SportKatana Combined and Koswadiya Vijaya Sports Club claimed the Men's Open and Women’s Open titles respectively at the President’s Gold Cup Volleyball Championship finals which concluded at the Sugathadasa Stadium on Tuesday (19). Katana Combined had to sweat more than they anticipated to overcome Nattandiya SC by 3-2 in the Men's Open final with the final scores reading as 25/21, 23/25, 24/26, 25/21 and 15/12. In the Women's Open final Vijaya, Koswadiya experienced a similar challenge from Kapila Sports Club, who took the decider to a five-setter battle. Eventually Vijaya, Koswadiya won the final by 3-2 with scores of 25/11, 27/25, 19/25, 23/25 and 15/9 as they claimed the title for the third consecutive year. The final scores were 25/20, 25/20, 22/25, 22/25 and 15/7.

Source: Sunday Times December 20, 2017 05:03 UTC