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BoC joins hands with AASL


Athletic Association of Sri Lanka (AASL) President Major General Daya Ratnayaka and Bank of Ceylon Chairman Dr. Gamini Wickramasinghe shaking hands after signing the agreement to improve and develop athletics in Sri Lanka. Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage looks on.

Bank of Ceylon will provide the financial support to Sri Lanka Athletics for a period of five years. The sponsorship package will be Rs 115 million. The official signing of the sponsorship agreement took place yesterday at Olympic House Auditorium between Sri Lanka Athletic Association Secretary Rear Admiral Shemal Fernando and Bank of Ceylon Commercial Acting General Manager T Muthugala.

The sponsorship was a result of the Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage’s programme to tie hands with private and government institutions to attract sponsorships to uplift country’s sports sector as a whole.

The financial support will be utilized to bring the rural sportsmen and women to national and international standards with scientific training and foreign training as well as to develop both physical and mental stability of the athletes. The long term plans and sponsorship together will enable to win many medals at future events like SAG , Asian and Commonwealth Games, the sports ministry media sources revealed.

Bank of Ceylon Chairman Gamini Wickramasinghe, AASL president Major General Daya Ratnayake, Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage and Sports Director General Ranjanee Jayakody were also present at the occasion.

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