Mercantile swimming c'ship for President's Trophy

Bernard PERERA

The third annual Mercantile Swimming championships for President's Trophy is scheduled for October 4 at the Thurstan College Pool. The championship organised by Thurstan College Aquatic Club along with the Sri Lanka Aquatic Sports Union is considered as one of the top swimming meets conducted for the Mercantile sector.

The Thurstan College Aquatic Club which owns its swimming pool built by Gratien Gunewardene, an old Thurstanite is a blessing for the future generation who is looking forward to make it to higher levels in this sport. The championship is mainly sponsored by J.B. Decorators (Pvt) Ltd. which too is has its head an old Thurstanite Janaka Bodaragama. He as a swimming fan has come forward to sponsor the event to promote the sport in the country while helping the Mercantile sector swimmers to develop their skills by participating in this highly competitive event.

The firms interested in participating send in their entries for men and women teams. Each competitor will be allowed to compete in three events excluding the relays.

The winners will be decided on their timings as the whole event is confined only to a single day. Events are to be conducted in four different age categories for men and three categories for women.

The categories for men will be under 30, 30-39, 40-49 and over 50 years, women under 30, 30-39 and over 40 years.

The points allocated to each event to decide team championship are 5, 3 and 1 point respectively while for relays are 7, 5 and 3 respectively. Entries for the meet should reach the 'Pool office' by 12 noon on October 1, with entry fee for which a receipt to be collected from Raja Weerasooriya, the event chairman.