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Janashakthi National Sailing C'ships:
Tharindu most promising sailor
Richard Dwight
It was indeed heartening to witness the 13-year-old, Tharindu Lakshan,
receiving the Tryphon Mirando award for being the most promising sailor
at this year's sailing nationals.
The Nationals began last Saturday and concluded on Sunday, to end in
the evening with the awards ceremony at the Ceylon Motor Yacht Club,
Bolgoda.
It was organised and conducted by the Yachting Association of Sri
Lanka and sponsored by Janashakthi for the eighth consecutive year with
the CMYC being the host club.
There were as much as twenty five boats vying for championship
honours in the different category of boats viz; GP14, the enterprise,
the Lasers I and II and the optimist class, 15 in number for the juniors
under the age of 15 years.
Since the championship enjoyed national status, it was organised and
conducted on the lines of an international regatta, governed by the IYRU
rules and in conformity with the local YASL sailing instructions, with
accredited Judges and a race committee, headed by Lalin Jirasingha, who
was responsible for setting the course.
Every sailor competing, took part in 3 races each day, accounting for
6 races within the 2 days. And the best positions obtained by each
participant was taken to determine the winners.
Tharindu, a lad from the Ruhunu Sailing Association and a 13-year-old
student from Sri Sangabo MV Weligama - accustomed as he was to the water
stretches of Mirissa and Weligama showed much promise of becoming a
competitive sailor in the future, on the not so familiar Bolgoda Lake.
He was placed sixth in the overall positions of the optimist class.
The consistent husband and wife combination of Anil and Michelle
Gunewardena won the GP 14 class. It was most significant to find that
quite a number of Navy Officers taking part. They dominated the
Enterprise Class, with W.P.K. Janaka, Pushpakumara and N.G.M.U.
Gnanawardena being most impressive, while Kodituwakku and Bandara did
well in laser standard.
Radheeka Jirasingha won the Laser 2 class and Aitana Guneratne won
the Optimist Class. Results
GP 14 Class (Adjudged after 6 races)
1. Anil and Michellee Gunewardena (CMYC)
(HELM) (CREW)
2. Frank Besterveld (HELM) and Jeremy Bolling (CREW)
3. Steve and Kyle Giffin (CMYC)
(HELM) (CREW)
Enterprise Class (After 6 races)
1. W.P.K. Janaka (Navy) and W.A.R. Nishantha (Navy)
(HELM) (CREW)
2. R.I.F.U. Pushpakumara (Navy) and W.P.U.S. Kumara (Navy)
(HELM) (CREW)
3. N.G.M.U. Gnanawardena (NAVY) and N.A.P.S.K. Soysa (Navy)
(HELM) (CREW)
Laser Standard (After 6 races)
1. T.T.B. Kodituwakku (Navy)
2. Ernest Prachatik (CMYC)
3. K.G.C.U.S. Bandara (Navy)
Laser Class 4.7
1. Radheeka Jirasingha (CMYC)
2. Maleena AWN (CMYC)
3. Dimitri Goonewardena (CMYC)
Optimist Class under 15 Yrs
1. Aitana Guneratne (British Overseas School)
2. Dimitri Goonewardena (Stafford Intn'l School)
3. Joshua Jayaratne (CIS)
Tharindu Lakshan of Ruhunu Sailing Association was adjudged the most
promising sailor and held the overall position of sixth.
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