Flashback 2017 - February

Flashback 2017 - February

Feb 1: Kumar Sangakkara officially launched the Dialog 4G-the Sunday Times Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2017 competition at an event held in Colombo

Feb 1: South Africa beat Sri Lanka by 121 runs in the second ODI at Durban

Feb 1: Sri Lanka School Cricket Association scrapped the Inter-School Twenty20 Tournament, calling the shorter version could overload the already heavy fixtures on schoolboy cricketers

Feb 2: Sri Lanka Air Force won the Men's and Women's titles at the inaugural Kandy Hockey Sixes Hockey Championship held at the Peradeniya University ground 

Feb 3: Hafeel Marso, the former Sri Lanka, Police SC and Zahira College forward, was elected the President of Western Province Rugby Football Union

Feb 4: South Africa beat Sri Lanka by 7 wickets in the third ODI at Johannesburg

Feb 5: The inaugural Karting Slalom, a concept initiated by FIA, the world governing body of motorsports, was launched in Sri Lanka at the DIMO facility in Peliyagoda

Feb 5: Ashshar Hamim was elected President of the Southern Motorsports Club, which also celebrated its 20th anniversary

Feb 6: Polgahawela Sports Club beat Kotte Sports Club 3-0 to win the National Women's Division II Football Championship

Feb 6: Sri Lanka Volleyball Federation named a men's and women's team each for the Asian Under-21 Beach Volleyball Tournament to be held in Thailand in March

Feb 7: South Africa beat Sri Lanka by 40 runs in the fourth ODI at Cape Town

Feb 7: Sri Lanka Volleyball Federation appointed 15 coaches under five different categories, aiming the international competitions to be held in 2017

Feb 9: Upul Tharanga, who was named the Sri Lanka captain for the ODIs against South Africa earlier, was given an extension as captain of Sri Lanka T20 side against Australia for the 3-match series

Feb 10: South Africa beat Sri Lanka by 88 runs in the fifth ODI at Centurion and won the five-match series 5-0

Feb 11: Kandy Sports Club claimed the Dialog Division 'A' Inter-Club Rugby League Championship for the third consecutive year

Feb 11: Gelioya FC beat Renown SC 3-1 on penalties to win the Premier League Division II Football Championship 

Feb 12: Darin Weerasinghe, the National Power-lifting champion and Asian bronze medalist, broke the Sri Lanka Bench Press record at the National Independence Bench Press Championship, lifting 195kgs and then 200kgs in three attempts

Feb 13: Yukthi BC and Inter Ocean SC won the Men's and Women's Division 'A' championships respectively at the 43rd Western Province Inter-Club Badminton Championship

Feb 13: Milton Amarasinghe, a former and retired Director General of Department of Sports Development, was appointed as an advisor to the Minister of Sports

Feb 14: Tamara Liyanage was appointed the coach of Sri Lanka Youth Netball team by the Sri Lanka Netball Federation 

Feb 14: Sri Lanka Cricket announced Dhananjaya de Silva as captain of the 15-man Sri Lanka 'A' cricket team for its tour against England Lions. The home series included two Unofficial Tests and five Unofficial ODIs

Feb 15: SL Maroons beat SL Golds 2-1 on penalties to clinch the Kandy Veterans Hockey Sixes

Feb 17: Club Bentota 'A' retained the Travel Trade Sports Club Beach Volleyball Championship

Feb 17: Sri Lanka beat Australia by 5 wickets in the first T20 at Melbourne

Feb 19: A 15-member Sri Lanka Hockey team left for Malaysia to attend a training session ahead of their international tournament

Feb 19: Sri Lanka beat Australia by 2 wickets in the second T20 at Geelong

Feb 20: Sri Lanka Golf Union launched inaugural 'Train the Trainer' programme at the Aqua Range in Welisara

Feb 20: Sri Lanka and Australia signed a Sports Development Progamme Agreement in Canberra, Australia

Feb 22: Australia beat Sri Lanka by 41 runs in the third T20 at Adelaide. Sri Lanka won the three-match T20 series 2-1

Feb 22: Swimmer-turned-snowboarder Azquiya Usupth became the first Sri Lankan to represent the country at winter sports when she qualified for the Asian Winter Games

Feb 24: Vidyartha College edged Ananda College by 20-18 to claim the William Gopallawa Shield in their annual traditional Rugby encounter played at the Bogambara Stadium in Kandy

 Feb 25: S. Thomas' College beat St. Peter's College 4-0 to win the inaugural Ranil Abenaike Memorial Hockey Trophy at the Astra Turf in Torrington

Feb 25: Alcazaba, ridden by L. Dayalan and owned by Deepthika Jayakody, won the RTC Independence Cup at the Racecourse in Nuwara Eliya

Feb 28: National cricketers Asela Gunaratne and Seekkuge Prasanna were promoted by their employer, Sri Lanka Army after their overwhelming performances in Australia. Gunaratne, a Sergeant was promoted to Warrant Officer II while Prasanna was promoted from Warrant Officer II to Warrant Officer I