National Colours Awards on April 4

The Ministry of Sports and Public Recreation has made arrangements to hold a National Colours Award Ceremony on April 4 at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall.

This was stated by the Minister Gamini Lokuge at a media conference. Sports governing bodies will nominate sportsmen and women and youth sportsmen and women for whom cash awards will be presented.

The total sum to be distributed among them is Rupees 8 million. In addition there will also be a competition to select most popular men and women sports stars in the senior and junior categories. The winner in the group is to receive an expensive motor car.

The colours awards is scheduled to be held once in four years according to Minister. There will be 100 sportsmen who are eligible to receive awards for their past performances in addition to the stars of year 2007.

The readers can send in their entries stating the Most Popular Sportsman/Woman and Youth Sportsman/Woman on coupons appearing in the Daily News from today. All entry coupons should be pasted on a postcard and posted to Director, General Department of Sports Development, No. 33, Torrington Place, Colombo 7.

Readers too will receive cash prizes worth Rs. 50,000, 30,000 and 20,000 and ten cash prizes of 2,000.