TISSL Netball Under 18 – 2025- Champion Gateway Colombo and Second runner-up Gateway Kandy teams.
Gateway College, Colombo, was unmatched in the International Schools Under-18 Girls’ Netball Championship 2025, organised by Colombo International School. Gateway College defeated Lyceum International School Wattala in the final, after overcoming Wycherley International School Colombo in the semi-finals. To the team’s credit, most matches were won by considerable margins.
Netball Champions
In the group matches, Gateway beat The British School of Colombo 14-2 and Gateway Kandy 9-5. In the semi-final, Gateway Colombo overwhelmed Wycherley Colombo 26-0. Later, in a thrilling final, Gateway Colombo edged past Lyceum Wattala 8-7 after the game ended in a 7-all draw at full time.
As per the Golden Goal rule, Gateway Colombo scored first by turning over Lyceum’s centre pass to emerge victorious.
Gateway’s Goal Keeper, Sauni Jayasiri, was named Netball Queen of the tournament, while Shenoshi Abeywardena won the Best Centre Court Player award for her outstanding play.
Gateway Kandy Girls finished 3rd in the Under-18 category by edging out Wycherley Colombo.Meanwhile, at the International Schools Under-16 Netball Championship 2025, the Gateway College Colombo girls narrowly missed out on the title, losing 7-9 to Lyceum International School Wattala and finishing as runners-up. Sairi Sadikeen of Gateway Colombo was named Best Centre Court Player.
