Essay contest awards day

Sarath MALALASEKERA

The awards ceremony of the 19th annual all island essay competition conducted by Lions Clubs International - District 306 A 2 will be held tomorrow at Dharmavijaya Foundation Auditorium, Sarana Road, off Bauddhaloka Mawatha, Colombo. 7.

The winners of the essay competition in Sinhala medium are - KP Bimali Madeesha Keerthisingha of Visakha Vidyalaya, Hashani Erandi Wickremasinghe of Payagala Bandaranayake Maha Vidyalaya and S A Geethika Darshani of Dodangoda Maha Vidyalaya.

Tamil medium - Ravinantha Shivaniyaa of Kathiresan Hindu Ladies College, Nawalapitiya, P Akshai of St John's College, Jaffna and Puvija Paramarajah of Kokuvil College, Kokuvil (NP).

The winners of the English medium are M Sajeevan of St Patrick's College, Jaffna, Chandramohan Atchuthan of St John's College, Jaffna and Uthayachanthiran Uthayarubini of Murakkottanchenai RKM Vidyalaya (EP).

The winners of the Sinhala medium are Arjuna Prabath Perera of Sumangala Boys' School, Panadura, Pavithra Hansaki Hemamali Dharmarathna of Kalutara Balika National School and KM Roshani Nadeesha Bandara of Holy Family Convent, Kurunegala.

The winners of the Tamil medium are Senkathirchelvan Seyon of Jaffna Hindu College, Geethanchaly Singarasa of Vavuniya Tamil Madhya Maha Vidyalaya and Fathima Shamla Mohamed Sarook of Muslim Balika Maha Vidyalaya, Kalutara.

The English medium winner is Damunugallage Minoli Lakshika Rajapaksa of Asoka College, Horana.