Tibhar boost for Lithmina

Anurdha Abeysekara

Former National player and sole agent for world popular table tennis brand Tibhar, W A Buddhasiri came forward to sponsor up and coming paddler Lithmina Mahanama of WesleyCollege for a period of one year.

Under this sponsorship he will get all his equipments and requirements he needs to improve his table tennis career. If he performs well in future Tibhar is ready to extend the sponsorship for future period.

Tibhar agent W A Buddhasiri handed over the sponsorship package at the prize distribution of Tibhar Academy Internal TT Championships held at Samamandiraya, Rathmalana recently.

Lithmina is the one and only pen hold player in the Srilanka ranking list and ranked no.3 in under 12 age category. He has won the under-12 title at the All Island Championships conducted by North Western Province TT Association recently.

At the age of five Lithmina started table tennis under the guidance of former National players Namal Gunasekara and W A Buddhasiri. Since then he is training with Tibhar Table Tennis Accademy and shows signs of developing into higher level.