Fun run was great fun
HERBERT PERERA
The Hilton Colombo Residence Fun Run 2008 sponsored by Sri Lanka
Telecom Mobitel for the sixth consecutive year organised by the sports
centre with the first Sri Lankan General Manager, Hilton Colombo
Residence, Manesh Fernando who was the chief guest, was flagged off on
Sunday.
The sponsors Sri Lanka Telecom Mobitel arranged the event with the
Papara band and gaily dressed models on trucks and the stilt walkers
with the colourful costumes and carrying the flags gave the colourful
atmosphere to the Fun Run with the participation of over 200
competitors.
The event was organised in three categories - girls and boys under-15
- three km, men and women over-45 in six km and women's and men's open
events.
In the girls and boys under 15 event Nipuli Perera of Ranpokunagama
College in Nittambuwa who participated for the third time was first and
the boy's under 15 event was won by Sharon Madusanka and received the
trophies and gift packs from the General Manager Fernando. Over-45
women's first was Karen Jayaratne and the men's event winner was Ajith
Hemantha de Silva, an old boy of Ananda Sastralaya, Kotte and presently
at Sri Lanka Army Commando Regiment who representing the 15th Veterans
Asian Sports Festival which will be worked off from December 1 to 5 in
Thailand.
Three-year-old Alex Jayathilake won the youngest competitors award
and a shield from Manesh Fernando the General Manager at the awards
ceremony.
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