SFHQ-J Redoes Abandoned Netball Court at Jaffna St. Anthony's College

The new netball court of Jaffna Passaiyoor St. Anthony’s Roman Catholic Girls’ College, renovated by the Civil Affairs and Public Relations Office, Jaffna was vested in the students during a brief ceremony held on Thursday (15).

Although the court needed urgent reclamation for students to continue their training, lack of resources hampered renovation of the court.

However, the principal of the school Mrs. Perinpam made a request from the Commander Security Forces Jaffna (SF-J) Major General Mahinda Hathurusinghe for assistance in this direction.

Subsequently, on directives of the SFHQ-J Commander, the Civil Affairs and Public Relations Office undertook the task and completed the renovation with the support of the 10 Field Engineer Regiment of Mailiddy, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Bandula Kolonne and a few more outside donors.

The brief opening ceremony of the renovated court was attended by Rev. Fr. Suman of St. Anthony’s Church Passaiyoor, General Officer Commanding 51 Division Brigadier Chandana Gunawardane, Commander 512 Brigade Colonel Ajith Pallawala, Divisional Director of Education Jaffna Mr. S. Sanmugakumar and Civil Affairs Officer 512 Brigade Lieutenant Colonel Sunanda Ranasinghe.

An exhibition game was played on the occasion between the teams of Passaiyoor St. Anthony’s RC Girls’ College and Kolombuthurai Hindu Vidyalaya, inaugurating the matches.

Staff Officer of the Civil Affairs and Public Relations Office Major L.R. Senapathi and Mr. M. Remidious (Attorney-at-Law) supervised and coordinated renovation work.