The centenary sports festival of Visakha Vidyalaya, Colombo in which local and foreign teams are taking part will be held from March 6 to 9. The teams will be competing in Table Tennis, Netball, Badminton, Carrom, Hockey, Elle, Water polo, Squash, swimming and cricket.
Under 19 Squash and Swimming in the age groups of Under 11, 13, 15 and 17 will be conducted while all the other sports will be Under 20 according to the principal of Visakha Vidyalaya Sandamali Aviruppole. Two teams from Singapore and Hong Kong will take part in the netball Tournament.
The Girls Cricket match between Visakha Vidyalaya and Musaeus College will be played on March 6 at the Thurstan College grounds starting at 1 pm. The Squash tournament will take place at the Air Force Squash courts at Ratmalana while the Table Tennis tournament will be worked of at Lumbini Vidyalaya indoor Stadium. The Hockey tournament will be played at Astro turf, Reid Avenue.
All other sports will be conducted at Visakha indoor and outdoor stadium with all the expenses being borne by old girls of Visakha. About 1100 competitors from seven provinces will take part in the Sports Festival.
All winners of Sports Events will be awarded medals, trophies and cash prizes in addition to T-shirts for all competitors. International referees and umpires will be officiating in the festival.
The Chief Guest for the Sports Festival will be the Sports advisor to the Education Minister Sunil Jayaweera while Sri Lanka Test Cricketer Sachithra Senanayake will be the guest of honour.
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