Chameera, Bimandee bag All-Island TT titles

By Susil Premalal  
Chameera Ginige of the University of Sri Jayawardenepura and Bimandee Bandara of Hillwood College clinched the Men’s and Women’s Singles titles respectively at the Sabaragamuwa Province Open All-Island Ranking Table Tennis Tournament held at the Indoor Stadium in Bandaragama.  
This tournament was also conducted as a selection trial to pick the Sri Lanka Team for the upcoming South Asian Junior Table Tennis Championships in Colombo.   

Results - All Finals:
Under-11 Girls’ Singles: Chanuki Akshana (Dharmasoka, Amblangoda) beat Yehansa Mirihana (Girls’ High School, Kandy) 3-0.   
Under-11 Boys’ Singles: Deranya Kesara (Dharmasoka, Ambalangoda) beat Kenura Silva (Nalanda, Colombo) 3-2.  
 Under-13 Girls’ Singles: Chanuki Akshana (Dharmasoka, Ambalangoda) beat Nisadi Nimthara (Southlands, Galle).   
Under-13 Boys’ Singles: Yenul Abeywickrama (Ananda, Colombo) beat Kenura Silva (Nalanda, Colombo) 3-1.   
Under-15 Girls’ Singles: Yoshini Jayawardena (Mahamaya, Kandy) beat Muthuli Shanya (Southlands, Galle) 3-1.   
Under-15 Boys’ Singles: Akian Bojith (Dharmasoka, Ambalangoda) beat Naviru Nethshitha (Dharmasoka, Ambalangoda) 3-2.   
Under-17 Girls’ Singles: Tamadi Kavindya (Devananda, Ambalangoda) beat Shamalsha Dewmi (Holy Cross, Gampaha) 3-1.  
 Under-17 Boys’ Singles: Shafiullah Akram (Trinity) beat Janith Batugedara (Royal, Colombo) 3-0.   
Under-19 Girls’ Singles: Bimandee Bandara (Hillwood) beat Divya Dharani (Dharmasoka, Ambalngoda) 3-2.  
 Under-19 Boys’ Singles: Rehan Senanayake (Ananda, Colombo) beat Janith Batugedara (Royal, Colombo) 3-2.   
Open Women’s: Bimandee Bandara (Hillwood) beat Maneesha Shalindi (GSM TT Academy) 3-0.   
Open Men’s: Chameera Ginige (University of Sri Jayawardenepura) beat Imantha Udanjaya (Army) 3-0.