Defence Services Netball champion, Sri Lanka Air Force Netball team departed this morning (27 Jan 10) for a Sri Lanka Malaysia friendship games Netball series in Malaysia.Sri Lanka Air Force netball team will play against "Feaolan Sukun Bandar Sports School at Fenawar" from 27th January to 31st January 2010.     Air Commodore AD Gamachari      &nbs...

SLAF judokas bagged the only 03 gold medals which were won by the Sri Lankan judo team that competed at the Commonwealth Judo Championship, which concluded on Sunday in Singapore. Squadron Leader Manjula Weerasinghe succeeded in winning two gold medals in the open event and the under 73 Kg weight category whilst Airman Senarath managed to win the gold medal in the under 66 Kg catego...

Squadron Leader Samantha Weerasekara was appointed as Deputy Chef de mission for the Sri Lanka contingent for the forthcoming South Asian Games in  Dakha during 29th Januarary 2010 to 9th February 2010. This appointment was made by the Ministry of sports and the National Olympic committee (NOC) of Sri Lanka. He has a similar exposure in this field when he was appointed as the A...

The No.26 Regiment wing from SLAF Base Katunayake emerged champs of the Inter Unit Wresting Championship which was concluded last evening (22nd December, 2009) at the Katunayake Air Base sports complex. Over 166 wrestlers competing under nine weight categories represented all SLAF establishments for this event. The Champs of the event managed to score 19 points whilst the runners up – ...

SLAF Station Colombo emerged champs in the both men’s and women’s championship held from the 14th to 18th December 2009 at the SLAF Base Katunayake indoor stadium. In the men’s finals SLAF Station Colombo beat SLAF Base China Bay in tight match which ended 43 to 41.In the women’s finals SLAF Station Colombo too, managed to beat SLAF Base Katunayake comprehensively with a margin o...

The weight lifters representing the SLAF secured the 44th national weight lifting championship held on 17 and 18 December 2009, at the Kelaniya University, indoor stadium premises. The Airmen participating at this event managed to establish three national records whilst the only Airwoman to compete also managed to set two new national records in the under 48Kg weight category. Emerging c...

Leading Air Craftman Bandara went on to bat a remarkable innings of 97 runs as Sri Lanka Air Force Station Colombo beat Sri Lanka Air Force Base Katunayaka by 17 runs this evening (16 December 2009)at the inter-unit cricket championship finals held at the Rifle Green Sports grounds, Colombo. Winning the toss, SLAF Colombo opted to bat first and succeeded in scoring 167 runs for the ...

The inter-unit hockey championship, a competitive sporting activity in the annual sporting calendar was held last evening (14 December 2009) at the SLAF Station Ekala sports grounds. After much participation of a majority of SLAF establishments, SLAF Station Ekala managed to beat SLAF Base China Bay 04 goals to 01.The Director of Welfare, Air Commodore Rohitha Ranasingha graced the o...

Sri Lanka Air Force cricket club beat Burgher RC yesterday (14 December 2009) at the Dharmapala College grounds, Pannipitiya by 07 runs at a Premier League three day match. The airmen batting first scored 141 in their first innings (Airmen Fernando 33) and 270 in the second innings (Airmen Wickramasinghe 78, Airmen Dias 58) respectively.Batting in the first innings BRC managed to sc...

The inter-unit cycling meet yet another annual event in the SLAF sporting calendar was concluded recently (12 December 2009) at the run way track of SLAF Station Katukurunda. Over 80 cyclists representing 14 men’s and 04 women’s teams participated at this event. The participation of disabled airmen Jayalath (01318) and the oldest participant being at the age of 54 (civilian worker Mr...

The SLAF Base Katunayake, Technical formation emerged champs of the inter unit squash championship-2009 after beating SLAF Station Colombo 3 rounds to 2, recently (05 December 2009). Players representing eight SLAF establishments competed at this annual sporting event held from 02nd to 05th December 2009, at the Thumulla squash sports complex.Meanwhile in the open event Sergeant Wijetung...

The 46th inter-unit athletics meet-2009 was held on 2nd and 3rd November 2009 at the sports grounds of Air Force Base Katunayaka. Over 400 athletes representing all Bases and Stations of the SLAF and 09 schools invitation relay teams also took part at this annual event. The Director Welfare of the SLAF    graced the awards ceremony as the chief guest for this event.Scoring...

The 49th Judo championship organized by the National Judo federation was held at the ‘Wickramabahu’ college, Gampola on 27 &28 November 2009. The Sri Lanka Air Force also participating in both men’s and women’s disciplines managed to emerge overall champs in both disciplines. The performance of the SLAF is as follows.Mens         &...

SLAF Boxer Beats Former National boxer Comprehensively in re-trial PD Suresh a young boxer competing at National level for the first time while representing the SLAF beat former National champion Manjula Wanniarachchi comprehensively(16-06) at the trials worked out last evening (26 November 2009) at the Royal College sports complex.The match was worked off between the two individual...

The Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) was announced the champions of the fifth Defence Services Games that concluded this evening (23 November 2009) at the Sugathadasa Stadium. The SLAF managed to secure the championship trophy marginally after having won equal amount of 1st place wins with the Sri Lanka Navy, but had the advantage of having two more 2nd place wins against the Navy who had nine...

The Sri Lanka Air Force Basketball team won the Defence Services finals after beating the Sri Lanka Army 74-55 at the Police Park last evening (20 November 2009). The victory earned by the SLAF enabled them to top the Defence Services medal table once again with 10.5 first place wins and the Sri Lanka Navy behind them with 10 first place wins....

SLAF soccerites are about to reach their zenith in the Dialog Championships League. Their excellent performance during the league has brought immense pride to SLAF. Playing against Don Bosco SC last week in the 2nd Semi Finals, SLAF emerged winners scoring 2-1 making way into the Finals of the League.   SLAF Soccer Team is priming for the upcoming finals to be kicked off on 22 ...

The fifth Defence Services Games was ceremonially declared open by the Secretary to the Treasury Dr PB Jayasundara this evening at the Sugathadasa Outdoor Stadium. The sportsmen and women of the Army Navy and Air Force compete for supremacy in twenty nine sporting disciplines, and the event is held annually. This year the event is hosted by the Sri Lanka Navy. The Chief of Defence Staff ...

Sri Lanka Air Force participating after 25 years, in the 55th National Bodybuilding Championship won the overall championship after securing 8 out of 9 weight classes held. The preliminary round of the event was held at the YMCA Colombo auditorium and Trinity College, Kandy on November 13 & 14, 2009 respectively.The sport of Bodybuilding which had been neglected in the SLAF for ...

The SLAF qualified to play in the Dialog Champions League soccer tournament after beating Don Bosco SC, 2-1 this evening (15 November 2009) at the City League Ground Colombo. Both teams wanting to get in to the finals very badly played aggressively from the kickoff. However, the soggy ground due to over night showers seemed to have a considerable impact on the players. As both teams...

The Defence services Volleyball Men’s and Women’s championships were worked out at the Maharagama Youth Center, this morning (09 November 2009). Surprisingly both final matches were between the Sri Lanka Air Force and Sri Lanka Navy teams who are reputed as strong teams in the country.However in the women’s final the SLAF team beat the Navy team 25-05, 25-17 and 25-12 respecti...