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| Sunday, 26 June 2005 |
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SriLankan Airlines Sponsors British Surfers championships Arugam Bay in Batticaloa will be the venue for the SriLankan Airlines Champion of Champions BPSA (British Pro-Surf Association) Surf Competition from June 27 to 30. It will be red hot fare as there will be over 50 professional surfers from U.K. and Sri Lanka together with a number of Australian surfers too. It is said that the waves in Arugam Bay reach a height of 15 feet more and this is considered to be ideal for surfing. There are three popular point breaks with 20 minutes from each other, one reef breaks anything from 2-6 feet providing a wall that provides the surfer his ultimate push and the other two breaks also provide high quality surf. SriLankan Airlines will provide air tickets and prize money. The official tour operator is TTAL's local agent Crystal Holidays. As the national carrier of Sri Lanka, SriLankan Airlines is promoting sports tourism into Sri Lanka. The 2005 surfing event will be the part of an on going program to incorporate Sri Lanka as part of the British Professional Surfing circuit, while boosting the country's tourist industry and promoting the Airline as a world class passenger carrier. The Airline also sponsors the National Championship of the Japanese Pro Surfers Association which is held at Hikkaduwa and for the 5th year in November there is bound to be over 100 Japanese surfers who will participate. |
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