Kandy MC to felicitate SA Games medallists

S. M. Jiffrey Abdeen - Kandy Sports Correspondent

ATHLETICS: Twenty one sportsmen and sportswomen from the Kandy area who won medals at the 10th South Asian Games will be felicitated by the Kandy Municipal Council at a ceremony held this Sunday, November 5 commencing at 4.30 p.m.

The athletes will be received by Mayor of Kandy L. B. Aluwihare and the Municipal Commissioner N. M. N. Ratnayake, Kelum Shanthasiri (Head of the Playgrounds Department) the Municipal Councillors and the Sports Committee at 4.30 p.m. and taken in procession to the Town Hall which will be the venue of the ceremony.

Mayor of Kandy L. B. Aluwihare who is doing a tremendous amount of work to uplift the city of Kandy and also to develop and promote sports in the Municipal area said that these sportsmen and sportswomen have brought honour to the historic city of Kandy by their achievements and it is their bounden duty to honour and appreciate their deeds.

The sportsmen and sportswomen who will be honoured on this day are:

Badminton: Thilini Jayasinghe.

Table Tennis: Deepika Rodrigo, Gihan Liyanage, Tillina Piyadasa, and Kalpani Herath.

Swimming: Hansani Weeratunga, Minuruwani Samarakoon, Chetiya Wijeratne and Heshan Unamboowe.

Weight Lifting: Ransilu Jayatillake, P. K. M. Dayan, K. K. N. Asanga and T. Ranjith Kumara.

Soccer: K. M. Thilanka Nalinda Kumara.

Boxing: Harsha Kumara and S. I. Kumara.

Hockey: Chaminda Sumanaratne.

Athletics: D. A. Inoka, N. Ajanthan and P. S. K. de Soysa.