Kandy Municipal Sports Club table tennis champions

S.M. Jiffrey ABDEEN-Kandy Sports Correspondent

Kandy Municipal Sports Club swept the board at the annual State Services Table Tennis Championship organized by the Sri Lanka State Services Table Tennis Association and worked off at the Fisheries Corporation Complex at Ambalangoda.

Kandy Municipal Council Sports Club successfully defending the Mens 'A' Division for the seventh successive year and in addition to they also won the 'B' Division and 'D' Division titles to complete their mega performance.

Kandy Municipal Council Sports Club dominated this all island championship to such an extent that in some of the finals, they found their own paddlers meeting in the finals. They also annexed both the championship and the runner up berths in the Mens 'D' Division.

Mayor of Kandy L.B. Aluwihare, a sportsman himself having played for Vidyartha College was a happy man and said that the paddlers from the Kandy Municipal Council have brought honour again to the hill capital by winning three major titles at table tennis.

This is evidence of the hard work put in by the Head of the Playgrounds Department and former Sri Lanka national hockey player Kelum Shanthasiri and his playground Instructors and Sunil Abeygunawardena.

Kandy Municipal Playgrounds Department has over 25 Community Centres in which table tennis could be played and a large number of students and as well as adults make use of the facilities available here.

The results:

Mens A Division: Champions - Kandy Municipal Council 'A', Runner up - Colombo Municipal Council

Mens B Division: Champions - Kandy Municipal Council 'B', Runner up - Colombo Municipal Council 'B'

Mens C Division: Champions - Ministry of Sports Southern Province, Runner up - Department of Survey

Mens D. Division: Champions - Kandy Municipal Council 'D', Runner up: Kandy Municipal Council 'E'

Womens Championship: Champion - Education Department - Southern Province, Runner up - Health Department - Central Province

Mens Singles:

Age 25-30: Champion - Nuwan Sampath (Colombo MC), Runner up - Manoj Dissanayake (Kandy MC)

Age 30-35: Champion - Dumindu Karunaratne (Ministry of Sports Galle), Runner up - S.P.G. Withanage (Kandy MC)

Age 35-40: Champion - Sumudu Cooray (Sri Lanka Police), Runner up - V.S. Balasubramaniam (Education Dept. Kandy)

Age 40-45: Champion - B.P.K. Ranasinghe (Kandy MC), Runner up - Sanjeewa Wijesuriya (Kandy MC)

Age 45-50: Champion - Sisira Bandara (Kandy MC), Runner up - W.A. Priyantha (Kandy MC)

Age 50-55: Champion - Gamini Silva (Kandy MC), Runner up - P. Selvaraj (Kandy MC)

Age 55-60: Champion - N.C. Piyadasa (Colombo MC), Runner up - L.Y. Tillakaratne (Kandy MC)

Women's Singles

Age 25-30: Champion - Dharani Tharanga (Colombo MC), Runner up - Manori Prasadika (Kandy MC)

Age 35-40: Champion - Chamini Ariyaratne (Health Dept. Central Province)

Age 40-45: Champion - A.D.K. Shyamalie (Education Dept. Southern Province)

Age 45-50: Champion - Geetha Ranjani (Education Dept. Central Province), Runner up - Nilmini Swanawathi (Immigration Dept.)

Age 50-55: Champion - Sriyani Mihindukulasuriya (Health Dept. Central Province), Runner up - Swarna Abeyratne (Kandy MC)

Age 55-60: Champion - Indra Silva (Education Dept. Southern Province)

Mens Doubles:

Age 25-30: Champions - Nuwan Sampath and Prabath Nimesh (Colombo MC), Runner up: Manoj Dissanayake and Nadeera Kodikara (Kandy MC)

Age 35-40: Champions - Ajith Priyantha and T. Arnold (Kandy MC), Runner up - Sumudu Cooray and V.S. Balasubramaniam

Age 30-35: Champions - Dumindu Karunaratna and Chaminda Roshan (Ministry of Sports, Galle), Runner up: S.P.G. Withanage and Sameera Wijegunaratne (Kandy MC)

Age 40-45: Champions - Sanjeewa Wijesuriya and B.P.K. Ranasinghe (Kandy MC), Runner up - Susantha Palitha and Anil Kumara (Colombo MC)

Age 45-50: Champions - Sisira Bandara and T.S. Withaarana (Colombo MC), Runner up - W.A. Priyantha and Namal Ranaweera (Kandy MC)

Age 50-55: Champions - Gamini Silva and Sunil Abeygunawardena (Kandy MC), Runner up - M. Shafeer and P. Selvaraj (Kandy MC)

Mixed Doubles:

Champions: Dumindu Karunaratne and A.K.D. Shyamalie (Ministry of Sports - Southern Province)

Runner up - Nuwan Sampath and Dharani Tharanga (Colombo MC)