Kandy Municipal Council Overall Champions
Kandy Municipal Council (KMC) were Overall Champions at the State Services Table Tennis (TT) Championship held at the Methodist Girls’ High School, Point Pedro, last week.
TT Associations islandwide are conducting their championship tournaments in the Provinces to
Men:
‘A’ Division- Champions: KMC ‘A’; Runner-up: Sri Lanka Customs (SLC)
‘B’ Division- Champions: Sri Lanka Police (SLP); Runner-up: Education Dept, Jaffna
‘C’ Division- Champions: Postal Dept; Runner-up: Education Dept
‘D’ Division- Champions: Postal Dept; Runner-up: Education Dept
‘A’ Division- Champions: Inland Revenue Dept (IRD); Runner-up: Colombo Municipal Council (CMC)
‘B’ Division- Champions: Railway Dept; Runner-up: SLC
Individual Championship
Men:
20-25 Years – Champion: Chathura Viskam Siriwardene (SLP); Runner-up: H.G.S.N. Pushpakumara (Survey Dept)
26-30 Years – Champion: R.M.L. Chaturanga (Postal Dept); Eran Mallawarachchi (Sri Lanka Railway)
31-35 Years – M.P.B. Dissanayake (KMC); Runner-up: Suranga Peiris (SLP)
36-40 Years – T.R. Kingsly popularise the game and to unearth outstation talent. Earlier, the All-Island Unranked/Novices (Boys & Girls) TT Championship was held in the same venue with islandwide participation.
The KMC paddlers stole the limelight, winning the Men’s ‘A’ Division and placed runners-up in the Men’s ‘B’ Division. In the individual age group (Education Dept, Jaffna); Runner-up: Karunatilleke (IRD)
41-45 Years – Champion: S.P.G. Vithanage (KMC); Runner-up: J. Arnold (KMC)
46-50 Years – Champion: V.S. Balasubramanium (Central Province Education Dept., Kandy); Runner-up: Jayaweera (IRD)
51-55 Years – Champion: J. Mohan (Education Dept., Jaffna); Runner-up: Chandana Perera (CMC)
55-60 Years – S.M. Safeer (KMC); Runner-up: A.D.S.K. Chandrasekera (Survey Dept)
Women:
20-25 Years – Champion: S.A.D.A. Erangi (Survey Dept); Runner-up: Kaushi (SLC)
26-30 Years – Champion: Mallika Madushani Perera (CMC); Runner-up: Vidya Dharani (Education Dept., Jaffna)
31-35 Years – Champion: Weerasooriya (IRD); Runner-up: Dharani Tharanga (CMC)
36-40 Years – Champion: Pushpamala (IRD); Runner-up: Waruni Silva (IRD)
41-45 Years – Champion: S. Mayadeeli (Education Dept., Jaffna); Runner-up: Hirishi (Railway Dept) events M.P.B. Dissanayake, S.P.G. Vithanage and S.M. Safeer won the championship in Men’s 31-35 years, 41-45 years and 55-60 years age groups respectively, while Manoj DissanayakeS.P.G. Vithanage, Ajith Priyantha-J. Arnold and Sunil AbeygunasekeraSisira Bandara won the Men’s Doubles 30-40 years, 40-50 years and 50-60 years age groups.
Men’s Doubles:
20-30 Years – Champions: Chatura Viskam-Dinusha Peiris (SLP); Runners-up: M.N.M. Aswer-Nadun Thilanka (SLC)
30-40 Years – Champions: Manoj Dissanayake-S.P.G. Vithanage (KMC); Runners-up: J. Mohan-T.R. Kingsly (Education Dept., Jaffna)
40-50 Years – Champions: Ajith Priyantha-J. Arnold (KMC); Runners-up: V.S. Balasubramanium-Sunil Karunaratne (Education Dept)
50-60 Years – Champions: Sunil Abeygunasekera-Sisira Bandara (KMC); Runners-up: R.M. Ishak-Abekoon (KMC)
Women’s Doubles:
20-30 Years – Champions: Madushani Perera-Dharani Tharanga (CMC); Runners-up: Vidya Dharani-Maydeeli (Education Dept., Jaffna)
30-40 Years – Champions: Nilmini SwarnakanthiPushpamali (IRD); Runners-up: Thisuri Silva- Weerasooriya (IRD)
Mixed Doubles: Champions: Chandana Perera-Madushani Perera (CMC); Runners-up: Jayaweera-Nilmini Swarnakanthi (IRD)
Overall Champions – KMC