Coaching camps conducted by Kandy Municipality

by Upananda Jayasundera

The Playgrounds Department of the Kandy Municipality conducted cricket and soccer coaching camps at Gatembe and the Edmond Silva playgrounds respectively last week in connection with the local Government Week.

Indoor games tournaments such as table tennis and carom were held for junior table tennis players and members of the Community Centres.

The cricket coaching camp which was held at Gatembe Municipal playground was headed by Malcolm Perera,former Director of Coaching of Sri Lanka Cricket assisted by Duncam Arnolda, Tharanga Welagedara and T Chandrathilak.

Ninety boys and girls from Kandy participated. The soccer coaching camp was headed by S.A. Weerasinghe, a UK qualified soccer coach and former playground instructor assisted by former playground instructor Gamini Silva and present playground instructors W.A.Priyantha and Sunanda Mediwake.

Some 145 boys and girls attended this coaching camp.

The table tennis and carom coaching camps were held at the E.L.Senanayake Children's Library auditorium attended by over 200 girls and boys and this camp was conducted by playground instructors Sunil Abeygunasekera, Sumudu Vithanage, B.P.K. Ranasinghe and Amitha Wijeratne. These tournaments were coordinated by the Chief Playground instructors J.A.V.K.Shanthasiri, G.G.Dharmaratne assisted by Nelum Lekamge.