Thushara, Seevali - best competitors at Marshall Arts

by Upananda Jayasundera - Kandy Sports Special Cor.

Thushara Tennekoon of Girls High School Kandy and Seevali Hemachandra of Medamulla M.V. Malsiripura were adjudged the Best competitors among girls and boys respectively at the All-Island Marshall Arts Competition held on Dec 26th at YMCA Hall, Kandy. It was organised by the Chinese Kunfu scientific Training Centre of Sri Lanka.

There were 164 competitors (girls and boys, men and women) who participated. There were 16 competitors who won Orange Belts, 18 won green belts, there were 12 who won Purple Belts, Brown Belts by 17, Blue Belts by 44 and Black Belt by 9 competitors.

Shiran Vajira Sampath (Black Belt 6th Dan, JIU - JITSM) Marshall Arts. Instructor and his assistants conducted the competition on behalf of the Marshall Arts Training Centre of Sri Lanka.

Thero wins Purple Belt-Jaya Siripura Sudira Thero (left) who won a Purple Belt and Manju Samira who won a Black Belt in action, Watched by an official in the Marshall Arts competition held at the YMCA Hall, Kandy.	From right Chamalya Damsandi (1st Purple Belt of Swarnamali Balika, Kandy), Pavithra Sewwandi (2nd Brown Belt) of Gothami Balika, Kandy) and Jalith Hesha Gunawardene left (32nd – Orange Belt) of Dharmaraja, Kandy.