Slimline felicitates SA Games medallists

Chamini Seneviratne

FELICITATION: Slimline, one of Sri Lanka's leading sports promoters, felicitated its 10th South Asian Games medallists at a ceremony held at its factory premises in Pannala last week.

A total of 14 medals, including three golds, have been won by sportsmen and sportswomen from MAS Holdings, the parent company of Slimline. Slimline, which comes under garment giant MAS Holdings, has played an active role in sports promoting, providing many employment opportunities to some of the leading as well as up and coming sportsmen and women.

Their medallists represented Sri Lanka in athletics, boxing, shooting and wushu. Apart from providing employment to needy sportsmen and women, MAS Holdings has grated many sports sponsorships, including a Rs.one million for the recent Sri Lanka-Vietnam dual boxing meet.

Slimline has its own sports stadium complex in Pannala which has been the training venue for the Sri Lanka national boxing team with all necessary facilities. Chairman of the MAS Holdings, Mahesh Amalean has shown a keen interest in lending a helping hand to country's budding sportsmen and women and has extended his fullest support to his Group Director Dian Gomes, the energetic President of the Amateur Boxing Association of Sri Lanka.

Speaking at the felicitation ceremony, Vice President of the National Olympic Committee, Dian Gomes said it is an honour to have several champion sportsmen and women who have brought honour to Sri Lanka. He commended the feats of triple jump gold medallist Chaminda Kumara and women's wushu team.

Amongst the other silver medallists were boxers Harsha Kumara and Indika Kumara, who had to be satisfied with silver medals after some unfortunate decisions in the finals, and veteran shooter Ruvini Abeymanne.