Honours for four top sports personalities of Dickwella

The Dickwella Pradeshiya Sabha honoured four of its constituents, Rohana Wickremasinghe, K W Kasun Kithsen, K H Keerthi Kumara and D W P Ranilatha for their contributions in bringing glory to Dickwella in the field of sports.

Citations that were read out stated that, the honour was bestowed on Rohana Wickremasinghe a teacher by profession for winning gold medals for the Javelin throw, discuss throw, putt shot, 100 meters and 400 metres events at a meet held in Chennai and as a founder member of the Jolly Boys softball cricket team who have won many a championship bringing glory to Dickwella.

To Kasun Kithsen for bringing glory to Dickwella by winning gold medal for the 800 metres and silver medal for the 1500 metre events in 1979 when he was a student of Vijitha Central College and by serving his alma mater as a PTI and a teacher of mathematics since 1984 and for his contributions as composer and writer and lyricist

Captain K H Keerthi Kumara won a gold medal for the 800 metre event at the National Sports Festival representing Vijitha Central College in 1986. After joining his alma mater as a PTI in 1990 Keerthi Kumara is credited for mentoring Sri Lanka's champion high jumper Manjula Kumar of Olympic fame.

D V P Ranilatha was awarded this coveted award for bringing glory to Dickwella as a long jumper of repute in her school days who was awarded university colours for establishing a record for the long jump event in 1992 which stands to this day and for the service she has rendered as a teacher after she graduated with a honours degree in Economics.