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Hanguranketa girls revive pandemic-hit boxing bagging title

15 May, 2022
The champions Poramadulla National School, Hanguranketa with their coach Jamitha Bandara (right). The team comprised KGYP Ratnayake, RUMGI Ratnayake, MDT Bandara, PMIS Paditharathna, MMSD Mahalekam and SKAN Sandeepani
The champions Poramadulla National School, Hanguranketa with their coach Jamitha Bandara (right). The team comprised KGYP Ratnayake, RUMGI Ratnayake, MDT Bandara, PMIS Paditharathna, MMSD Mahalekam and SKAN Sandeepani

Poramadulla National School, Hanguranketa in Polonnaruwa emerged as the champion team at the 2022 LV Jayaweera inter-school girls boxing championship held at Dela Royal College, Nivithigala in Ratnapura.

The meet was organised by the Sri Lanka Schools Boxing Association (SLSBA) and Sabaragamuwa Province Schools Boxing Association under the auspices of the Education Ministry.

This was the first schools boxing meet held since the outbreak of the covid-19 pandemic in March 2020 and a total of 130 pugilists from 32 schools contested 23 weight classes comprising Elite, Senior and Junior categories.

The meet for schoolgirls was held after a lapse of seven years.

“Our objective is to improve the standard of women’s boxing in the country,” said SLSBA secretary Jamitha Bandara who has been instrumental in encouraging the formation of provincial school boxing associations to ensure the sport won’t be confined to Colombo and Kandy.

Poramadulla NS won four gold medals and a silver to annexe the Donald Munasinghe Challenge trophy while Dheerananda National School, Pilimathalawa were runners-up winning three gold medals. Koraboruwana MV, Matara also excelled winning two golds, one silver and one bronze medal.

Imasha Ratnayake of Poramadulla NS who won the 39-41kg weight class was adjudged the Best Boxer of the meet while HGA Tharushika of Koraboruwana MV, Matara, who was runner-up in the 41-43kg weight class was consoled with the Best Loser’s award.

Dela Royal College’s Pusparaj Chanuka and her coach Ashen Polwatte were given special awards for showing promise as a boxer and coach from a new school.

Final results:

SENIOR GIRLS

35kg - HA Sashinika Devindi (Sumanasaman MV, Ratnapura) beat WH Wasana (Don Pedric, Horana)
37kg - YMPG Muthugala (President’s College, Veyangoda) beat AB Rajapakse (Uyangoda National School, Karagoda)
39kg - UD Ariyaratna (Kamburupitiya MV) beat UJA Malsha (Koraboruwana MV, Matara)
41kg - RMUGI Ratnayake (Poramadulla National School, Nivithigala) beat HKGDB Vijesingha (Menikdiwela NS)
43kg - HPS Rangika (Narandeniya Central College) beat EGRS Tharaka (Uyangoda National School, Karagoda)
45kg - DMPWR Dissanayake (Dheerananda NS, Pilimathalawa) beat EAPS Edirisingha (Pabotuwa NS, Nivithigala)

JUNIOR GIRLS

46kg - PMIS Panditharathna (Poramadulla National School, Nivithigala) beat HPNH Sandahalani (Kolonne NS, Ratnapura)
48kg - SAK Madubashini (Koraboruwana MV, Matara) beat WRN Holiyabandara (Akiriya MV, Hanguranketa)
50kg - KPGIU Kariyawasam (Kolonne NS, Ratnapura) beat HD Matrisha (Koraboruwana MV, Matara)
52kg - SKAN Sandeepani (Poramadulla National School, Nivithigala) beat KMU Sandeepani (Koraboruwana MV, Matara)
54kg - LGS Lekamge (Dheerananda NS, Pilimathalawa) beat ST Maduwanthi (Pabotuwa NS, Nivithigala)

YOUTH GIRLS

48kg - EKK Silva (Don Pedric, Horana) beat MKM Muthuni (Dharmaloka Vidyalaya, Ratnapura)
57kg - AMRN Abeyratne (Don Pedric) beat WAW Nawodya (Dharmaloka Vidyalaya, Ratnapura)
63kg - HPM Nethmi (Don Pedric, Horana) beat WADIN Wickramasinghe (Pabotuwa NS, Nivithigala)

ELITE GIRLS

48kg - RMI Kumari (Pallebowela NS, Hanguranketa) beat KHJ Wanasingha (Vihara Maha Devi Vidyalaya, Kiribathgoda)

SENIOR GIRLS

35Bkg KGYP Ratnayake (Poramadulla National School, Nivithigala) beat WD Navodya (Dela Royal College)
37Bkg - EWYD Abeysena (Mihindu Vidyalaya, Ratnapura) beat KG Rashmika (Don Pedric, Horana)
39Bkg - UB Sonali (Siri Perakum Sinhala Vidyalaya, Kotahena) beat KSV Muthumali (Don Pedric, Horana)
41Bkg - PPR Pabasara (Sumanasaman MV, Ratnapura) beat HI Thathsarani (Koraboruwana MV, Matara)
43Bkg - KHGSUS Wickramarathna (Dheerananda NS, Pilimathalawa) beat HGA Tharushika (Koraboruwana MV, Matara)
45Bkg - HN Sanjana (Narandeniya Central College) beat HDD Ayesha (Uyangoda National School, Karagoda)

JUNIOR GIRLS

46Bkg - NS Raheem (President’s College, Veyangoda) beat HAKAK Wickramasingha (SPCC)
48Bkg - P Chanuka (Dela Royal College) beat AMHU Indumini Munasinghe (Galmulla Vidyalaya, Polonnaruwa)
54Bkg - MMSG Mahalekam (Poramadulla National School, Nivithigala) beat SHE Fernando (Vihara Maha Devi Vidyalaya, Kiribathgoda)

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