Fishtails to improve swimming activities

by Leslie FERNANDO

SWIMMING: Fishtail Aquatic Club, Mutwal, the second oldest swimming club in the country, founded in 1947, will make every effort to produce swimmers of former class in the future, said Mohan Perera who was elected as the President of the club at the annual general meeting held recently at the club house.

The club had top swimmers namely Marks brothers - Boris and Jeffry both who represented the country, N. Nanayakkara the swimmer to participate in the famous Palk Strait swim, Speldewindes, Rizvi Zain, Everard La Faber, E.P. Premadasa to name a few.

The newly elected President Mohan added that with the assistance of the Sri Lanka Aquatic Sports Union we hope to start a learn to swim campaign early and schoolchildren from Colombo North will be invited to participate. The talented swimmers will be picked and special swimming classes too will be arranged during the weekends.

We hope to field some swimmers for the Novices Swimming Championships to be held during the month of June added Mohan.

The other office bearers elected for ensuring year - Vice Presidents. Percy Jayasekera, Prashantha Perera, General Secretary Rodney Silva, Treasurer - S.P. Fernando, Assistant General Secretary, Canitius de Silva, Club Captain Chamal Anthony, Swimming Secretary - H.N. de Silva, Life Saving Secretary - Edward Vandendriesen, Water Polo Secretary - S.M. Ranasinghe, Social Secretary - Mahendran de Silva, Club Warden - Ashley Mendis, Committee Members - Chryshantha Fernando, Manoranjan Perera, Nethru Nanayakkara.