Kandy YMCA - Junior National Weight Lifting Champions

S. M. Jiffrey Abdeen - Kandy Sports Correspondent

WEIGHT LIFTING: Young Men's Christian Association, Kandy, won their third national title in weight lifting for their centenary year of 2006 when they annexed the Junior National Weight lifting title organised by the Sri Lanka Weight Lifting Federation worked off at the Gymnasium of University of Colombo.

Kandy YMCA earlier won the Senior Novices meet and later the senior weight lifting nationals and the current title was third championship won in a row during the last four months.

Kandy YMCA who became champions totalled 20 points while Dharmaraja College, Kandy finished runner-up with 15 points and Kurunegala Weight Lifting Club finished third with 9 points.

Nineteen-year-old K. K. Asanga of Kandy YMCA was adjudged the Best Lifter of the meet. Ransilu Jayatillake of Kandy YMCA competing in the 94 kg. category did the highest lift for the meet when he hoisted 272 kilogrammes and the second placed P. W. M. N. Chathuranga of Kurunegala totalled only 160 kgs to win by a margin of 112 kgs which was the highest in the meet.