SLAF Rowers Win at the 1st National Indoor Rowing Championships
3:01pm on Tuesday 3rd March 2015
The Sri Lanka Air Force Rowing team participating at the 1st National Indoor Rowing Championships won many key events including clocking the fastest timing of 6 min 41 seconds in the Open Men’s 2000 meters event by experienced rower LAC Chathuranga MKB from among nearly 300 participants. This is the fastest time to be recorded since the inception of this event back in year 2010, although it was not a National event until year 2015.

The Air Force team facing stiff competition from its arch rivals the Sri Lanka Army went on to win the Men’s 26 – 29 years category by winning two Gold, one Silver and One bronze  despite being outnumbered by the number of rowers
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This event was organized by the General Sir John Kothelawala Defence University and the Bolgoda Lake Rowing Club in collaboration with the Amateur Rowing Association of Sri Lanka. The event was held at the General Sir John Kothelawala Defence University from 26th to 28th February 2015

The results are as follows –

CategoryEventResultRowers
Men
 500mBronzeLAC  Perera WTS
Age  23-252000mGoldLAC  Samaraweera HDS
 2000mBronzeLAC  Sandakaluma RMD
 
 500m  X 4SilverLAC  Sandakaluma RMD
 LAC  Perera WTS
 LAC  Perera JANP
 LAC  Hasantha
    
Age  26-29500mGoldLAC  Fernando
2000mSilverLAC  Kariyawasam KSTS
 500m  X 4GoldLAC  Fernando
 LAC  Jayaratne WGI
 LAC  Kariyawasam KST
 LAC  Manjula GIVPH
    
Over  30500mSilverLAC  Sanjeewa G
2000mGoldCpl  Ranasinghe RMU
    
Open2000mGoldLAC Chathuranga MKB
2000mBronzeLAC  Chandrakumara RK
 500  X 4SilverLAC  Chathuranga MKB
 LAC  Chandrakumara RK
 LAC  Samaraweera HDS
 Cpl  Ranasinghe RMU
    
   LAC  Chathuranga MKB
Endurance1hourSilverLAC  Chandrakumara RK
   LAC  Kariyawasam KST
   LAC  Samaraweera HDS
Women   
Age  23-25500mBronzeAW/AC  Arcjhika K
2000mBronzeAW/AC  Arcjhika K
    
Age  26-292000mBronzeAW/LAC  Kumari AGN
2000mSilverAW/  LAC Dilhari RAM
    
    AW/LAC Kumari AGN
 AW/  LAC Dilhari RAM
Light  Weight500m  X 4SilverAW/  LAC Madushani KWN
   AW/  LAC Elamalpage
    


 
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