Sri Lankan Chalitha Ranjana and Sri Lanka-born Rajitha Samaraweera stole the limelight at the New Zealand (NZ) Open Table Tennis (TT) Championships 2017, held in Christchurch, New Zealand, from October 5 to 14.
In a tournament of over 300 Paddlers, Ranjana playing in Grade 'A' won 2 Golds, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze, while Samaraweera playing in Grade 'B', won 1 Gold and 1 Silver.
Chalitha Ranjana became the first Sri Lankan to win Gold at the NZ Open TT Championship.
Chalitha Ranjana partnering Chinese Gina Liu won Gold in the Over (O)-30 Open Mixed Doubles, and Bronze in the Open Mixed Doubles event.
He was partnered by Bulgarian Vladmir Ivnov to win Gold in the Open O-30 Doubles event.
Results:
Chalitha Ranjana:
O-30 Men's Doubles Final: Chalitha Ranjana-Valdmir Ivnov won 3-2 over Ben Collins-Jason Granville
O-30 Mixed Doubles Final: Chalitha Ranjana-Gina Liu won 3-1 over Ben Collins-Michelle McCarthy
O-30 Men' Singles Final: Chalitha Ranjana lost 0-3 to Yi-sien Lin
Open Mixed Doubles: Chalitha Ranjana-Gina Liu lost 0-3 to Teng Teng Liu-Tianyi Li
Rajitha Samaraweera:
Open Doubles Final: Rajitha Samaraweera-Jae Lee won 3-0 over Kelsey Amor
Open Singles Final: Sean Hanson won 3-0 over Rajitha Samaraweera
Customs have detected 228 mobile phones and tabs valued at over Rs 30 million left behind in the duty free shopping complex at the Banaranaike International Airport today, Customs officials said.
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