A contingent of 14 Cadet and Junior Table Tennis players left the island on to take part in the 22nd Asian Junior and Cadet Table Tennis Championship 2016 to be held in Thailand from September 16 to 21.
Udaya Ranasinghe winner of three gold medals at the South Asian Games will lead the Junior Boys team and Hansani Piumila, two times gold medallist leads the Junior Girls team.
Helitha Hendawitharana and Thanushi Rodrigo will lead the Cadet Boys and Girls teams respectively.
A strong and an experienced Sri Lanka squad will make every effort to win the championship in their respective events.
Teams:
Junior Boys: Udaya Ranasinghe, Krishan Wickremaratne, Supuna Warusawithana
Junior Girls: Hansani Piumila, Chamatsara Fernando, Muthumali Priyadarshini, Sheshala Bandara
Cadet Boys: Helitha Hendawitharana, Harshana Karandawela, Thenuka Ubayasena
Cadet Girls: Thanushi Rodrigo, Imasha De Silva, Natasha Sandavinee
Officials:
Team Manager: Prabath Nimesh
Team Coach: D.M.G.S. Kumara
Lady Chaperon cum in charge of the school children: Kumidi de Silva
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The Colombo High Court today (28) sentenced former parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra to three years of Rigorous Imprisonment over charges of the involvement of an abduction.
In his special statement, President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced that debt restructuring agreements will postpone all bilateral loan payments to foreign countries until 2028. Additionally, Sri Lanka will have until 2043 to repay these loans on concessional terms.
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