Musaeus College and Gateway College are set to give Schools Netball a new age when they host the inaugural Musaeus – Gateway Netball Encounter for the ‘Marie Musaeus – Rohini Alles Challenge Trophy’.
The students from one of Sri Lanka’s oldest private schools will pit their skills against those from a premier International School in an atmosphere of healthy rivalry and camaraderie.
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The Chief Guest will be former President of the Netball Federation of Sri Lanka, Victoria Lukshmi. The main focus of the day will be the U20 encounter between the two schools along with an exhibition match, which will be played between Visakha Vidyalaya and Gateway College Kandy and an U15 match between Musaeus and Gateway.
Due attention will be paid to upcoming talent by incorporating an U15 match at the start of the event. The event will include activities for spectators and a joint follow-up social welfare program.
“This is the first instance where a private school will take on a public school in a netball big match in the country and I think this will be a success,” Dr.Harsha Alles, Chairman of the Gateway Group of Organisations, added.
“Especially in cricket and rugby the big match feeling and the encounter has really taken off. I think there should be more such encounters specially for girls and starting like this will be helpful. The young children when they come to these encounters, they get motivated to do the sport and be part of it. The most recent experience was the Royal College v Gateway Basketball Encounter,” he went on to add.
This inaugural event, to be held at the Royal College Sports Complex on the 30th of June 2018, is jointly organized by the Musaeus College and Gateway College Netball Committees. The organizers are confident that this encounter will foster enduring traditions and unite the two institutions, both on and off the field.
Nelum Senadheera the Principal of Musaeus College spoke on the occasion stating, “We have been very busy with our preparation and use this fixture to be a memorable fixture in the future to come.”
Marie Musaeus Higgins, a German educationist, is best known as the founder and Principal of Musaeus College. She authored several publications based on Buddhist and Sinhala cultural themes, including Poya Days in 1924.
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She is recognized as an important figure in the pre-independent Buddhist revival in Sri Lanka and a pioneer in female education in the country.
Rohini Alles is a former teacher at Royal College, Colombo and the founder Deputy Principal of President’s College. Mrs. Alles played a decisive role in the establishment of Gateway, especially in instituting the Primary School.
Having been a strength to the Founder, R.I.T. Alles during the formative years of the organization, Mrs. Alles continues to play an important leadership role at Gateway.
The U15 match will commence at 2.30pm while the exhibition match will start at 3.15pm. U20 match will start at 4.00pm.
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