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
A British national had been arrested over attempting to smuggle in the largest haul of kush( drugs) from Thailand, customs said.
Popular grade five tuition teacher, Hayeshika Fernando wanted over assaulting a 21 year old youth was granted bail today after she surrendered to courts.
The Government of Sri Lanka maintains that the allegation of genocide during the final phase of the conflict in Sri Lanka is unsubstantiated by any credible authority, either nationally or internationally, and is based on misleading information. Sri Lanka firmly rejects this false narrative and believes it has been propagated primarily for electoral gains within Canada.
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