Mt. Lavinia Hotel regains TTSC Men’s Team Carom Championship title

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Mt. Lavinia Hotel regained the Travel Trade Sports Club Mens Team Carom Championship title, beating the 2015 runners-up, SriLankan Airlines, in the fourth Championships held at the Galadari Hotel’s Arena Lounge last Saturday.

A total of 18 teams participated in the Mens Team Championship, a tie consisting 03 singles and 02 Doubles on a best of 05 basis.

Results

Quarter-Finals: Ramada Colombo (2015 Winner) beat Taj Samudra 3/1; Mt. Lavinia Hotel beat Thurrya Kalutara 3/1; Kingsbury Hotel beat Galadari Hotel 3/2; SriLankan Airlines beat Cinnamon Lakeside 3/0; Semi Finals: Mt. Lavinia Hotel beat Ramada Colombo 3/0; SriLankan Airlines beat Kingsbury Hotel 3/0; Final: Mt. Lavinia Hotel beat SriLankan Airlines 3/0 , D.T. Pushpakumara (MTH) beat N. Abeysekera (SriLankan) 25/01; H.T.V. Duminda (MTH) beat P.K.D.S. Kalum 25/0; L.P.P. Chandimal beat F.C.R. Fernando 18/17.

The Women’s Singles, contested by 17 players, was won by Niluka Damayanthi from Thurrya Hotel, Kalutara, beating Shenali Herath from Green Holiday Centre, 9/3.

In the Semi-Finals, Shenali Herath of Green Holiday Centre, who earlier eliminated the defending Champion, Shereen Pietersz from George Steuart Travels in the Pre Quarter Finals, beat Nirmalie Clark from Galadari Hotel 11/0; while Niluka Damayanthi from Green Holiday Centre beat Sunila Fernando from Kingsbury Hotel, 9/0.

The Women’s Doubles, contested by six pairs, was won by Shereen Pietersz (George Steuart Travels) and Ashani Theduwewatte (Kingsbury), who beat the Galadari Hotel pair, Nirmalie Clark and Shendrine de Costa, 4/2.

In the Semi Finals the Winners, Shereen Pietersz and Ashani Thudawewatte beat Sunila Fernando and Priyadarshani Subramaniam (from Kingsbury), 6/4; the Runners-Up, Nirmalie Clark and Shendrine de Costa, beat Vanessa Vincent and Chalani Peiris (from Waters Edge) 2/0.

The awards were given away by Harsha Guruge, F&B Manager, Galadari Hotel, Anushka Perera, General Secretary /TTSC and Anuradha Peiris, Manager/Groups, Connaissance de Ceylan.