Otters end 2009 with awards ceremony

Richard Dwight

Sports at the Otter Aquatic Club for the year 2009 was climaxed last Wednesday with a fitting awards ceremony at the club.

It was presided over by the President of the club, Sisl de Silva with the proceedings being steered by the club's Vice President, Vinod Lalvani.

According to Lalvani the awards ceremony was held to felicitate the sportsmen and women of the club for their achievements during the year.

This exercise, he said was to serve as an incentive for them to do well in the future - their efforts have been recognised and appreciated. Those receiving awards were:

Tennis: Nilupul Goonasekera, Roshenka Fernando.

Athletics: W.A. Jayantha Jayalal.

Swimming: Shalini Pieris, Indu Sathyapala, Dilini Dolapihilla, P.S.P. Dayananda, G.G. Siriwardhana, Machiko Raheem, Kimiko Raheem, L.V. Fernando.

Billiards: Bathisa De Silva, Sunil De Silva, Rayan Somarathne, Anurudda Higgoda, Angelo Coongne, Nabeel Badurdeen, Tishan Samarasinghe, Pawan Samtani, Shiraz Mihular, Tissa Samarasinghe, Zuraish Hashim.

Basketball: Diluk Himantha, Gayan Meedeniya, Roshan Gunasekera, M.Y.M. Rishan, Shanka Perera, Issuru Perera, Thisara Chathuranga, Devon Rebert, Lakith Rajakaruna, Rumesh Senanayake, Sriyantha Jayaweera.