Community spirit at Hayleys Best Tea Harvester Competition
View(s):Hayleys Plantations recently hosted the 3rd edition of its Best Tea Harvester Competition, an event looked-forward-to by plantation communities connected to Kelani Valley Plantations PLC (KVPL), Talawakelle Tea Estates PLC (TTE PLC) and Horana Plantations PLC (HPL).
Over 40 women pluckers who won the estates’ level competitions earned the opportunity to compete in the grand finale which consisted of 15 minutes of harvesting and 5 minutes of sorting, the plantation company said in a media release.
A tea harvester in action during the competition.
Expert judges from the Tea Research Institute evaluated the harvesters on yield, finesse, and quality of harvest. Red Cross and health officials were also onsite during the entire contest in order to ensure the safety of all participants and spectators.
The overall champion, Anthony Iresha Rajaletchumi of Great Western Estate harvested 6.2 kg in just 15 minutes, earning her a cash prize of Rs. 500,000 (in addition to a Rs. 150,000 estate-level cash prize for securing the Gold Award under TTE PLC). She was also awarded a flatscreen TV. The Silver Award went to Dharmalingam Poomany (Mattakelle Estate), while Veeriah Vanitha (Logie Estate) took Bronze.
N. Indrakanthy (Ingestre Estate) claimed the Gold Award for KVPL, followed by Subramaniam Komathy (Battalgalla Estate) – Silver, and M. Mariyal (Fordyce Estate) – Bronze. Meanwhile, HPL recognised Sugumaran Rajaletchumy (Bambarakelly Estate) with Gold, K. Kavitha (Alton Estate) with Silver, and P. Chandraleka (Fairlawn Estate) with Bronze.
All Gold, Silver, and Bronze winners across the three companies received cash prizes and portable speakers sponsored by Singer Sri Lanka.
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