Seylan Bank regains Sri Lanka sports.com inter-company netball championship

Seylan Bank regained the Sri Lanka Sports.com Netball Challenge Cup Championship after beating archrivals and defending champions Hatton National Bank by 28 goals to 27 in a thrilling encounter at the Cup Championship of the Sri Lankasports.com Inter Company Netball Challenge 2015

2015-sls.com-Netball Cup Championship Winner-Seylan Bank                                 

It was a nail-biting battle right from the beginning as both teams played their best to keep the crowd entertained.

The game was truly an up-and-down battle, with HNB holding a slender one-goal lead after the first quarter, while Seylan led at the end of both the second and the third quarters. Both teams opted to take their power plays in the fourth quarter. From the first whistle to the last, the teams were never separated by more than two goals, except when HNB took a five-goal lead deep into the fourth quarter. However, Seylan staged a remarkable comeback to register a thrilling victory over last year’s champions.

The tournament itself is unique in the fact that it has a power play feature – first introduced to the local scene by SriLankaSports.com. The power play is a period of time in which each goal is worth twice its value in points.

SLS.com 2015- Cup Championship Runner Up HNB                                 

Seylan Bank also took away the Mixed Division Championship in another close encounter allowing Nations Trust Bank to become runners-up by 14 goals to11.

Expo Lanka Holdings emerged winners in the Plate Championship when they beat David Peiris Motor Company by 23 goals to 6 in the Plate Championship Finals.

It was another tough battle in the Bowl Championships finals and the new entrant to the Sri Lanka Sports.com Netball Challenge met Sri Lanka Telecom in the Bowl Championship finals. Kanrich Finance took the Bowl Championship, beating Sri Lanka Telecom 23 goals to 4.

Fourteen teams representing prestigious institutions in Sri Lanka vied for honours in the Sri Lankasports.com Netball Challenge 2014 all female category and six teams competed in the mixed Division which concluded on 17 October at the Indoor Stadium at St. Joseph’s College, Colombo 10.

Hatton National Bank, Seylan Bank, Nations Trust Bank, National Development Bank, Commercial Bank, Pan Asia Bank , HSBC, David Peiris Motor Company, LB Finance, AIA Insurance, Kanrich Finance,  Explore Holdings Citizen’s Development Business Finance, Sri Lanka Telecom  and HSBC battled for the Cup, Plate and Bowl Championships in the general event while Seylan Bank, Nations Trust Bank, National Development Bank, David Peiris Motor Company, LB Finance and Kanrich Finance competed in the mixed category.

Sri Lanka’s first sports website, www.srilankasports.com, organised this event while technical assistance was provided by the Academy of Netball, Kotte. Sri Lankasports.com inaugurated the Inter Company Netball Tournament in 2006 and conducted it for four consecutive years with the participation of several top companies. It was conducted in a specially designed format similar to seven-a-side rugby and also introduced the concept of Power Play to the game of netball in Sri Lanka.

Sri Lankasports.com celebrated its 15th anniversary this year. Sri Lankasports.com has a successful history of organising special sporting events of this nature, with many of them being the first of their kind in Sri Lanka.