Four disciplines for Beach Sports Festival
Bernard Perera
The Asian - German Sports Exchange program has joined hands with
Tharunyata Hetak Foundation to conduct the Youth Beach Sports Feasta
2009. The Beach Sports program comprise of four sports disciplines -
Beach Volleyball, Beach Rugby, Beach Football and Beach Cricket, said
Dietmer Doering the head of the (AGSEP). The sports will be conducted at
Aquarius Beach Resort in Marawila. These details were disclosed to the
media at a press briefing held at Sema House, the head office of the
Tharunyata Hetak Foundation.
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The Chairman of the Asian German Sports Exchange Program
Dietmer Doering (third from left) addressing a press
briefing regarding the Youth Beach Sports Fiesta 2009 at the
Tharunyata Hetak Organization office, Colombo recently. Also
in the picture are (from left) Susil Ramanayake (FFSL), Aico
Moehwald of AGSEP (Chief Co-Ordinator), Yuwanthara Thenuwara
(General Manager, Marketing and Sales Promotion of Youth
Radio), Pium Perera of Tharunyata Hetak Organization and
Lasantha Dias Karunaratne, AGM Marketing of Youth Radio.
Picture by Kamal Jayamanne |
Doering said the first program to be conducted will be the Beach
soccer on October 3 and 4 from 9.00 a.m. to 9.00 p.m. and the mercantile
beach soccer from October 10 to 12 at the same venue. This will be
followed by Beach Cricket on October 17, 18 and 24, 25.
He added that though people in Sri Lanka play cricket on beaches they
never played on a competitive basis. In cricket playing countries
Australia and New Zealand it is highly popular. This has become very
popular among tourists in those countries. We decided to introduce this
on a competitive basis to attract more people to the beaches of Sri
Lanka. The country is surrounded by sea but in Sri Lanka we are not
making the maximum use of these beaches. With the introduction of this
popular sport we can be sure the whole country will get involved.
At present with peace prevailing throughout the country we hope to
take this program to other parts of the country especially to the
Eastern Province.
Tharunyata Hetak Foundation from its inception has been in the
forefront giving an opportunity to the youth of this country to achieve
the best in sports. This prompted us to join this organisation to hold
this kind of festival. We also hope to make this event an annual event
while doing so we are planning to make it a national event, an
international program which could help the country to gain its
confidence as well as to help the youth of this country to face foreign
competition in these beach sports.
Doering added that cricket will be a six-a-side tourney and rugby
will be a sevens tourney. For Beach Volleyball there will be four courts
while the soccer and cricket will be played on a single area while the
rugby sevens will be confined to a single day. The rugby tournament is
scheduled for October 31.
Meanwhile Beach Volleyball Tourney is scheduled for the month of
November for which the dates are yet to be finalised. He said that Beach
VB is sure to attract a large number of entries.
Further details and entry forms could be obtained by contacting on
telephone No. 7395395. |
