Namal Gunasekera - four titles

TABLE TENNIS: Namal Gunasekera of Lake House Sports Club showed her superior skills to emerge champion in all four events she participated in at the Nationalised Service Table Tennis Association open/novices and veteran tournament played at Shalika Sports Hall at Narahenpita.

Namal - a former Sri Lanka paddler who has performed well in the local and international table tennis scene, proved her class winning the Open Women Singles title defeating Daya Peiris of Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation.

Her second title was in the Open Women Doubles, partnering her teammate Champa de Silva and they beat combination of Amara Chandratilaka and Lasada Wijewickrema of NAITA.

Namal combining with yet another teammate R. A. Wimalasena won the Open Mixed Doubles title defeating their teammates Chaminda Wijayagunawardana and Champa de Silva. Finally Namal went on to collect her fourth title when she won the Veterans Women Singles, defeating Ira Ruwanpathirana of Peoples Bank.

The other results: Veteran Men Singles - Sarath Wijesooriya (National Savings Bank) beat K. Selvamohan (SLRC), Novices Men Singles - Waruna Gunawardena (NSB) beat Y. Premaratne (Water Board), Novices Women Singles - Wijayananda (Bank of Ceylon), G. Kalutotage (NSB). Open Men's Doubles - Sarath Wijesooriya and Waruna Gunawardana (NSB) beat R. A. Wimalasena and Chaminda Wijayagunawardana (Lake House SC), Open Men Singles - Prabath Indrajith (NSB) beat Sarath Wijesooriya (NSB).