Archery: Aitken Spence Travels 'A' win TTSC title for second time

Aitken Spence Travels 'A' won the Travel Trade Sports Club (TTSC) Archery Championship 2018, held recently at the Colombo Archery School, CR&FC, Longdon Place. 

For the 4th time, Serendib Leisure Hotels 'A' had to be content with the Silver. Aitken Spence Travels 'A' won the title for the 1st time in 2016 and won Bronze in 2015 and 2017. 

Sponsored by Yenesha Travels (Pvt) Ltd., Seeduwa, for the 4th successive year, 23 teams from 10 firms participated. 

In the Preliminary Round, all 23 teams, comprising 3 Archers (Men & Women), shot 4 arrows each, for a maximum team score of 120 points. 

At the completion of the Preliminary Round, the following 8 top-scoring teamsadvanced to the Final Round. 

Aitken Spence Travels 'A' (75), Serendib Leisure Hotels 'A' (72), Green Holiday Centre 'A' (65), Serendib Leisure Hotels 'B' (64) BG Air Services (49), Green Holiday Centre 'B' (48), Singapore Airlines 'B' (48) and Green Holiday Centre 'C' (47).
 
Final Round 

Quarter-finals: Aitken Spence Travels 'A' beat Green Holiday Centre 'C', Green Holiday Centre 'A' beat Green Holiday Centre 'B', Serendib Leisure Hotels 'B' beat BG Air Services; Serendib Leisure 'A' beat Singapore Airlines 'B' 

Semi-finals: Aitken Spence Travels 'A' beat Green Holiday Centre 'A', Serendib Leisure Hotels 'A' beat Serendib Leisure Hotels 'B 

Bronze Final: Serendib Leisure 'B' beat Green Holiday Centre 'A' 

Final: Aitken Spence Travels 'A'- Gold [Sameera Gunatillake (C), Goshan Maduranga, Lalin Sumanasinghe] beat Serendib Leisure Hotels 'A'- Silver [Malshan Dissanayake (C) , Hasitha Herath, Hussain Habeeb] 

Special Awards: 

Best Male Archer: Sameera Gunatillake (Aitken Spence Travels 'A') 

Best Female Archer: Dulanjali Fernando (Green Holiday Centre 'C')