Nimuthu Pathiraja (Web Content Team) Displaying great talent, Committed Tennis players of the under 17 team 2, of Trinity College Kandy emerged glorious as Runners-up at the Arjan Perera Memorial Tournament held from the 14th to 17th November 2023 at the SLTA Courts, Colombo Weeks of grueling training and dedication undoubtedly reaped marvelous results. Seven students took part from the College for this celebrated tournament, The following students emerged as the Runner-up in the Under-17 Division 2: Such an awe-inspiring effort could not have been achieved without the guidance of the Coach, Mr. Kandasamy Sudharshan and the Teacher in-charge Mr. Mohamed Reza Mohamed Inzimam. We thank them for their effort and encouragement. We congratulate all the students and wish them all the best for their future endeavors.
The Mahaweli Reach Hotel held its annual Junior Tennis Championship which commenced on 8th June and and concluded on the 25th June, 2019 with an award ceremony for the winners. Many tennis players from Trinity participated at this event and were awarded trophies for their individual performances. This was the 8th championship Mahaweli Reach has organised, and the number of participants have increased considerably over those years, with girls and boys from all over Kandy taking part. Trinity tennis players who won in this championship are as follows: Boys U7 Singles Navindu Dulen Bandara Ranawana – Runner up Boys U7 Doubles Navindu Dulen Bandara Ranawana & Dehan Welgamage – Champions Randiv Jayasundara & Wageesh Losilu Mahindawansa – Runners up Boys U8 Singles Saven Wijekoon – Champion Kashi Divagaran – Runner up Boys U8 Doubles Saven Wijekoon & Kashi Divagam – Champions Ethan Samuel Chandra Kumar & J. Dilon Johanan – Runners up Boys U10 Singles Sethum Tennekoon – Champion Boys U10 Doubles Sethum Tennekoon & Ayyash Abubakar – Champions Keshan Yougaraj & Heshan Abeyratne – Runners up Boys U11 Doubles Keshan Yougaraj & Heshan Abeyratne – Champions Boys U13 Singles Shabeeb Hassan Sadique – Champion Parakrama Suriyabandara – Runner up Boys U13 Doubles Yeshan Ranathunga & Savitha Gunawardene – Runners up Boys U15 Doubles Minal Sasanka De Silva & Shabeeb Hassan Sadique – Runners up Boys U17 Singles Akmal Fareekdeen – Runners up Boys U17 Doubles Nilesh Perera & Akmal Fareekdeen – Champions Kavindu Walisinghe & Omitha Seneviratne – Runners up Boys U19 Singles Janith Uduwela – Champion Boys U19 Doubles Akmal Fareekdeen & Banura Pahan – Runners up We thank the management of the Mahaweli Reach Hotel for organising such a grand tournament, enabling an excellent environment for young enthusiastic tennis players to showcase their talent!
Grade 3 tennis players took part in the Inter-school CoolTennis Regional event, held on 22nd, 23rd and 24th of September 2018 in Negombo, and emerged unbeaten champions playing against 22 schools. The matches consisted of three singles and two doubles. The final match was played against St. Anthony’s College and the scores were as follows: [ninja_tables id=”7577″]
At the beginning of every year students are selected from grade 2 for tennis. To give equal opportunities, selection is limited to three per class. This forms the basis for the team which represents College at all the tournaments organized by the Sri Lanka Tennis Association, the most important being the All Island Tennis Tournament. This year too the team took part in the ALL ISLAND INTER SCHOOL TENNIS REGIONAL QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT which is usually held in Negombo. Two teams took part as A & B teams. The matches consists of three singles and two doubles. Teams [ninja_tables id=”7487″] A Team Results The A Team won all three 1st Round matches thus qualifying to the Quarter-Finals. A Team Quater-Finals Results [ninja_tables id=”7489″] A Team Semi-Finals Results [ninja_tables id=”7491″] We then played in the Semi Final and proceeded to face St. Anthony’s Wattala in the Finals. A Team Final Result [ninja_tables id=”7485″] The A Team won the two doubles matches but lost the three singles and thereby became the Runners-Up in the Region. B Team Results [ninja_tables id=”7493″]