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Club Palm Garden regains TT Beach VB title
In a repeat final of last year, Club Palm Garden, Beruwala regained
the Travel Trade Beach Volleyball title, beating defending champions,
SriLankan Airlines at the 5th Travel Trade Sports Club Championships
sponsored by Ceylon Hotels Corporation in association with Ole Springs
Bottlers (Pvt) Ltd., hosted by Lihiniya Surf Hotel at the Bentota’s
“Golden Mile” on Saturday.
The Beach, Negombo took the “Plate”, beating Club Bentota
.
Twenty-nine teams from Hotels, Travel Agents and Airlines affiliated
to the TTSC took part. Initially, the tournament was conducted on
a round robin basis with the teams pooled into 8 groups. At the
completion of the League Stage, which consisted 39 matches the first
two teams of each group qualified for the Knock-out stage.
Match results in the knock-out stage.
Prequarter
finals – SriLankan Airlines “A” beat Taj Exotica
“A” 21/13; Riverina Hotel beat Blue Oceanic Hotel “B”
21/15; Blue Oceanic Hotel “A” beat SriLankan Airlines
“B” 21/17; Club Bentota W/O from Lanka Princes “B”
; The Beach beat Club Palm Garden “B” 22/20; Browns Beach
Hotel “A” beat Hotel Serendib 21/10; Heritance, Ahungalla
beat Browns Beach Hotel “B” 21/6; Club Palm Garden “A”
beat Neptune Hotel 21/11.
Quarterfinals : SriLankan Airlines “A” beat Riverina Hotel
21/15; Club Bentota beat Blue Oceanic Hotel “A” 21/16,
The Beach beat Browns Beach Hotel “A” 21/10; Club Palm
Garden “A” beat Heritance Ahungalla 21/15
Semi-finals : SriLankan Airlines “A” beat Club Bentota
21/12; Club Palm Garden “A” beat The Beach 21/18.
Play – off for the 3rd Place (between the losing semi- finalists)
The Beach Negombo pair B.M.S. Rasanga and Indika Dinesh Kurera beat
the Club Bentota Pair, J. Kalabarachchi and H. Teril Chandraratne
21/14.
Final : The Club Palm Garden pair, K.H.S. Kalhara and D. Nihal Tillakaratne
beat the SriLankan Airlines pair S.D. Karunaratne and T.L.C. de
Silva 21/16.
Special awards : Indika Dinesh Kurera of The Beach, Negombo was
picked as the Most Promising player and Nihal Tillakaratne of Club
Palm Garden, Beruwala was adjudged as the Most Outstanding Player.
In the exhibition match played prior to the grand final, Surfing,
Club Bentota pair: Dhanushka P. Amarasekera and Pathmalal Gunasekera
beat the Beach Club Bentota pair: Shantha Amarasekera and Chalitha
Sampath.
The added attraction was the colourful Wind Surfing competition,
held during the lunch break, conducted by the Wind Surfing and Board
Sailing Association of Sri Lanka with 15 participants.
Results : (1) Priyantha Gunawardena (Sun Shine Water Sport), (2)
Pathum Nishantha (Laleen Wind surfing School), (3) Chathura Gunawardena
(Sun Shine Water Sports), (4) Chameera Gunawardena (Sun Shine Water
Sports), (5) Chaminda Kumara Silva (Sun River Water Sports) A Special
Award was given to the 14- year old Chameera Gunawardena, being
the youngest participant.
A word of praise should go to Roshan Adihetty, Manager, Lihiniya
Surf Hotel,Bentota for the very unique set of trophies presented
at the awards presentation. All trophies were entirely hand crafted
out of wood. The three main trophies standing like monuments, at
least 3 feet in height and weighing over 10 lbs.
These astounding trophies were given away by Anura Lokuhetti (CEO/CHC,
Chief Guest), Jackson Kottahachchi (Chairman, Pradesiya Saba/ Bentota)
, Prasanjit Perera (President/TTSC), B. Balakrishnan (Head of Retail
Sales / Ole Springs Bottlers (Pvt) Ltd.), Refhan Razeen (Dep. Group
General Manager / Operations /CHC & Event Co-ordinator ) and
Roshan Adihetty (Manager Lihiniya Surf Hotel). - (LW)
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