Table Tennis: Butterfly ‘A’ and Uni SC emerge Veterans League winners

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Butterfly ‘A’ and Uni Sports Club emerged winners at the Veterans All Island League Table Tennis Tournament 2016 organised by the Veterans Table Tennis Association of Sri Lanka worked off at the S. Thomas’ College Indoor Stadium.

Fifteen teams took part in this tournament where the veterans exhibited that they have not lost the touch with the game and the high standard of Table Tennis that was exhibited at the tourney was an object lesson to the youngsters who were present at the competition.

Butterfly ‘A’ met Veterans’ ‘A’ team in the Men’s A final and Veterans ‘B’ locked horns with Butterfly ‘B’ at the Men’s B Division finals.

Uni Sports Club and Friendship TT Club confronted in the Women’s final where Uni Sports Club won the championship despite a stiff opposition by the Friendship women paddlers.

Results:

Men’s ‘A’ Division
Champs: Butterfly ‘A’ (Lalith Priyantha, D. Doering, M. Ismail, P. Sathiadas)

Runner-up: Veterans’ ‘A’ (M.M.M. Laffeer, G.N. Lucas, Sarath Weerasooriya)

Men’s ‘B’ Division
Champs: Veterans’ ‘B’ (H.S.K. Fida Hussain, G.G. Weerakkody, N.H. Piyadasa, R.A. Wimalasena)

Runners-up: Butterfly ‘B’ (Sarath Ratwatte, Navin Peiris, M. Marzook, Azar Deen)

Women’s
Champs: Uni Sports Club (Udayangani Aluvihare, Nilmini Swarnakanthi)

Runner-up: Frienship TT Club (Ira Ruwanpathirana, Shyamila Manojika, Champa Wimalawardene)

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