Monday 22th June, 2009 15 World Twenty20 Sir John Tarbert Junior Athletic Championship Sandaratne and Mudalige England women emerge best athletes by Reemus Fernando 14-year-old Lyceum crowned champions International School athlete Nirma Sandaratne and Royal College thrower Chandimal Mudalige won the best athletes awards while St. Peter’s College, Bambalapitiya and St. Joseph’s Balika, Kegalle emerged boys and girls overall champions as the three-day Sir John Tarbert Junior Athletic Championship ended amidst con- troversy at Sir Albert F. Peiris St. Peter’s who won the champi- Ground yesterday. onship collected 84 points against Sandaratne was awarded the Royal College’s 77 points and Maris Best Athlete title for her impressive Stella College’s 76 points but the lat- time of 26.3 seconds in the Under-15 ter who have been dominating jun- Girls’ 200 meters. She also won the ior athletic arena for a long period 100 meters of her age category and of time cited poor judging as the continued her good run started in reason for their downfall as they the Inter International Schools lost the second spot by a single Athletic Championship. Although point. An official who did not want she couldn’t come closer to her per- to be named said that the judges sonal best of 25.09 in the 200 meters erred at the finish line on more which she achieved in the IISAC than one occasion and they lost she sealed her dominance winning couple of vital points due to poor both events comprehensively. judging. Mudalige bagged the Best Incidentally, parents and offi- Athlete title in the boys’ category cials of several schools were seen for his remarkable throw of 38.23 protesting against final results of meters in the Under-15 Discus several events at the SLSAA meet Throw. office at the stadium.

England women’s , centre, holds the trophy as the team celebrates their win against New Zealand, to take the title in the Women’s Twenty20 World Cup Final cricket match at Lord’s cricket ground in London, Sunday June 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) by Nick Hoult to an England attack that set the Dilshaneqsue scoop over her head but England’s women were crowned tone for their side and conceded only five only managed to get an inside edge World Twenty20 champions at Lord’s fours. behind. Three balls later New Zealand thanks to a clinical one-sided victory As ever with low run chases, the were 23 for four when Rachel Priest over New Zealand. England team inched towards their tar- made a horrible mess of hooking a short England’s women are now truly glob- get but it was appropriate that Claire ball. al champions in their sport. Earlier this Taylor, a Wisden Cricketer of the Year, At the halfway stage they were 34 for year they won the 50-over World Cup and was unbeaten on 39 as England won by four and sinking fast. Nicola Browne currently hold the Ashes. Victory in six wickets. slogged across the line and missed a front of their home crowd at Lord’s is a New Zealand started badly and never straight one from Nicky Shaw. Amy further boost for an area of the game recovered. They lost Suzie Bates to a Satterthwaite attempted a rescue job that is enjoying unprecedented levels of neat stumping by Taylor and their main with 19 off 42 balls but eventually lost funding and publicity.But there was one hope with the bat, Amy Watkins, was her patience and was caught at midwick- note of disappointment. It is a shame the bowled at the start of the forth over et attempting to hit over the top. Two Nirma Sandaratne of Lyceum International School (Wattala) receives the Best Athlete final failed as a contest. One team sub- when a big booming drive was beaten by wickets in the final over, one run out and award (Girls’) from chief guest Minister Milroy Fernando. Also in the picture is Bandula siding so quickly was not the best advert an inswinger from . another caught at extra cover, brought Egodage of Nestle Lanka, the sponsors of the three day meet. for the women’s game but having said The New Zealanders were strangled the innings to a sorry end. that, England will not care. by a bowling display that showed a Charlotte Edwards’ team put in a marked improvement to the one England © The Telegraph Group, superb bowling performance that left produced in the semi-final against London, 2009 New Zealand scrambling to post any Australia. The pressure was too much Brief Scores: England 86 for 4 ( kind of competitive total. They were for New Zealand throughout and told 39*) beat New Zealand 85 (Brunt 3-6) by six bowled out for just 85 after losing early when Lucy Doolan attempted a wickets.

SILVERSTONE, England (AP) - pal Christian Horner said. “It was a Sebastian Vettel won the British Grand dream result for everyone.” SSC Open tennis Prix on Sunday, leading a 1-2 finish for Button had started from sixth but Red Bull and claiming his second dropped to ninth early on. With 10 laps Formula One victory of the season. to go, he reclaimed sixth place to earn begins today The German beat teammate Mark three valuable points after leaving the Webber by 15.1 seconds at the Silverstone pits ahead of Toyota’s Jarno Trulli and by Revata S. Silva circuit to duplicate their finish at China Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen. One of only three ‘A’ grade open ranking annual in April. Ferrari’s Felipe Massa finished a tennis tournaments in Sri Lanka, ‘the Singhalese “I had a fantastic car, it was unbeliev- season-high fourth, edging Nico Rosberg Sports Club (SSC) Open’ will begin today (22) at the able. I was able to of Williams. Chandimal Mudalige of Royal College receives the Best Athlete award (Boys’) push, push more,” However, it was a four club clay courts in Colombo. The tournament, Vettel said. “It shows miserable day for which is held for the seventh successive year, is from Chief Guest Minister Milroy Fernando. we are going the right Vettel wins reigning world cham- scheduled to be over on July 11. way.” pion Lewis Hamilton, According to the organisers, there have been Brawn GP’s who won at over 500 entries reported only for the junior events 19th Women’s National Hockey Championship Rubens Barrichello British GP Silverstone last year. this year. The qualifying draws for those junior was third, but team- The McLaren driver events were held over the last weekend. This is the mate and champi- came 16th after being SL Schools’ HA and Defence onship leader Jenson in 1-2 Red Bull lapped by Vettel, highest prize money local tennis tourney in the Button finished a sea- complaining over the local tennis calendar. son-low sixth in front team radio that his All top ranked players in both women’s and Services HA joint Champions of home fans. finish tires lacked grip men’s circuits including players like Harshana Colombo HA after an evenly con- Having won six after starting from by Rukshan Razak Godamanna and Amritha Muttiah, will be partici- Sri Lanka Schools’ Hockey tested melee which ended in a 3 all races out of eight, Button still leads the 19th. pating this year. Zaw Latt and Muttiah won the dead lock, while the lasses of Sri championship by 23 points despite fail- McLaren’s Heikki Kovalainen Association and Defence Services plum singles titles in men’s and women’s respec- Hockey Assoication shared the hon- Lanka schools’ HA entered the final ing to finish on the podium for the first retired in the 38th lap after bursting a defeating Kandy HA by 2 goals to 1. time this season. Button has 64 points, tire in a collision with Toro Rosso’s tively last year. ours in the final as it ended score- Aruna Seneviratne will be the Tournament less and thus both teams were In the consolation final played followed by Barrichello with 41 and Sebastien Bourdais, who was trying to later in the day, Colombo HA beat V