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28th January 2016 21:15:22 Hours

SFHQ-West & Kilinochchi Contribute to ‘Physical Fitness Week’

Troops of the Security Force Headquarters-West contributed to the ongoing physical fitness programme to be in line with the island-wide ‘Sports and Physical Health Promotion Week’, organized by the Ministry of Sports on Thursday (28) at the SFHQ-West premises.

The programme was initiated under the directions of Major General Sudantha Ranasinghe, Commander, SFHQ-West as per instructions given by the Commander of the Army to conduct special fitness programmes across all Army formations in the country.

Major General Ranasinghe, together with officers and other ranks serving the SFHQ-West participated actively in the programme.

Meanwhile, Troops of the Security Force Headquarters-Kilinochchi (SFHQ-KLN) contributed to the ongoing physical fitness programme to be in line with the island-wide ‘Sports and Physical Health Promotion Week’, organized by the Ministry of Sports on Thursday (28) by organizing a series of programmes under the directions of Major General Amal Karunasekara, Commander, SFHQ-KLN.

Commencing the programmes, a healthy walk was organized by the 57 Division, with the participation of 750 personnel form the services, state offices, area hospitals and youth councils.

Afterwards, several friendly Cricket, Volleyball and soccer matches were organized by the 65 & 66 Divisions and Forward maintenance Area (KLN) respectively with the participation of personnel from tri services, police and other community organizations.