Masters medal winners felicitated

MEDAL WINNERS: A ceremony was held to felicitate the medal winners at the Asian Masters Athletic Championships held in Thailand 2009 and the World Masters Athletic Championships held in Finland 2009 at the NISS auditorium.

The athletes who won 49 Gold, 47 Silver, 55 Bronze medals at the Asian Championships and Gamini Weerasinghe who won a bronze medal at the World Championships were honoured at the ceremony.

A surprise package was the special award for the President of the Association P.H.D. Waidyatilaka for his services to the Association and his achievements as an International Technical Official and Senior Lecturer in the IAAF.

Waidyatilaka has come first in Asia in all the International Examinations conducted by the IAAF and is a member of the Elite Panel of IAAF Lecturers which consisted of only 9 Senior Lecturers from all over the world in 2007.

He was also re-elected President with a majority of 51 votes. The other candidate S.N.J. Dias received 27 votes, while Waidyatilaka had 78 votes.There were 13 candidates for 7 posts of Vice President and the following were elected. Dickman Guruge (59 votes) D. Upali Kumarasiri (51) Ananda Athukorala (47) Sumith Dalpathadu (44) T. J. Chandradasa (44) K. M. Karunaratne (43) A. T. Wijaya (41).

The other positions were uncontested.The office bearers for 2010/2011 are as follows

President: P.H.D. Waidyatilaka, Vice Presidents: Dickman Guruge, D. Upali Kumarasiri, Ananda Athukorala, Sumith Dalpathadu, T.J. Chandradasa, K. M. Karunaratne, A.T. Wijaya.

Hony Secretary: K. Satchithananda, Treasurer: S.P. Rupasinghe, Asst.Secretaries: Senani Bogahawatte, Mallika Satchithananda. Asst. Treasurer: H. A. Upali, Meet Secretary: W. Cyril Perera.