Y FM to sponsor under 20 Schools Rugby

RUGBY: The Sri Lanka Schools Rugby Football Association (SLSRFA) is to secure a sponsor ahead of the 2009 Under-20 `A’ Division inter school League tournament. This was necessitated as earlier sponsors (Singer Sri Lanka), pulled out.

Now the popular private radio station Y FM on Mar 17 (Tuesday), will finalise the agreement to sponsor. Schools Rugby Secretary Kumara Rodrigo told `Sunday Observer’ that Y FM will sponsor.

“We are in the process of signing a sponsorship agreement with Y FM,” he said. Y FM has indicated their willingness to come on board, as the League sponsor. “We are glad that they have stepped into and help the SLSRFA in hour of need.” Rodrigo said.

He expressed his confidence that the Y FM sponsored Un-20 inter - school League will be a success during the forthcoming season.

Y FM affiliated to MBC Networks Pvt Ltd, owned by Maharaja Group is a bilingual (Sinhala and English-Language) radio station, catering to the youth of the country, having made its bow in the sphere of radio broadcasting in Sri Lanka in 2006. The upcoming inter-school.

League is therefore likely to be contested for the Y FM trophy but Kumara Rodrigo said that no final decision has been taken on the name to be given to the title though it could be something similar to that.

The 2009 inter-school League is scheduled to kick off on April 20, and is expected to wind up in June, making way for the Nestle Lanka sponsored President’s Trophy Knock-Out Tournament which is slated to be staged in July.

JK