AASL looking for sponsors

The Athletic Association of Sri Lanka (AASL) is looking for sponsors to meet finances needed to grant cash incentives to Sri Lankan athletic medallists at the 10th South Asian Games and their coaches. An official of the AASL said yesterday they plan to offer cash incentives to SA Games medallists.

A gold medallist would get Rs. 50,000/- a silver medallist Rs 25,000 and Rs. 15,000/- to those who have won bronze medals in athletics. But half of those cash incentives would go to their respective coaches.

"We need both cash and kind sponsorships to support our medal winning athletes. We hope all sports loving people and sports promoting firms would come forward to support our poor but talented rural athletes who have made the nation proud," he said. At the 10th South Asian Games, Sri Lanka won 37 gold medals, of which the athletes contribution was 14, the highest out of the 20 disciplines.