Army wins two mile sea swim

YASARATNE GAMAGE

The 74 th annual Mount Lavinia two mile Sea Swimming was held recently in Mount Lavinia. The Sri Lanka Aquatic Sports Union organized the event in which 444 men and 70 women participated.

Royal College with 45 points won the men's team championship to win the Mount Lavinia Hotel Challenge Cup by beating St Joseph's College (42) while Killer Whale Aquatic Club was the second (32).

Dharmasoka College girls team emerged champions in the Sri Lanka Chemical Industries Challenge Cup and Colombo Mayor's Challenge Cup when (49) points, Killer Whale Aquatic (42) Mahamaya College with (30) were the runners up.

Matthew Abeysinghe grabbed the Men's Individual Championship to go with Tomlinson Challenge Cup and John Wilson Challenge Cup while Sunethra Wijeratne became the winner of Dr. H T Anthonisz Challenge Cup and Dennis Flamer Caldera Challenge Cup in the women's individual event.

Sri Lanka Army with the highest number of points (106) in the Inter Service category went away with three trophies the Half Past Nine Challenge Cup, SHM Dharmadasa Challenge Cup and the IDM Vantwest Challenge Cup.

The Half Past Nine Challenge Cup.

1. Sri Lanka Army (106), 2. Sri Lanka Police (56), 3. St. Joseph's College (45).

Team Championship Men - Mount Lavinia Hotel Challenge Cup

1. Royal College (45), 2. St. Joseph's College (42), Killer Whale Aquatic Club (32)

Team Championship for CIC Challenge Cup Women

1. Dharmasoka College (49), Killer Whale Aquatic Club (42), 3. Mahamya College (30)

Men's Individual Championships for Tomlinson and John Wilson Challenge Cups.

1. Matthew Abeysinghe 42m 55 secs.(Killer Whale Aquatic Club) 2. Kanishka Fernando 43m 26 secs.-(Royal College) 3. Rajitha Pathum Edirisinghe 43m 31 secs. (Ananda College).

Women's Individual Championships for Dr. H T Anthonsiz and Dennis Flamer-Caldera Challenge Cup

1. Sunethra Wijeratne 47m 22 secs. (Mahamaya College, Kandy), 2. Ishani Senanayake 48m 24 secs. (Killer Whale Acquatic Club), 3. T Chalani Dharshani 48m 52secs (Dharmasoka College Ambalangoda).

Inter Services for IDM Vantwest Challenge Cup

1. Sri Lanka Army (106), 2. Sri Lanka Police (56), 3. Civil Security Department (36)

Oldest swimmer Men Otter Aquatic Club Challenge Cup

G.D. Silva. (Sri Lanka Police)

Bata Challenge Cup for Best Performance Boys u-14

Imesh Chathuranga (D S Senanayake College, Colombo)

E.G.A. Wilson and Diana Challenge Cup for the Best Performance Girls u-14.

Nimashi de Silva (Ladies College)

Bank of Ceylon Challenge Cup for Best Performance by a Differently Abled.

J.V.P. Jayawardena (Sri Lanka Army)