All Island School Games Netball Championships 2016 Day One off to an exciting start

The All Island School Games Netball Championship 2016, conducted by the Departments of Health, Physical Education and Sports of the Ministry of Education and sponsored by Airtel, is currently underway at the St. Ann’s College ground in Kurunegala. 

The first day of the tournament got on to an exciting start and experienced some fierce competition from teams of all three age categories. The results of Day One are as follows;

Under 15: The following teams qualified into the second round:

Uhana M.V- Ampara

St. Mary’s Convent- Matara

Musaeus College- Colombo 07

Dharmashoka Vidyalaya- Ambalangoda

Werenkatagoda M.V- Ampara

Siddhartha M.M.V- Eppawala

Ananda Maithree M.M.V- Balangoda

Maliyadeva B.V- Kurunagala

Hillwood College- Kandy

Mahanama M.V- Kegalle

While Vishaka Vidyalaya- Colombo 05 and Holy Family Convent – Kurunagala directly qualified into the second round as they were the winners and first runners-up of the tournament last year accordingly.

Under 17:The following teams qualified into the second round:

Shanmuga Hindu College- Trincomalee

Hillwood College – Kandy

Methodist G.H.S- Jaffna

Maliyadeva B.V- Kurunagala

Mahanaga M.V- Kegalle

Arali  Sarawathi Vidyalaya – Jaffna

Sacred Heart Convent – Galle

Girls High School – Kandy

Holy Family Convent –Kalutara

D.S Senanayake N.S- Ampra

While Holy Family Convent Kurunagala directly qualified into the second round as they were the first runners-up of the tournament last year.

Under 19: The following teams qualified into the second round:

Kolonnawa B.V- Kolonnawa

Cecillas G.C- Batticaloa

Girls High School –Kandy

Presbytarian B.V- Dehiwala

Victoria College- Jaffna

Carmel BalikaVidyalaya- Chilaw

Methodist G.H.S- Jaffna

R.K.M Vidyalaya- Tirukkovil

DharmapalaVidyalaya – Pannipitiya

Hillwood College- Kandy

Hindu College- Jaffna

While Maliyadeva B.V-Kurunagala and Holy Family Convent- Kurunagala directly qualified into the second round as they were the winners and first runners-up of the tournament last year.