The Golden Era of Basketball in Batticaloa
Basketball was unknown in Batticaloa till the arrival of the American Jesuits who replaced the French Jesuit during the year nineteen forties. In fact it was Rev. Father Hamilton, an early arrival to Batticaloa from the US, who installed the first basket in the quadrangle of St. Michael’s College. The basket was fitted to one [...]
Good Shepherd Convent enter semi finals
Good Shepherd Convent Colombo 13 won all their 3 preliminary round matches in their group played at the GSC court on April 1 and 2 and emerged group champions. Now qualified to play for the semi-finals of the under 17 girls schools Zonal basketball tournament 2012. The Shepherdians will meet the runners-up of Group B [...]
Schoolboys lift national basketball championship after 22 years
Sri Lanka Schools beat Colombo District by 65-42 to clinch the Senior National Basketball Championship after 22 years at Police Park. The finals were conducted at Police Park, Bambalapitya on Friday. School boys led by 34-26 at the half time as skipper Praneeth udumalagala Top Scored for the winners with 23 points. He was easily [...]
U-18 cagers leave for Central Asian tournament
Sri Lanka under 18 basketball team will leave the island shores on Thursday for the Central Asia Basketball Championships to be held in New Delhi, India. The four nation tournament will be held over three days from 24th to 26February. Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh and Nepal will take part in the event. Sri Lanka Under [...]
National Basketball Championship begins on February 15
The 49th Senior National Basketball Championships for men and women will be held from February 15 to 23 in Colombo and the final is scheduled to take place on February 23. Plans are underway to telecast the final live. The press conference to brief the media of the event is scheduled on February 9 at [...]
Natasha and Keyasha impress in Jinan
Skipper Natasha Perera and her deputy Keyasha Siriwardana dished out exceptional performances for Sri Lanka in the recently concluded Asian Under 16 Girls Basketball Championship in Jinan, China. The individual brilliance of the duo saw Sri Lanka overcome Macau China and Uzbekistan. In the match against Macau China Skipper Natasha (of St. Lawrence Convent, Wellawatte) [...]
Basketball worm out of can
Some stunning selection discrepancies for a junior tour has opened a can of worms in basketball and Sports Minister is set for an overhaul of the sport by sidelining an all-powerful official who is allegedly calling all the shots. Sources said that this official with strong connections with powerful elements is pulling strings at all [...]
Unique feat for Siriwardana family
Sixteen year old Keyasha is considered one of the brightest prospects for Sri Lankan basketball. The early achievements of Keyasha speak for itself. She was the youngest member of the Sri Lanka Team which took part in the World Youth 3×3 Basketball Championship held in Italy last September. Standing tall for her age at 5 [...]
Royal beat Thomians at basketball
The 9th Royal-thomian basketball encounter for the D.s.senanayake Challenge Cup took place on the November 12 at the Thomian Basketball courts amidst a large gathering including the Acting Warden Rev. Dushantha Rodrigo and Upali Gunasekara, the Principal of Royal College. The event commenced with the Old boys match played for the Late Janaka De Fonseka [...]
Ave Maria Convent Negombo overcome Lyceum Wattala
Ave Maria Convent Negombo beat Lyceum International Wattala by 54 to 48 in the finals of the Gampaha District under 15 District Basketball Tournament played at Lyceum International Courts, Wattala. The under 15 basketball team of Ave Maria Convent Negombo posing [...]
CIS Colombo and Kandy in basketball final
CIS Colombo and Kandy will clash today in the finals of the Inter International Under 19 boys basketball tournament organised by the British School in Colombo. CIS Colombo beat Lyceum International School Nugegoda 39-30 in their semi-final. CIS controlled the game from the beginning, except for the last quarter in which Lyceum couldn’t complete the [...]
St. Joseph’s and St. Lawrence in cager final
St. Joseph’s girls’ school, Nugegoda and St. Lawrence, Bambalapitiya qualified for the final of the All Island under 19 girls ‘A’ division basketball tournament yesterday, winning their semi-final matches against St. Paul’s, Milagiriya and Good Shepard Convent, Kotahena respectively. Both semi-finals were worked off at St. Joseph’s girl’s school, Nugegoda. In the first semi-final, between [...]
British School off to winning start
British School, Colombo made a winning start in the girls’ competition of the Inter-international Schools basketball tournament with a convincing 42 points to 07 win over Gateway College, Kandy recently. Enakshi top scored for British School with 16 points. In the boys’ competition, CIS Kandy beat Alethea International 35 points to 16 with Ishfahan of [...]
Inter-international Schools Basketball on November 10
The Inter International Schools under 19 basketball tournament will be held for the tenth time commencing on November 7 at the British School, Colombo indoor and outdoor basketball courts for boys and girls. The tournament will commence on Monday November 7 and ends on November 18. A total of 21 schools are affiliated with the [...]
Moratuwa University clinches St. Eugene’s trophy
Coming from behind, Moratuwa University 'A' beat Old Bens by 23-17 in the Cup finals to clinch the third St. Eugene's Basketball tournament concluded at Depot Police courts over the weekend. In fact, it's Old Bens who opened scoring and led the game until the end of the first half with scores at 11-13. However, [...]
One way street for Colombo BC
It was a one way street for Colombo BC in the final when they thrashed Carlton BC ‘A’ in the ‘A’ division final of the Carlton Cup basketball tournament at the Depot Police court on Saturday. At half time, Colombo Basketball Club had Carlton BC well and truly stitched up with a lead of 35 [...]
Moratuwa BC down Air Force ‘B’
Moratuwa BC downed Air Force ‘B’ by 79 points to 71 in their Carlton Cup basketball fixture at the Depot Police court on Monday. At the short whistle the winners led 51 – 28. C. Alwis with 33 points and D. Bharetti 19 played best for Moratuwa BC. For Air Force ‘B’ A. Shanaka with [...]
Colombo BC thrash Carlton BC
Colombo Basketball Club thrashed Carlton Basketball Club by 62 points to 11 in their Carlton Cup basketball fixture at the Depot Police court last weekend. At half time Colombo BC held a slender 27 to 26 point lead. P. Udumalaga top scored for Colombo BC with 21 points while R. Fernando added 15. For Carlton [...]
Carlton BC ‘B’ in close win over Buffalo BC
Carlton BC ‘B’ defeated Buffalo BC by 64 points to 59 in their Carlton Cup cager fixture at the Depot Police court recently. At the short whistle Carlton BC ‘B’ held a 29 to 26 point lead. T. Perera with 22 points and D. Perera 14 were the best shooters for Carlton BC ‘B.’ For [...]
Police SC surge to 90 to 73 win over Army
Police SC surged through to a massive 90 points to 73 win over Army in their Carlton Cup basketball fixture at Police Park on Monday. At half time both sides were on level with 30 points. For Police SC the best shooters were N. Indika with 22 points and S, Muster 20. The best players [...]
