Busy schedule for Kandy Municipal Playgrounds Dept.

by Upananda JAYASUNDERA-Kandy Sports Special Corr.

SPORTS TOURNEYS: Kandy Municipal Playgrounds Dept. has a busy schedule this month as they have organised the following tournaments for the members of the Playgrounds & Community Centres of the Kandy Municipal area.

The members of over 40 Community Centres and over 23 Playgrounds will participate in the following competitions.

a) Mayor's Cup Seven-a-Side Rugby Tournament on the 18th of this month commencing at 9.00 a.m. at the Aruppola Municipal Playgrounds. Organisers will be the Playground Instructors, Nihal Ananda (former Sri Lanka rugby player) and S.P.G. Vithanage (brother of Sri Lanka rugby cap. Chamara Vithanage.)

b) Mayor's Cup Seven-a-side Kandy District Schools Hockey Tournament on the 19th & 20th of this month commencing at 9.00 a.m. on both days at Aruppola Municipal Playgrounds. Organisers will be Kelum Shanthasiri (Chief Playground Instructor & National Hockey Umpire) and G.G. Dharmaratne (Supervisory Playground Instructor & District Hockey Coach).

c) Indoor Games Tournament (Carrom, Draught and Table Tennis) at the Childrens Library Hall, Kandy commencing at 8.30 a.m. Organisers will be Gamini Silva (Supervisory Playground Instructor & District Table Tennis Coach) B.P.K. Ranasinghe, Sunil Abeygunasekera, Gamini Gunathilake & W.A. Priyantha (Playground Instructors.)

Chief Guest will be the Mayor of Kandy, Suminda Wickremasinghe and the Guests of Honour will be Chandana Tennakone, Municipal Commissioner and Leader of the Opposition, Sena Dissanayake.