St. Michael’s Junior Tennis ‘Red’ Team excels

The St.  Michael’s ‘Red’ Team Members – G. Krishaangan, A. Atheeithan, Y. Thonishiyas, Daniel Aaron Lovell, P. Luxhimidhar, H. Nathuninth and A, Darkish with General Secretary of the Sri Lanka Tennis Association.

St. Michael’s College, Batticaloa’s Junior Tennis ‘Red’ Team clinched the Under 10 All Island Consolation Championship 2022, at the Inter School Cool Tennis Tournament conducted by the Sri Lanka Tennis Association recently.

As a distinguished school, recognised for its rich history of sporting achievements, St. Michael’s two Junior Teams – Red and Blue participated in the Under 10 Tournament.

The Red Team showed immense promise winning seven of the eight matches. In the Group matches they secured wins against St. Peter’s College Negombo, Dr. Kulasinghe College Ja-Ela, St. Antony’s College Wattala, Zahira College. The Team triumphed in Round Sixteen winning against Richmond Galle.

However, they experienced a setback losing to Maliyadeva College Kurunagala in the quarter final. The Red Team was selected into the Consolation Round and proceeded in the semi finals. They beat the Ananda College B Team and won the Finals against St. Joseph’s College, Maradana becoming Group Champions and earning the crown of Under 10 Consolation Championship.

The Red Team comprised G. Krishaangan, A. Atheeithan, Y. Thonishiyas, Daniel Aaron Lovell, P.Luxhimidhar, H. Nathuninth and A, Darkish.

The Team’s success was due to the hard work of the children and the dedication of the Sports Teacher-in-Charge, M. Puvanatharshan, school head coach, V. Thineshkumar (Regional Coordinator) and the School tennis coach E. Lukshan in addition to the support by the school principal, Pius Anandarajah.

A total of 1,300 school children in 121 teams from across the island participated in the tournament.