Lafeer appointed manager

THE President of the Veterans Table Tennis Association of Sri Lanka M. M. M. Lafeer has been appointed as the manager of the Sri Lanka table tennis team for the South Asian Games to be held in Sri Lanka.

Lafeer a former vice president of the Table Tennis Association of Sri Lanka and former national selector will also join the Sri Lanka team for the World Masters Games to be staged in Canada in July this year.

He also had the honour of being seeded number 18 this year which is the first time a veterans player has been seeded for the national team.

Lafeer reached the Men's Open finals of the Western Province table tennis tournament held recently at S. Thomas' College indoor stadium in Mount Lavinia and won all major Open Veteran events worked off this year.

He was re-elected President of the Veterans Table Tennis Association of Sri Lanka for the third time this year.

Lafeer represented Sri Lanka as a delegate for the Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships in Malaysia last year and received a merit award from the Malaysian Table Tennis Association.

He also officiated as the manager cum captain for the 12th World Veterans Table Tennis Championships held in Yokohama, Japan last year.