Much happy to announce that Thurstan Orange ball team (under 8) secured 4th place of All Island Inter School 10S Tennis Tournament held last week at SLTA courts. In this category 20 teams were participated.
1st round
St. Johns College ? Jaffna | Won | 3/2 |
St. Thomas ?Mount? B | Won | 5/0 |
St. Joseph ? Negombo | Lost | 2/3 |
Maliyadeva ?B? | Won | 3/2 |
Quarter final played with St. Thomas ?Mount? A and our players won 3/0 and selected to semi final.
Semi final played with Royal ?Blue? (A) and lost to 3/1.
For the Third place again played with St. Joseph ? Negombo and lost 3/2, hard luck.
Red ball team (under 7) selected to quarter finals among 26 teams and defeated to Ananda ?A? by 3/0.
We must thank our head coach Prasanna Athauda and his assistants for this achievement. They work hard by conducting morning (5.45 to 7am) and evening practice sessions daily, over the period of past one month to bring our boys to this achievement.
Last year, Red balls and Orange balls both teams secured 4th place of the tournament for the 1st time.