31st October 2018 16:00:48 Hours
Making its entry to a rather new sphere of sports that would boost endurance, mental harmony and physical fitness, the 6th Indoor Rowing Championship got underway during 25 - 26 October at Panagoda Indoor Stadium with the objective of making ‘Indoor Rowing’ among Army personnel more popular.
More than 250 Regimental and General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, competitors on ‘Concept-2’ machines that measure the workload, showed their rowing skills, needed for actual water rowing during the tournament under three age groups and two categories; Open events and Challenge events.
Major General Dampath Fernando, Chief of Staff participated as the Chief Guest at the invitation of Major General J. R Kulathunga, Chairman Army Rowing Club and Colonel of the Regiment Sri Lanka Light Infantry to witness the final segment of the tournament, together with a gathering of senior officers and other invitees.
Army’s Inter Regimental Indoor Rowing, now an annual event, awards trophies, gold, silver and bronze medals to the winners and participants, in addition to the certificates. The Chief Guest gave away the Championship Trophy and several other awards to the winners and winning teams as the day’s event drew to a close.
Sri Lanka Signal Corps team won the Men’s Overall Challenge Championship while General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University team and Sri Lanka Light Infantry Regiment team were adjudged 1st Runner-up and 2nd Runner-up respectively.
Sri Lanka General Service Corps Regiment team won the Women’s Overall Championship while Sri Lanka Signal Corps and Sri Lanka Army Women’s Corps team secured the 2nd and 3rd places respectively.
Similarly, Sri Lanka Army Ordnance Corps team won the Men’s Open Championship while General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University team won the Runners-up (1st Runner-up) and Sri Lanka Army Women’s Corps won Women’s Open Championship and Sri Lanka Signal Corps women’s team was adjudged Runners-up trophies respectively.
During the championship, Private M. N. S Gunarathna was adjudged as the best potential Sportsman and Private J. Mayunga was selected the best potential sportswoman of the tournament.
Although the Army initiated rowing in the organization as a sport in the year 1999, operational requirements in the battlefield at that point of time, did not permit the continuation of the game in tournament form until the year 2009.
However, with the support of the Bolgoda Lake Rowing Club and other outside patrons, it has now entered the Army sport calendar as an annual event in the Army.Nike Sneakers Store | Asics Onitsuka Tiger
