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17th National Junior Squash C’ship
Wins for Weerasooriya brothers

by Lakmal Fernando

The Weerasooriya brothers, Kasun and Yasun, won the boy’s Under-19 first round match and the Under-13 semi final respectively, at 17th National Junior Squash Championship 2006, organized by the Sri Lanka Schools Squash Association and worked off at the Gymkhana Club, Colombo, on Tuesday.

Kasun beat Nadesh 3-0 in an Under- 19 boy’s first round match.

He won the first set 9-2, the second 9-3 and the third 9-nil.

Yasun Weerasooriya was very impressive in the Under-13 boy’s semi final, where he beat A. Nagendra 3-0. Yasun clinched the first and second sets 9- nil and the third 9-1. In the Under-15 boy’s semi final, Yasun lost to Binura Jayasooriya 3-0 (9/6, 9/2, 9/3).

Meanwhile, P. Laksiri beat Jaliya Katugampola 3-0 in the boy’s Under-13 second semi final (9/2, 9/2, 9/2), while Shariya Guruge beat Dinushika Silva 3-0 in the Under-15 girl’s semi final (9/1, 9/2, 9/2).

Other results

Boys

Under-19- Akitha Gunasekara beat Nathishan 3-0 (9/0, 9/1, 9/0), Milfer beat Kanishka 3-nil (9/5, 9/4, 9/3). Under-17 – Praveen Perera beat Sasindu Wijesiri 3-2, (4/9, 3/9, 9/3, 9/5, 10/8).

Under-15 Novices- A. Peiris beat J. Bandara 3-nil (9/0, 9/0, 9/3), Khuzaima beat N. Jayasekara 3-nil (9/0, 9/0, 9/0), H. Wijemanna beat R. Wijesiri 3-2 (9/3, 3/9, 2/9, 9/6, 9/3).

Girls

Under-17- Damindi Udangawa beat D Senanayake 3-nil (9/3, 9/1, 9/1). Under-13 quarter final – K. Amarasekara beat E. Gangaboda 3-nil (9/2, 9/5, 10/9), D. Udangawa beat L. Kulatunga 3-nil (9/2, 9/2, 9/2), D. Nanayakkara beat Mandakini 3-nil (9/2, 9/3, 9/2). Under-15 semi final – S. Gomes beat V. Abeysiriwardana 3-nil (9/4, 9/5, 9-0).

 

 

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