Flashback 2017 - October

Flashback 2017 - October

Oct 1: Eshan Pieris made his Formula 4 debut and finished third on the podium at the Sepang Track in Malaysia, alongside the Malaysian Grand Prix 

Oct 1: Roshan Iddamalgoda was elected the President of Mercantile Cricket Association at its 100th Annual General Meeting

Oct 2: Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by 21 runs to win the first Test, the country's first ever Day/Night-Pink Ball Test, at Abu Dhabi

Oct 2: Viran Perera won the overall championship of the HSBC Premier Challenge Trophy Golf Championship 2017

Oct 4: Sri Lanka Cricket slapped a six-match ban on allrounder Danushka Gunathilaka for "misconduct" during the series against India which the islanders lost 9-0

Oct 5: B.A. Sanjeewa won the October Edition of Pin Fernando Grand Prix Golf Championship

Oct 7: Isipathana College beat Science College 31-5 to win the Under-20 Rugby 7s title at the All-Island Schools Games

Oct 8: To felicitate to Sri Lanka's legendary long distance runner S.L.B. Rosa, for his contributions as an Athlete, Coach and Administrator, a Cross Country Invitation Race for men and women, named Lucian Rosa, was organised by the UW Parkside Athletics-XC, Kenosha, USA

Oct 10: Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by 68 runs to win the second Test at Dubai and win the two-match series 2-0

Oct 10: Sri Lanka Navy won the overall title at the National Sailing Championship 2017 held at Bolgoda

Oct 13: Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by 83 runs in the first ODI at Dubai

Oct 14: Royal College won the Stubbs Shield Boxing Championship 2017 with a tally of four gold medals and two each of silver and bronze medals. Royal regained the Stubbs Shield after 30 years

Oct 14: Chalitha Ranjana and Sri Lanka-born Rajitha Samaraweera won a total of three gold medals at the New Zealand (NZ) Open Table Tennis Championships 2017, held in Christchurch

Oct 15: Sri Lanka was placed third overall after beating South Korea 22-5 at the third and final leg of the Asian Sevens Series in Colombo

Oct 16: Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by 32 runs to win the second ODI at Abu Dhabi

Oct 16: Dhruv Sheoran of India beat Sisira Kumara on the 36th Hole to become the Sri Lanka Amateur Golf Champion 2017 at Nuwara Eliya

Oct 18: Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by 7 wickets to win the third ODI at Abu Dhabi

Oct 18: Sri Lanka Army and Sri Lanka Navy retained the men's and women's titles respectively at the 18th Vijayans Trophy All-Island Open Inter-Club Hockey 7s Tournament 2017

Oct 19: Hiran Priyankara of Kottukachchiya Navodya Vidyalaya won the All-Island Schools Cycling Championship 2017

Oct 20: Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by 7 wickets to win the fourth ODI at Sharjah

Oct 20: Sri Lanka Cricket named a 16-man squad under the captaincy of Thisara Perera for the three-match Twenty20 Series against Pakistan in Lahore

Oct 21: Kandy Sports Club beat Singapore 44-14 in a friendly rugby match played at Nittawela, Kandy

Oct 21: MAS Silueta beat Power Tech Cement to win the MCA Division 'B' Cricket Championship

Oct 21: Top seed Gozal Ainitdinova of Kazakhstan won the Singles title with a comfortable 2-0 win against second seed Pranjala Yadlapalli of India in the final ITF Women's Futures in Greenpath

Oct 23: Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by 9 wickets to win the fifth ODI and clinch the series 5-0 at Sharjah

Oct 23: P.H.D. Waidyatilleke, a renowned International Technical Officer of the IAAF retired after a serving athletics for over four decades

Oct 24: Lasantha Ranaweera, a top ranked Sri Lankan wheelchair Tennis player, emerged joint champion in the Men's Singles of the ITF Futures Series Thailand Wheelchair Tennis Championship

Oct 26: Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by 7 wickets to win the first T20 at Abu Dhabi

Oct 26: B.A. Sanjeewa, made the cut-off mark at the Royal Wellington Golf Championship in New Zealand to qualify for the World Amateur Ranking Asia Pacific Golf Championship

Oct 27: Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by 2 wickets to win the second T20 at Abu Dhabi

Oct 28: Lukas Hettiarachchi (17) was offered a Olympic Scholarship by the International Olympic Committee's Solidarity World Programme Fund to assist him in preparation for the Winter Olympics 2018

Oct 29: Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by 36 runs to win the third T20 and the three-match series 3-0

Oct 29: Sri Lanka and a Pakistan Invitational team played a friendly hockey match which ended in a 1-1 draw at the Astro Turf in Torrington

Oct 29: Royal College beat S. Thomas' College 46-6 in their 48th annual Rowing Regatta at the Beira Lake and retain the T.N. Fernando Memorial Trophy

Oct 30: Yevan David, a Sri Lankan born based in Singapore, finished among Top 16 at the IAME World Karting Finals 2017 at the Le Mans International Circuit in France