Police athletes bag Government Services title
by Upananda Jayasundera
The All Island Government Services Athletic Championship was held in
Kandy for the first time contested by 1250 women and 1750 men from State
departments. The two-day meet was held on September 4 and 5 at the
Bogambara Stadium under the patronage of H.M.V. Hitisekera, the
Government Agent, Kandy district Secretary and the Additional Secretary
of the Ministry of Home Affairs.
The president of the Government Service Sports Association Dervin
Perera was also present on this occasion.
W.K.P.B. Seneviratne, Secretary of the Athletic Association was the
organising Secretary of one of the most successful events held in Kandy
this year.
He was supported by many other officials like H.G. Ariyaratne,G.R
Dhanapala, Kamal Gamlath, A.A.Jayatissa and Vijeyananda Perera. The team
Championship was won by Police and the following teams secured the first
five places.
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W Kumari who won the 100 and 400 metres in the Open category
with U Nandana (Police) who won the 100 and 200 in the 44 to
49 age category
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MAC Perera of Kandy Municipal Council who won the 100 and
200 metres in the 35 to 39 age category (centre) with KRSC
Kumara (Civil Defence Force-Kantalai) on left and WNK
Kaluarachchi of Kalutara Prisons |
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800 metres (Open) walking race winner NLW Narasinghe
(Department of Education) receives his award from Derwin
Perera |
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