Central Province paddlers to receive colours

S. M. Jiffery Abdeen

TABLE TENNIS: The Central Province Table Tennis Association will award colours to 45 paddlers who had excelled both at local and national levels at a ceremony to be held at Dharmaraja College Auditorium in Kandy on Saturday at 2 p.m.

The President of the Central Province Table Tennis Association Superintendent of Police Daya Samaraweera who is also the President of the Sri Lanka Tennis Association said that it will not only the table tennis players but also the coaches will be felicitated for their services in 2005. They will be presented with trophies, medals and certificates.

Among the top paddlers who will be felicitated are national champion for many years from Vidyartha College, Tilina Piyadasa and also former national champion Deepika Rodrigo who made her mark from Mahamaya Girls College and is now attached to Lake House where she continue this game in a big way.

Another rising star from the hills Kalpani Herath from Girls High School who has been dominating the table tennis scene from the time who was a 12 years old and has won the national title for six years besides other trophies. Like Piyadasa, Rodrigo and Herath has represented the country at international meets.

Honouring the young paddlers and encouraging them to perform even better is a good move which should pay dividends and credit should go to the President CPTTA Daya Samaraweera and his energetic committee members.

The award winners are:

Boys

Under 9 - C. P. Tennakoon (Dharmaraja College)

Under 11 - P. Rodrigo (DCK), Gihan Hulangamuwa (DCK), H. Weerakoon (St. Anthony's College)

Under 13 - P. Lowe (SACK), Prabath Vimukthi (Kingswood College), Mahela Singharachchi (KCK).

Under 15 - Sukitha Wickrmanayake (DCK), Milindu Keerthiratne (Trinity College ), Rajitha Samaraweera (DCK).

Under 17 - G. M. Liyanage (Dharmaraja College), J. S. Cooray (SACK) Hasitha Bandara (DCK), R. P. Karunaraja (KCK), M. J. Wimalasiri (Vidyartha College), P. M. B. Walisundere (KCK)

Under 19 - Hasitha Samaraweera (DCK), C. P. Liyanage (VCK), T. D. Labrooy (SACK), C. Kohona (TCK), J. S. Pussegoda (VCK) A. C. Thilakaratne (Sri Sumangala College).

Men's open - Tilina Piyadasa (Sri Jayawardenapura University), B. N. B. Jayasinghe (VCK).

Girls:

Under 9: Chandima Madhushani (Mahamaya Girls College), Ganeshi Herath (NGC).

Under 11: Kanchana Welagedara (Vihara Maha Devi Vidyalaya)

Under 13: Nadini Samaraweera (NGC), Heshani Wickremasinghe (MGC),

Under 15: Nadini Abeygunawardena (Girls High School), D. Samarasinghe (MGC), Nirmani Silva (GHS), Lochana Weeraratne (MGC).

Under 17: D. Wedugodapitiya (Pushpadana Girls College), Reisa Ammanullah (GHS), Shantha de Silva (GHS), Ruwini Weerasekera (MGC), Tilini Keerthiratne (GHS),

Under 19: Kalpani Herath (GHS), P. K. Madisekera (PGC), Mahesha Kuruppu (MGC).

A Women's Open: Deepika Rodrigo (Lake House), Dilini Madawela (Sri Jayawardenapura University and Pushpadana Girls College), Rifka Kamil (Pushpadana Girls College), Upeka Kotinkaduwa (Girls High School).