

Under 18 (Girls): Kavindi Sahabandu (Holy Family Convent Kurunegala) beat Prasadi Rajapaksa (St. Joseph’s Convent, Kegalle) 11/5, 9/11, 13/11, 11/4.

Under 21 (Boys): M.D. Hameed (St. Anthony’s College, kandy) beat Tharindu Prabath (Thalangama Central Kegalle) 12/10, 11/2, 12/14, 11/9.

Under 21 (Girls): Nirmani Silva (Sri Lanka Air Force) beat Shanika Silva (Sri Lanka Air Force) 11/7, 11/7, 11/8.

Open Singles (Men’s): B.N.B. Jayasinghe (MAS intimates) beat Thilina Wijesiri (Vidyartha College Kandy) by 11/5, 11/8, 11/8.

Open Singles (Women’s): Kavindi Sahabandu (Holy Family Convent Kurunegala) beat Nirmani Silva (Sri Lanka Air Force) by 11/7, 11/9, 11/8.

Open Men doubles: B.N.B. Jayasinghe (MAS Intimates) and A.C. Thilakaratne (Sri Lanka Air Force) beat S. Sirisena and N. Jayasundara (Maliyadeva College Kurunegala 11/6, 11/7, 14/12.

Open Women doubles: K. Sahabandu and L. Wickramasinghe (Holy Family Convent, Kurunegala) beat S. Silva and N. Silva (Sri Lanka Air Force) 11/6, 10/12, 11/8, 11/7.

Open Mixed Doubles: B.N.B. Jayasinghe (MAS Intimates) and L. Karunarathne (Holy Family Convent Kurunegala) beat A.C. Thilakarathne and N. Abeygunawardane (Sri Lanka Air Force) by 11/6, 11/8, 11/9.