Nimal Silva snooker champ

P. RAJARATNAM in Nuwara Eliya

The George Ondaatjie annual snooker tournament was concluded at a glittering ceremony at the Grand Hotel Nuwara Eliya amidst a large and distinguished gathering with seventy eight participants from the entire country.

Nimal Silva of the Grand Hotel, Nuwara Eliya SC won the championship beating S. M. M. Aslam of the Moors Sports Club convincingly and carried away the George Ondaatjie Challenge Trophy.

W. A. Sampath Perera of the Kandy Pool Parlour was placed third. Palaka D. L. Perera, the General Manager of the Grand Hotel, Nuwara Eliya awarded the Challenge Trophy to the winner Nimal Silva and the other prizes were given away by the Resident Manager Grand Hotel, Raju N. Veerasingham, T. Anbagalagam of the Grand Hotel Sports Club Secretary, Mrs. Harinee de Costa, the Secretary of the Grand Hotel.

The chief sponsors were the Hatton National Bank, Nuwara Eliya, and the cash awards were presented by the Manager of the HNB Indravasam and A. P. Lasantha Fernando, Assistant General Manager, Recoveries and Credit Quality Management of the HNB and Haseem Mohamed, Assistant Manager of the Grand Hotel, Nuwara Eliya.

Nimal Silva of the Grand Hotel Sports Club after receiving the Challenge Trophy from Palaka Perera, General Manager, at the prize giving of the George Ondaatjie annual snooker tournament. Others in the picture (from left): S. Ambalagan, Secretary of the Grand Hotel SC and tournament organiser Raju Veerasingham, the Resident Manager

Mrs. Haranee de Costa, the Secretary of the Grand Hotel, Nuwara Eliya awarding a prize to one of the winners. Pictures by P. Rajaratnam in Nuwara Eliya