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Army Boxers Shine in ABA Novices Championship and Clinch Best Boxer Award

Sri Lanka Army Boxers clinched Best Boxer Award in Men’s and Women’s categories in the annual Amateur Boxing Association (ABA) Men’s and Women’s Novices’ Championship Boxing Meet-2014, organized by Sri Lanka Amateur Boxing Association. It ended on Thursday (29) at the Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo.

Private K.G.C Padmasiri and Private W.M.D.D.K Weerabahu won Best Boxer awards respectively in the Men’s and Women’s category in the ABA Novices Boxing meet.

This Boxing meet was conducted for five days (May 25, 26, 27, 28, 29).

A total of 220 boxers from 17 boxing clubs including tri services and the Police fought for supremacy under 29 different weight categories.

Army boxers won 4 Gold Medals, 5 Silver Medals and 9 Bronze Medals in Men’s category and 1 Gold Medal and 3 Bronze Medals in Women’s category.

The names of winners are as follows;

Men

Private    K.G.C Padmasiri - Light Welter Weight - Gold Medal
Private S.M Jeewantha - Welter Weight - Gold Medal
Private L.L Kodagoda - Heavy Weight - Gold Medal
Lance Corporal J.A.M.S Jayarathna - Super Heavy Weight - Gold Medal
Private M.M Udaya Kumara - Fly Weight - Silver Medal
Lance Corporal P.M.L Chandra Bandara - Bantam Weight - Silver Medal
Private R.M.R.G Rathnayake - Light Weight - Silver Medal
Private M.A.C Samath Kumara - Middle Weight - Silver Medal
Private G.S Edirisinghe - Heavy Weight - Silver Medal
Private D.P.R.M Marasinghe - Light Fly Weight - Bronze Medal
Private T.K.G.K Ravindranath - Fly Weight - Bronze Medal
Private P.A.C.S Kiriella - Light Weight - Bronze Medal
Private E.G.M.M Jayarathne - Light Weight - Bronze Medal
Private S.W Sugath - Light Welter Weight - Bronze Medal
Private W.D.T Botheju - Welter Weight - Bronze Medal
Private L.M.T Pradeep Kumara - Middle Weight - Bronze Medal
Lance Corporal H.S Sampath - Super Heavy Weight - Bronze Medal
Lance Corporal Fernando  - Super Heavy Weight - Bronze Medal

 

Women

Private    M.W.D.D.K Weerabahu - Light Weight - Gold Medal
Private M.D.I.K Rathnayake - Light Welter Weight - Bronze Medal
Private S.H.M Mathota  - Welter Weight - Bronze Medal
Private I.M.I.P Herath - Welter Weight - Bronze Medal

 

 

The winners at the novices meet will automatically be eligible to enter and participate at the National Boxing Championship.