Athletic officials who dedicated themselves for the development of Sri Lankan athletics received life time awards recently.
Accordingly six athletic technical officials who committed to develop athletics in the country for over 50 years were felicitated during an award ceremony under the patronage of former President of Sri Lanka Athletic Association and former Army Commander Lt. Gen. Daya Ratnayake at the National Sports Academy recently.
K.L.F. Wijedasa, M.T.H. Perera, V.T. Sivalingam, Austin A. Fernando, E.V. Dissanayake and Mrs. Shanthi de Abrew received the once-in-a-lifetime award.
Chiranthika Kalupahana obtainiing highest marks of 94 at the Grade 4 Athletic Technical Officers’ Exam was awarded the Maj. Gen. Palitha Fernando Challenge Trophy while T.L.R.S. Kularatne came in second with 91 points.
S. Mayuran won the A.T. Nugegoda Challenge Trophy with 88 points while Ruwan Chathuranga Kularatne secured the second place with 83 points at the Grade 3 exam.
The Prema Pinnawala Challenge Trophy was bagged by G.G.A.C. Ranasinghe with 95 points at the Grade 2 Athletic Sports Technical Officers Examination while S. Sivaparan became second with 90 points.
Tyronne I. Gamage and D.W.M. Nimmana were declared joint winners of P.D.H. Waidyathilaka Challenge Trophy for the Grade 1 exam with equal marks of 89. The second place was won by K.W.D.A.S. Dharmasena with 88 points.
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