Youth netball final selections on April 6

By Susil Premalal
The Ministry of Sports and the Department of Sports Development will conduct the final selection trial for the Asian Youth Under-21 Netball Championship on April 6 at the Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo.
The final selection trial will be conducted at the request of Sri Lanka Netball Head Coach Hyacinth Wijesingha and Assistant Coach P. D. Prasadi.
Netball Asia will conduct the Asian Youth Netball Championship 2025 from June 14 to 21 in South Korea.
A national youth squad consisting of 25 players are currently preparing for this tournament, after which the final 12 players and three standby players will be selected.
Malaysia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, Thailand and India will compete in Group ‘A’.

The Sri Lanka Youth Netball Squad: Chalini Neesha (Holy Family Convent, Kurunegala), Nethanga Gunarathne (SLIT Campus), Hasmila Heshani (Loyola College, Bopitiya), Hirushi Nithushika (Holy Cross, Gampaha), Kavindi Athauda (Hillwood), Dewmini Bamunuarachchi (Devi Balika, Colombo), Tharaka Senarath (Devi Balika, Colombo), Mihidum Keerthisiri (Sujatha Vidyalaya, Nugegoda), R. M. K. K. Rathnayaka (Air Force), Chithera Omalmi (Hatton National Bank), S. M. S. W. Samarakoon (Maliyadeva Balika, Kurunegala), K. K. M. P. Kasiwatta (Maliyadeva Balika, Kurunegala), Kasuni Wathsala (Citizen Development Business), Manoda Ranasingha (Seylan Bank), Netali Ariyanatha (Seylan Bank), Thirandi Thasara (Musaeus), D. S. Rajapaksa (Citizen Development Business), Deshani Oshadi (Helena Wijewardhana Vidyalaya), Nethmi Gayara (Air Force), Bhashi Udagedara (Maliyadeva Balika, Kurunegala), Anuththara Kaluarachchi (Kotelawala Defense University), Dewmini Samindi (Anula Vidyalaya, Nugegoda), Vidasi Kankanige (Musaeus), T. M. Ekanayake (Maliyadeva Balika, Kurunegala) and Sanara Hasini (Holy Family Convent, Kurunegala).