HSC blues

The Sri Lanka’s top class HSC Blues and Avants ‘A’ have qualified for Saturday’s final battle of the Avant Garde Basketball Championship after two exciting semi final games at the Henry Pedris courts in the evening. Blues defeated Colombo BC in a hard fought low scoring semi final by 40 points to 38 after leading one point at half time (20-19) while the Avants ‘A’ edged out HSC Blacks by 53 points to 52 in the other semi final after trailing a point at the short break (26-27). Blues who maintained a superb record in the tournament received some tough resistance from the strong Colombo BC, performed with a good teamwork to clear their way to final. Both teams seemed strong at the initial stage, but Blues scored 14 points against 11 from the Colombo lads during the first quarter.

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Colombo Basketball Launch

Colombo basketball club is the most powerful basketball powerhouse in the country. Colombo BC had a wonderful outing as they won the Fr. E. J. Herbert Memorial Inter-Club Basketball Tournament, beating Police SC in the final, at St. Michaels College premises in, Batticaloa, on Sunday. Colombo BC poses for a photo with their coach Tharindu Fernando. The Colombo team comprised some well-known players such as Harsha Deva Silva, Roshan Fernando, Jagath Kulathunga, Gayan Croos and arrived at the tournament late, with only eight players, but they performed very well during the entire tournament. It was easy for the Colombo BC, as they recorded 77 points against police SC 53.Colombo BC took control at the half-way stage and went on to win the final. In the semifinals Colombo BC beat Otters 66 to 54. Police SC beat Carlton 72 to 62 points. The tournament was organized by St. Micheal’s College, Batticaloa, together with the Colombo branch of its Old Boys Association with the objective of further improving the standard of the game.

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