The Presidential Sports Awards Ceremony has been organized on the direction of Sports Minister Dayasiri Jayasekara and on the instructions of President Maithripala Sirisena for May 19 at BMICH.
At this ceremony, life time awards will be presented by the President to Sri Lankans who made the most substantive contribution or achieved success to Sri Lanka sports of that year including Kreedabhimani, Kreeda Deshoththara, Kreeda Keerthi, Kreeda Lanka Pradeepa, Kreeda Bhushana, Kreeda Rathna and Kreeda Prabha awards.
The players who excelled in various fields relating to sports from January to December last year will receive Presidential Sports Awards while this year the organizers added to evaluate and will present the awards to an under 16 talented youth players and Para (disabled) sportsmen.
Sports Minister Dayasiri Jayasekera said at the press briefing held at Ministry Auditorium that the aim of the awards ceremony is to give honours to the sportsmen and women who have made sacrifices to bring honour to their country in sports.
The main event in this ceremony is presentation of scholarships to the present players and the retirement allowance to former players. By that ‘Kreeda Diriya’ foster parent scheme for 25 recipients from 25 districts (over 12 years of age), Kreeda Surakuma Insurance Scheme for the members of National teams as recipients of Insurance and Kreeda Sevena Pension Scheme for 10 recipients of pension (over 60 years of age) will begin parallel to the awards ceremony.
The most distinguished award of the ceremony is Most Outstanding Sports Personality of the Year including Most Outstanding Sports team of the year, Most Outstanding Sportsman/Sportswoman of the year, Most Outstanding Sportsman/Sportswoman (with disability) of the year, Most Outstanding Up and coming sports team of the year, Most Outstanding Up and Coming Sportsman/Sportswoman of the year and Most Outstanding player of the year (one from each sport). People’s popular awards (Most popular sportsman/sportswoman and most popular sportsman/sportswoman with disability) will be also honoured at this ceremony.
The Presidential Colours for Sports Personalities will present by the nomination of selection committees of National Sports Association and will be selected by the Panel of Judges.
The Presidential Award for specialized sports fields will be for the most outstanding sports administrator of the year, the most outstanding sports science academic of the year, the most outstanding sports physician of the year, the most outstanding leisure sports provider of the year, the most outstanding referee/umpire/judge/technical officer of the year, the most outstanding coach of the year, the most outstanding trainer of the year, the most outstanding sports promoters of the year, the most outstanding sports publication of the year, the most outstanding sports electronic production of the year, the most outstanding national newspaper sports page of the year, the most outstanding TV sports programme of the year, the most outstanding radio sports programme of the year, the most outstanding sports journalist of the year, the most outstanding sports photographer of the year and Grading of the National Sports Associations based on creativity, leadership, accreditation, dedication and professionalism.
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