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 popularise the game and to unearth outstation talent. Earlier, the All-Island Unranked/Novices (Boys & Girls) TT Championship [...]

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Kandy Municipal Council Overall Champions

State Services Table Tennis Championship
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The jubilant Kandy MC paddlers after winning the State Service TT title

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 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 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 Dissanayake-S.P.G. Vithanage, Ajith Priyantha-J. Arnold and Sunil Abeygunasekera-Sisira Bandara won the Men’s Doubles 30-40 years, 40-50 years and 50-60 years age groups.

Results

Team Championship

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

Women:

‘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 (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)

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 Swarnakanthi-Pushpamali (IRD); Runners-up: Thisuri Silva- Weerasooriya (IRD)

Mixed Doubles: Champions: Chandana Perera-Madushani Perera (CMC); Runners-up: Jayaweera-Nilmini Swarnakanthi (IRD)

Overall Champions – KMC

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