Korean support for SL Baseball Team

BASEBALL: Korea's legendary baseball player who has a miraculous record to gain twenty-two (22) consecutive victories as a pitcher in the first year of professional baseball of Korea, Mr. Park Chul Soon, has been appointed as the head manager of the Sri Lankan National Baseball Team.

Park Soon has commenced training the team from April this year in preparation for the Asian Baseball Cup games to be held in Jakarta, Indonesia, later this month.

The despatching of Mr. Park to Sri Lanka National Baseball team was planned as a result of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Korean Olympic Committee (KOC) and the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka (NOC) on the occasion of the Incheon Asian Games last September.

To support the Sri Lankan baseball team, essential baseball equipment including shoes, bats, gloves helmets, protection gear and chalk powder, will be donated through the joint efforts by Skyline Sports Inc.

(President and CEO: Lah Je Hoon), Uiwang-si Baseball Association (Chairman : Kim Beak Sun) and the Embassy of the Republic of Korea on 21st April 2015, a ceremony was held to hand over the equipment to the Sri Lankan National Baseball team at the Ambassador's Residence.

Those present were Mr. Chang Won-sam, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea, Mr. Sagara Kariyawasam, First Vice President of the Sri Lanka Amateur Baseball Softball Association (SLABSA), Mr. Park Chul Soon and the appointed Head Manager of the Sri Lankan National Baseball team.

Korea hopes to enhance bilateral cooperation with Sri Lanka in the sports sector by fostering people-to-people exchanges and strengthening the friendly relations between Korea and Sri Lanka.