New sport aeron hockey in Sri Lanka
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An aeron hockey match in progress
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A new sport called aeron hockey or office hockey promoted by JAT
Holdings was held last month at the Trace Expert City with the
participation of 14 local business organisations.
The teams which took part were Millennium IT (MIT), HSBC, HDPL,
Philip Weerasinghe Associates (PWA), Murad Ismail - Channa Daswatta
Associates (MICDA), Young Architects Forum (YAF), Surath Wickremasinghe
Associates (SWA), Dialog, British Council, Hayleys, DHL and Virtusa.
Aeron hockey is played with a makeshift stick in a purpose-built
indoor court comprising five players a side.
Armed with hockey sticks bearing a close resemblance to the ones used
in ice hockey, the teams competed for the lead while seated on iconic
Herman Miller aeron chairs. After an exhilarating bout of keenly
contested battles, DHL emerged as champions and were presented with five
Aeron chairs worth one million rupees together with the Champions'
trophy.
Philip Weerasinghe Associates (PWA) became the first runner-up
followed by the British Council placed second runner-up of the
tournament. |
