Flashback 2017 - November

Flashback 2017 - November

Nov 1: Vinod Weerasinghe, Taniya Minel, S. Dhuwarshan, Niresh Tejwani and Reshan Algama topped the National Junior Golf Rankings 2017 in their respective age categories

Nov 4: Dialog League Rugby Championship 2017 kicked off

Nov 5: MAS Holdings won the overall title at the 34th Mercantile Athletic Championship 2017

Nov 6: Sri Lanka Cricket appointed Thilan Samaraweera as batting coach of the national team

Nov 6: Thumula Naotunna, the General Secretary of Carrom Federation of Sri Lanka passed away at the age of 47

Nov 7: Sandakelum Ranasinghe of Sri Lanka Air Force clinched the National Skeet Shotgun Championship 2017

Nov 8: S. Thomas’ College Mt. Lavinia won the Under-20 overall championship at the 6th Schools Rowing Regatta. Ananda College and Musaeus College emerged overall champions of the Under-18 Boys and Girls championships respectively

Nov 9: Chandika Hathurusingha tendered his resignation as Head Coach of the Bangladesh cricket team

Nov 11: A.J. Rodrigo, a veteran throwing coach who produced world class athletes, passed away after a brief illness at the age of 73 

Nov 12: Zuraish Hashim of Otters AC beat Anver Azeez of Moors SC by 4-1  to win the Masters Snooker Championship

Nov 14: M. Amarapadma won the November Edition of the CAT-Solar Pin Fernando Grand Prix Golf Championship

Nov 15: David Pieris Racing and Leisure revealed that it intends to host the opening round of the X30 Asia Cup Challenge at Bandaragama on January 13 and 14

Nov 18: Ceylon Electricity Board and Sri Lanka Air Force bagged the Munchee National Super League Volleyball Tournament’s men’s and women’s titles

Nov 19: Sri Lanka Army won the overall title at the Metallic Silhouette Shooting National Championship 2017

Nov 19: Sri Lanka achieved a double feat in canoeing at the Canoe Ocean Racing Asian and World Championships held in Hong Kong when -- Chathura Vishwajith Jayaratne, won a rare gold medal and Danuna Tillakaratne, successfully completed a coaching and judging course

Nov 19: Dilantha Malagamuwa became the first Sri Lankan race driver to record a podium finish when he was placed third at the Lamborghini Super Trofeo World Final at the Imola Circuit in Italy

Nov 20: India and Sri Lanka drew the first Test played at Kolkata

Nov 20: Negombo Rifle Club and Mohan Gilbert claimed the team and individual overall titles at the NSSF National Trap Open Shooting Championship 2017

Nov 24: Kushan Peiris bagged three awards at the Sri Lanka Automobile Sports (SLAS) National Championship Awards Ceremony for 2016

Nov 26: Shafraz Junaid and Akhry Ameer made rally history for Sri Lanka emerging second runners-up in the championship deciding leg of the FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championships - Rally of Chikmagalur in India

Nov 26: Sri Lanka won three silver and four bronze medals at the 12th Singapore National Synchronized Swimming Championship

Nov 27: India beat Sri Lanka by an innings and 239 runs to win the second Test at Nagpur

Nov 27: The Football Federation of Sri Lanka had to postpone all its Dialog Champion League and Premier Division I Championship matches after referees boycotted, pending payments for a weekend