Ten member TT team selected for SAG

The Interim Committee of the Sri Lanka Table Tennis Association (SLTTA) has selected a ten-member Table Tennis Team (Men’s and Women’s) for the South Asian Games (SAG) to be held in Kathmandu, Nepal from December 1-10.

There are five men and women each in the team and they are currently training at S. Thomas’ College, Mt. Lavinia.

The SLTTA has got down Yefremov Aleksey, a specialist TT coach from Norway who has been sent by the International Table Tennis Federation. The 44 year old is the Head Coach of Gautemala.

He has international experience of over 21 years and his target is to help Sri Lanka land a major number of Gold Medals. He will be in Sri Lanka for 18 days.

The coach has been obtained through the National Olympic Committee and the Asian Table Tennis Association. The training course is co-ordinated by Chandana Perera, former President and

There are five men and women each in the team and they are currently training at S. Thomas’ College, Mt. Lavinia

Secretary of the Sri Lanka Table Tennis Association.

Men’s Team: Udaya Ranasinghe (Vidyartha College Sports Club), Nirmala Jayasinghe (MAS Holdings), Krishan Wickremaratne (Vidyartha College, Kandy) and Senura Silva (Ananda College Colombo).

Women’s Team: Ishara Madurangi (Ports Authority), Bimandi Bandara (Hillwood College, Kandy), Erandi Warusuvitarana (Sri Jayawardenapura University), Ila Chitty (Ladies College, Colombo) and Hansani Piumila (Visakha Vidyalaya, Colombo).

Local Coach: Buddika Dikkumbura.