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Great team effort gets Army first three places



Brigadier G. S. Padumadan with the SLEME Cycling winning team.

CYCLING: It was a great team victory when the first three places in the 100 Km Racing Event at the annual Inter- Regiment Cycle Race went to the riders from the SLEME. The races were held at the Viharamahadevi Park Circuit.

Sanath Jayasinghe came first with Luxman Wijeratne taking second place while U. D. Prabath came in third.

All the cyclists who achieved a high performance in this event will be recommended for the Army team to participate in national events.

The SLEME (Sri Lanka Electrical and Mechanical Engineers) headed by CFN Luxman Wijeratne won the overall Army Challenge Trophy for 2009. The runners-up were Sri Lanka Army Work Services headed by Army's champion cyclist and South Asian Games Hold Medallist C. P. Meemanage.

The Inter-Services cycle race was held on November 7 and 8 on the route Colombo - Puttlam and Puttlam - Colombo, a distance covering 256 km. The Army won the event and several other places in between the first ten. It showed that the Army team is in a strong position. All forces - Army, Navy, Air Force teams participated including the Police team.

In the recent selection of the SAG Pool, 4 Army cyclists, 2 each from Air Force and Navy and one cyclist from Police were selected.

Amateur Standard cycles (50 km) - 64 cyclists faced starter: 1. CFN - Gayan Kumara (SLEME), 2. Pvt. Jayamal (CSC), 3. CFN Rajapaksha (SLEME).

100 km Racing Event (All Regiments - 40 laps (64 Racing Cyclists faced starter: 1. CFN Sanath Jayasinghe (SLEME), 2. CFN Luxman Wijeratne (SLEME), 3. CFN U. D. Prabath (SLEME).

10 km Veterans (Ex-Servicemen) - over 45 laps: 1. Ex-Serviceman W. R. Jayalath of Ambalangoda. 2. W. A. Silva from Kottawa, 3. P. Anthony Symond (66 years).


The top veterans ... W. E. Jayalath (centre) who came first W. A. Silva (left) who came second and P. Anthony Symons (right) came in third.

Top three... 100 km racing event....
1. CFN Sanath Jayasinghe (SLEME) centres
2. CFN Luxman Wijeratne (SLEME) (left) and
3. CFN U. D. Prabath (SLEME) (right).
 

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