Seventeen year old Netball and Basketball player under 16 Champion Athlete, Member of the All Island Milo under 13 and under 16 Netball Champion Teams, and Best Player of the Tournament and Member of the All Island under 20 Milo Super Tournament champions Chalini Neesha has brought honour and immense glory to her alma mater Holy Family Convent Kurunegala with her deeds in the field of sports.
Neesha who hails from Rathkarawwa Kurunegala was born on 3rd June 2005 and admitted to Holy Family Convent Kurunegala in 2011
She participated in the Inter House Sports Meets when she was in grade three and four but as she was not showing an interest in athletics her Parents Chaminda Priyankara and Asha Kumari advised her to take up to Netball and they handed over her to the School Netball Coaches Mrs.Amalka and AnandaWannitilleke and after hard training her first attempt was in 2016 Milo ‘B’ Division under 13 Netball Tournament and her team emerged Second Best Eight Team in 2016.
Then in the following year they participated in the All Island under 13 Netball Tournament organized by High School Kandy for the Jenny Green Memorial Netball Tournament and came up to the Best Eight and then in the same year her school clinched the All Island under 13 Milo Championship and as a reward the school and the Old Girls Union rewarded them with a tour to Malaysia for the 27th Testa Bola Jaring USM Tournament and it was a fine exposure for Neesha.
In 2019 in the All Island under 15 Milo Tournaments they won the Championship and Neesha was adjudged as the Best Player and she was the Vice Captain of the team and participating in the under 16 All Island National Schools Tournament they were the under 16 Champions and taking part in North Western Schools under 15 tournament her school carried away the championship. Once again in the same year they got another tour to Malaysia for the Testa Bola JaringUSM tournament and it was a great boon to her Netball career.
Taking part in the National Schools 2020 North Western Provincial Tournament they grabbed the Championship and in the National Youth Sports Festival Tournament they got the second place and in 2021 they were Runner up in the National 33rd Youth Festival Meet and in 2022 her school emerged as the All Island under 20 Milo Super Tournament 2020 Champions and they were the under19 Zonal Champions of Kurunegala District and they were strongly backed by the,school OGU with the guidance of their Principal Rev. Sister Priyangani.