Archery: Aitken Spence Travels 'A' TTSC Champs 2016

Aitken Spence Travels ‘A’ was crowned winners at the 2nd Travel Trade Sports Club (TTSC) Archery Championships 2016,sponsored by Yenesha Travels, Seeduwa, and concluded at the Colombo Archery Centre, CR&FC, Longden Place, Colombo 7, last Friday. 

A total of 16 teams participated, comprising three archers in a team, shooting four arrows. 

At the conclusion of the preliminary round, the following eight teams with the best scores advanced to the elimination round. 

Serendib Leisure ‘A’ (214), Aitken Spence Travels ‘A’ (204), Green Holidays (181), Aitken Spence Aviation (180), Serendib Leisure ‘B’ (174), Emirates ‘B’ (173), Walkers Tours ‘A’ (172) and Green Holidays ‘C’ (158) finished on top.
 
Green Holidays ‘C’ and Aitken Spence Aviation ‘B’ tied with 158 points each and in the tie breaker sudden death playoff, Green Holidays 'C' prevailed. 

The Best Male Shooter was Malshan Dissanayake (79 points) of Serendib Leisure ‘A’ and the Best Female Shooter was Natalie Joseph (62 points) of Aitken Spence Aviation ‘B’. 

In the knockout quarter-finals (2 arrows) Serendib Leisure ‘B’ beat Green Holidays ‘C’, Emirates ‘B’ beat Aitken Spence Aviation ‘A’, Serendib Leisure ‘B’ beat Green Holidays ‘A’ and Aitken Spence Travels ‘A’ beat Walkers Tours ‘A’. 

Serendib Leisure ‘A’ beat Emirates ‘B’ and Aitken Spence Travels ‘A’ beat Serendib Leisure ‘B’ in the semi-finals to book their berths in the finals. 

In the playoff for third place, Emirates ‘B’ took Bronze beating Serendib Leisure ‘B’ (43-41).
 
The three Aitken Spence Travels ‘A’ archers, Lalin Sumanasinghe, Sameera Gunatillake and Goshan Maduranga beat 2015 runners-up, Serendib Leisure ‘A’, comprising Hasitha Herath, Malshan Dissanayake and Eranda Candidus (53/46) in a closely contested finals to be the proud champions of TTSC Archery 2016. 

Awards were given away by TTSC officials Bonita Odayar Snr, Chinthaka Daluwatte, Shan Perera and Adrian Jansz.