Hartley clinch overall champions at Royal Aquatic meet

Hartley House emerged overall champions at the Royal College inter house aquatic meet held recently at the Royal College Swimming pool complex. 

Hartley house emerged the top in the points table, closely followed by Harward House in the meet that featured all three water sports: swimming, diving, and waterpolo.

The meet saw the participants of over hundreds of students under different age groups from Under-9 to Under-19. 

Swimming captain 2023 Banuka Jayathilaka won the Most Outstanding award for swimming while Diving captain Matheesha Marambe was awarded the Most Outstanding diver award. 

In waterpolo, Hartley House defeated Marsh House in the final by 7-4 goals. 

Hela Intimates Director Yahan Samarajeewa who was a former Royal College head prefect and the 1st crownsman for school swimming and water polo and then went on to win Silver and Bronze medals in South Asian Swimming Championship 2007 and led the Silver Medal winning Sri Lanka Water Polo team at Asia Pacific Water Polo Championship 2015, was the Chief guest at the awards ceremony. 

Royal College Principal R.M.M. Rathnayake, Senior Games Master M.R. Riyaz Aluher and Master in charge for Swimming and Diving Jayantha Gunasekara also participated in the awards ceremony and gave away the medals and certificates. 

RESULTS: 

Swimming:

• Under-9: Novices - Anirudh Weerakkody
• Under-11: Novices - Akain Insara 
• Under-13: Novices - Ruel Wickramarathna, Championship - Sulaiman Shihar
• Under-15: Novices - Geesath Fernando,Bimansa Poojana, Championship - Senupa Rathnayaka 
• Under-17: Novices - Bihandu Katugampala, Championship - Rahul De Silva, Yusuf Shihar, Hithesh Jayawardena
• Under-19: Novices - Shehan Siriwardena, Championship - Himsara Ariyawansa
• Most Outstanding Swimmer - Banuka Jayathilaka

Diving:

• Under-9: Novices - Navinu Tikesh, Championship-Anirudh Weerakkody 
• Under-11: Novices - Sushen Wijesinghe, Championship - Raphael Jayaweera 
• Under-13: Novices - Thisen Vithana, Championship -Ruel Wickramarathne   
• Under-15: Novices - S. Shanthosh, Championship - Mikhail Jayaweera 
• Under-17: Novices - Chanithu Geeneth, Championship -Yusuf Shihar
• Under-19: Novices - Udesh Dissanayake, Championship - Matheesha Marambe
• Most Outstanding Diver - Matheesha Marambe

Waterpolo champions: 

Hartley house team - Dimeetri Liyanage, Yasindu de Silva, Haathim Ariff, Muhammad Maznavi, Ayaan Azim, Idris Zuhry, Indeev De silva, Ovindu Kaluarachchi, Yusuf Shihar, Imaad Ismath, Raaid Bary, Talal Bary, and Thusith Liyanage