Rowers Guyan and Amenthi to undergo training in China

ROWING: The Amateur Rowing Association of Sri Lanka (ARASL) have selected two rowers Guyan Jayaratne of Colombo Rowing Club and Amenthi Weerasinghe of Ladies College for a training programme to be held in Beijing, China commencing from April.

The Training programme has been arranged by the International Governing Body for Rowing (FISA).

According to ARASL official these two scullers were selected due to their last years performance. Guyan a former Anandian won the Sculls event at the 2007 National Rowing Championships and also came up on the Sculling list with several wins in other major regattas.

Meanwhile Amenthi Weerasinghe performed the best amongst the oarswomen winning the Sculls event at the 2007 Nationals and also proved her class as a sculler in other open events conducted by the ARASL and Colombo Rowing Club.

Lakmal Wickremage, National Rowing coach will accompany the two rowers. The three-member rowing team has been approved by the Sports Ministry.

(LF)