Premier Banks to compete at Sri Lankasports.com interbank Netball Championship

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Top teams representing prestigious banks in Sri Lanka will vie for the honours at the inaugural Sri Lankasports.com Interbank Netball Championship 2013, which will unfold on 4 May at the indoor stadium at St. Joseph’s College Colombo 10.

Sri Lanka’s first sports website www.srilankasports.com will be organising the event, while the Academy of Netball Kotte, will provide technical assistance. This event has the blessings of the Netball Federation of Sri Lanka.

Hatton National Bank, Commercial Bank, Pan Asia Bank, Bank of Ceylon, National Development Bank, HSBC, Standard Chartered Bank, Nations Trust Bank, Sampath Bank, DFCC Bank and Cargills Agricultural and Commercial Bank will be seen in action in four groups.

Sri Lankasports.com has a successful history of organising special sporting events of this nature and all those events happened to be the first of its kind in Sri Lanka.

Sri Lankasports.com inaugurated an inter Company Netball Tournament in 2006 and conducted for four consecutive years with the participation of top companied in the corporate sector. It was conducted in a specially designed format similar to seven a side rugby and also introduced the concept of ‘Power Play’ to the game of netball in Sri Lanka.

Sri Lankasports.com organised another three major sporting events in Sri Lanka which was considered to be the first of its kind in Sri Lanka.

They also organised Sri Lanka’s first ever under 19 schools’ Futsal event (Sri Lankasports.com Futsal Challenge) under the direction of Football Federation of Sri Lanka and the Sri Lanka Schools’ Football Association for two consecutive years.

They were also responsible in organising Sri Lanka’s first ever day-night inter club beach football tournament for ‘Ran FM’ with the support of the Football Federation of Sri Lanka. Apart from that they also created history by organising the first ever U15 Inter School Handball Championship in Sri Lanka 2012 together with Sri Lanka School’s Handball Association.