Kiran heads Matale District Athletic Association

Chandra Sri Ashoka Bandara Hindagoda-Matale District Special Corr

Kiran Atapattu was unanimously elected as the president of Matale District Athletic Association. He is a reputed businessman and the Managing Director of a private engineering company in Colombo.

This special event was held in Hotel Homeseas in Matale. The district coordinator of the Department of Sports Development and an athletic coach Ranjith Aluvihare was elected as the secretary and the volleyball coach of Matale District Kennedy Weerasinghe was elected as the treasurer. The other officials elected were as follows:

Patrons - Deputy Minister of Transport Rohana Dissanayake, Sri Lankan Athlete W G Ariyasena and the former president Jayantha Wickramanayake.

Vice Presidents - Thilak Wimalasinghe, Sarath Rathnaweera, K D S Dayananda, Maj. Rohan Ramanayake and M D Zoysa.

Media Secretary - Chandra Sri Bandara Hindagoda, Deputy Secretary Anup Wikramasinghe

Committee members - Sumith Nalanda, Lakshman Wijesekara, P K Aluvihare, Mrs Vishaka Mallawa and Mrs Malik Nihara.

At the Media briefing the secretary Ranjith Aluvihare told that they expect to implement a number of new projects to promote athletics in Matale under the guidance of new president Kiran Atapattu.