MHA nine-a-side tournament concludes

The second Mercantile Hockey Association (MHA), nine-a-side hockey tournament 2022, sponsored by Swisstek Aluminum, was concluded on 3 September at the Torrington Astro Turf.

The tournament saw 15 teams in four divisions participating, consisting of 28 matches, including the four finals.

• HNB “A” retained the “A” division title, beating Sampath Bank “A”, 5/2; Player of the final / Damith Bandara from HNB “A”.
• In the “B” division Final, Hayleys Group beat HSBC, 2/0; Player of the Final / Bodhika Dias from Hayleys. 
• In the “C” division Final: Browns Group beat Seylan Bank, 2/0; Player of the final / Pathum Proboda from Browns Group.
• The “D” division Final, between Sampath Bank “B” and Nations Trust Bank, had to be decided on penalties, as the scores stood deadlocked 0-0 at full time. Sampath Bank “B” won the penalty shoot-out 8/7 Man of the Final /Isanka Samarasinghe from Sampath Bank “B”.

Head of Marketing Gihan de Silva (Chief Guest) and Business Development Manager Lasith Karunathilaka (Guest of Honour) – both from Swisstek Aluminum, gave away the awards after the tournament.