Almost 520 young cricketers from all parts of Sri Lanka will be seen in this year’s Prima Under-15 Champions Cup 2011 which will begin on Tuesday (18) at five different venues. Among the participants this year will be teams from north and the east where 36 district teams take on each other before the competition reaches the provincial stage.
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| Upali Dharmadasa, Chairman SLC receives the sponsorship cheque from Tan Beng Chuan, Group General Manager of Prima Group Sri Lanka. Also in picture are T.S. Shun, General Manager, Prima Group and Sajith Gunarathna, Senior Business Manager and Senior Marketing Manager Prima Group. (Pic by Amila Prabodha) |
The 36 teams will be pruned down as the games proceed and 10 teams will then compete for the Provincial Championship. Group General Manager of Prima - Sri Lanka, Tan Beng Chuan, stated that sponsoring the tournament is a great pleasure as their bond with Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) reach five years.
“To sponsor this Under-15 cricket tournament for the fifth consecutive year, as we recognize is the need of the hour as it helps encourage and harness young cricketing talent in the country. We are happy to announce that this partnership with SLC will continue until 2012 and help young cricketers to become excellent National Level Players,” Chuan stated.
In conjunction with the event Prima has developed coaching posters with the guidance of SLC to educate finer points on batting, bowling, fielding and wicket keeping. These posters will be distributed among the coaching staff of SLC. - NA |
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