Chamara Kapugedara of Dharmaraja College, Kandy and W.P.C. Dilhani Wijeratne of Jinaraja Girls’ School, Gampola won the awards for the Most Outstanding Performance for the year 2005, at the Sri Lanka Schools Colours Awards ceremony held at Ananda College Auditorium, yesterday.

Chamara received the awards for his excellence performance in cricket while Dilhani was recognised for her abilities in judo.

Meanwhile, Dinuka Karunaratne and W. Nadeesha Dilhani de Silva of Royal College and Kalutara Balika respectively were named as the Emerging Sportsman and Sportswoman for their performances in badminton and netball.

Two hundred and eleven sportsmen and 132 sportswomen representing 119 schools received awards for their outstanding contribution to sports during the year 2005. The Western Province schools obtained 59 awards while Central Province schools received 21 awards.

Former Sri Lanka cricket captain and Member of Parliament, Arjuna Ranatunga graced the occasion as the chief guest and presented the awards. Norman Kannangara, Marketing Manager of Nestle Lanka Ltd was the guest of honour.