Mercantile NA - Champions (2018 Inter Association Netball Championship)
Mercantile Netball Association was crowned Champions at the 2018 Inter Association Netball Tournament at the Durayappah Stadium, Jaffna.
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Mercantile NA comfortably defeated Jaffna Netball Association ‘A’ team in the final 53-19. The scores at the end of the three quarters were 15-04, 31-09 & 43-13. For the winners, Tharjini Sivalingam scored 35 points and Darshika Abeywickrama added 14 points. Elilenthini scored 12 points for Jaffna ‘A’.
Photos: Inter Association Netball Tournament 2018 (Final)
In the 3rd place match State Services NA defeated Jaffna ‘B’ 42-19. State Services led by 10 points at the end of the 1st quarter (13-03) but Jaffna ‘B’ had a competitive 2nd quarter where it was just 8-7 (21-10). However, State Services upped their game and at the end of the 3rd quarter the scores read 32-16. Umayangana scored 36 pts for State Services.
In the 1st semi-final, Mercantile defeated State Services 50-15 (13-6, 25-11, 34-14 & 50-15). Tharjini scored 38 points for MNA. The 2nd semi-final saw Jaffna ‘A’ defeat Jaffna ‘B’ 41-21 (10-4, 23-10, 33-17 & 41-21). Elilenthini scored 36 pts for Jaffna ‘A’ while M. Thanuja scored 13 pts for Jaffna ‘B’.
Photos: Inter Association Netball Tournament 2018 (Semi Finals)
In the quarter finals Mercantile got a walk-over win from Badulla NA while Jaffna ‘B’ defeated Mahaweli NA 42-20. State Services had an easy 38-6 win over Kurunegala NA while Jaffna ‘A’ had a bye to the semi-finals.
The tournament was organized by the Netball Federation of Sri Lanka (NFSL), Jaffna District Netball Association (JDNA) and the Ministry of Sports and was organized with the aim of promoting and upholding the betterment of Netball in the Northern Province.
Photos: Inter Association Netball Tournament 2018 (Day 1)
26 Associations had confirmed their participation out of the 33 affiliated Associations. However, only 10 teams participated. Since the JDNA is hosting the event their request of fielding 2 teams was agreed upon.
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