Luxe Asia ‘B’ retain TTSC Bowling title
View(s):Luxe Asia ‘B’ retained its Travel Trade Sports Club (TTSC) Bowling title for the second year running, at the Opanima Gems & Jewellry sponsored, 15th Annual TTSC Bowling Championships 2016, concluded at the Strikes Cosmic Bowling Centre, Excel World, TB Jayah Mawatha, Colombo 10, last weekend. Luxe Asia ‘C’ team won the Silver and debutant, Holiday Plan DMC ‘B’ team won the Bronze. 68 teams from 30 member firms participated, an increase from last year. At the end Round 1, 30 teams advanced to the semi-final stage; the top scoring team in Round 1 was Luxe Asia ‘A’ team, with 445 points, while the top scorer was Shalinda Karunaratne from Aitken Spence Travels ‘A’, with 164 points.
At the end of the semi-final stage (30 teams), 10 teams advanced to the Final Round. The performances in the semis was below expectations, as none of the teams went over the 400 mark. The top scoring team was Luxe Asia ‘C’ team, who improved on their first round score of 299 to 388. The top scorer was Mohamed Faaiq from Luxe Asia ‘C’ with 198 points. The Chief Guest was Opanima Gems & Jewellery, Managing Director, Sarath Sumanaweera who, along with TTSC President, Prabath Harshakumar, TTSC Senior Vice President, Bonita Odayar and TTSC Tournament Co-ordinator, Dilshan Gnanapragasam, gave away the awards.
Final Round Results
(10 teams in ascending order)
10. Classic Travels ‘C’ (259), 9. Viluxur Travels (313), 8. Exotic Holidays ‘A’ (329), 7. Walkers & Whittalls ‘A’ (333), 6. Aitken Spence Travels ‘A’ (350), 5. Gallileo Sri Lanka (364), (4) Aitken Spence Travels ‘B’ (377).
Bronze Winner: Holiday Plan DMC ‘B’- 384 points ( Dishal de Silva, Rohan Jayamanne and Sameera Fernando)
Silver Winner: Luxe Asia ‘C’- 387 points (Shefan Peter, Mohamed Faaiq and Thajul Riyaz)
Thajul Riyaz of Luxe Asia ‘C’ with 178 points, won the Gold Medal as the highest scorer in the Final Round.
Gold Winner: Luxe Asia ‘B’- 427 points (Shariq Bishrul, Rizwan Kuwaideen and Husham Hayas) - LR
Bowlers in action at the annual TTSL Championship - Pix by Nilan Maligaspe
