Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)

Airtel sponsors St. Peter’s Rugby for second year

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St. Peter’ rugby team will be sponsored for the second successive year by Bharti Airtel. In 2013 St. Peter’s rugby team has already made its mark by winning the All Island Under-18 and under – 20 Inter- School Rugby Sevens Championsh­ips. Currently St. Peter’s Rugby team is placed in Division 1, Group A and are looking forward to an exciting season this year. St Peters last won the Interschoo­l Rugby Championsh­ip in the year 2010 and was placed third in 2012.

Speaking about the renewal of sponsorshi­p Suren Goonewarde­ne, CEO – Sri Lanka, Bharti Airtel said, “Airtel Lanka always strive to promote dynamic energy with the brand name and with our sponsorshi­p towards a game such as Rugby....

St. Peter’ rugby team will be sponsored for the second successive year by Bharti Airtel. In 2013 St. Peter’s rugby team has already made its mark by winning the All Island Under-18 and under – 20 Inter-School Rugby Sevens Championsh­ips. Currently St. Peter’s Rugby team is placed in Division 1, Group A and are looking forward to an exciting season this year. St Peters last won the Interschoo­l Rugby Championsh­ip in the year 2010 and was placed third in 2012.

Speaking about the renewal of sponsorshi­p Suren Goonewarde­ne, CEO – Sri Lanka, Bharti Airtel said, “Airtel Lanka always strive to promote dynamic energy with the brand name and with our

St. Peter’ rugby team will be sponsored for the second successive year by Bharti Airtel. In 2013 St. Peter’s rugby team has already made its mark by winning the All Island Under-18 and under – 20 Inter-School Rugby Sevens Championsh­ips.

sponsorshi­p towards a game such as Rugby, which is passionate­ly played by the youth of our country, we have positioned ourselves as a leading supporter of Sri Lankan sports. We see a great amount of potential and energy in the St. Peter’s College Rugby team. That is why we are very pleased to be able to be their sponsor for the second time and wish them all the very best for yet another successful season.”

“St Peters College is one of the very few schools privileged to have sponsorshi­ps of this nature and we are very grateful to Airtel for this” stated Rev. Fr. Travis Gabriel, Rector, St. Peter’s College. Rugby at College has improved tremendous­ly during the last season and we intend working towards a successful season this year as well. While I wish to thank Airtel for their constant support and encouragem­ent I hope they continue to be associated with College Rugby and assist us to take St. Peter’s College sports to new heights” he further added.

Airtel Lanka made its foray into the field of sports sponsorshi­ps in the year 2012 through its associatio­ns with Manchester United and Football, Rugby, Tennis, Golf, Row- ing and Basketball. The company has been involved in the developmen­t of sports, as evidenced by its various sponsorshi­ps at school level, district level and islandwide.

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St.PetersSkip­perShanWee­rakkody(left)receivinga­tokenfrom BhartiAirt­el'sHeadof MarketingC­handrashek­harSinghCh­auhan

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