The Anurudda Shanaka Bandara Women’s Challenge Trophy delivered 13 great finals in Horana

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July 28, 2025
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Sri Lanka’s female junior competition for their novices, the Anurudda Shanaka Bandara Challenge Trophy celebrated its 13 winners in Horana.

Sri Lanka hosted the ASBC Asian U22 & Youth Boxing Championships in Colombo this May and their boxers earned record number of medals in the event.

Their next activities were the T.B. Jayah Boxing Championships for the male junior boxers and the Anurudda Shanaka Bandara Trophy for the female junior talents.

The two events were held in the city of Horana near to Kalutara, which is located in the Western part of the South Asian country. The capital city of Colombo is only 42km far from Horana which has a busy boxing life with several local gyms.

The female junior boxers could fight from the pinweight up to the heavyweight in 13 weight categories in Horana: 46kg, 48kg, 50kg, 52kg, 54kg, 57kg, 60kg, 63kg, 66kg, 70kg, 75kg, 80kg and +80kg divisions.

Twenty-four female contests have concluded before the finals of the Anurudda Shanaka Bandara Challenge Trophy and 13 champions have been crowned in the last competition day where seven of the teams shared the titles.

The first winner of the competition was D.K. Thabatiya in the busy pinweight (46kg) where she defeated U.G.D.D. Perera in a hectic final bout.

Three of the teammates such as K.S.C. Jayasiri (48kg), M.D.C.S. Mayadunne (54kg) and P.G.J.N. Gaurangana (57kg) proved emerging and attacking style of boxing in the finals to earn the gold medals in this new challenge trophy.

The list of the winners at the Anurudda Shanaka Bandara Women’s Challenge Trophy

Women’s 46kg: D.K. Thabavita