The 37th National Sports Festival:

Race walking, road race and cycling at Puttalam

Yasaratne GAMAGE

Race walking, road race and cycle race of the 37th National Sports Festival will be held on June 4 at Puttalam. The event is organized by Sports Ministry and Sports Development Department.

The road race will start from Puttalam Main Bus Station at 5.45 am and finish at the same point while the race walking starts at 6.15 am at the same venue.

The boys’ cycling event starts at 9.30 while girls’ race starts 15 minutes later and all cyclists should be over 17 years of age as at December 31, 2010. The boys’ road race will cover a distance of 10 km and the girls will have to run half of that distance. The open marathon will cover a distance of 42.195 km and will take the same route. The race walking a distance of 20 Km will be a tough competition as many famous race walkers are in line for the event.

The mens cycling event will cover a distance of 133.1 km while the cyclists will ride along Puttalam – Kurunegala main road to Wariyapola and return while the women will ride upto Anamaduwa town and return.

Registration takes place at St Andrew Boys’ School and at Fathima Girls School, Puttalam from 2.00pm today and they should produce themselves for medical tests. Valuable cash awards are on offer for the top 10 performers in each category.