In the opening encounter of the Caltex rugby Tournament Sri Lanka Air Force rugerittes defeated the Police team by 18 points to 12 at the Katunayake Air Force Grounds yesterday (3rd June 2011).The Airmen from beginning  until the end kept the lead and the 1st half ended with 08 points to05 in favour of the SLAF. A try by Chanaka Chandimal and a penalty strike by Radika Hettiarachchi...

Airwoman Manjula Kumarasinghe became the marathon queen after she crossed the finish line before the other competitors today (04th June 2011) at the National Sport festival’s marathon.In the 42Km event, 60 competitors representing all the provinces except North and East had run from Puttalam to Colombo and back.Airwoman Manjula Kumarasinghe finished first whilst Air women Deepani,...

The women of Sri Lanka Air Force proved that they could ‘pull their weight’ and more by clinching the 10th National weight Lifting Championship where they competed as a team for the very first time.The tournament was held today (28th May 2011) at the Indoor Stadium of the University of Kelaniya with the participation of 10 teams. The  SLAF bagged 3 Gold medals and 2 Silvers to w...

The Sri Lanka Air Force women’s team emerged as champions in the first ever National Handball championship whilst the men’s team became runners up yesterday (22nd May 2011). The championship was held during 20th, 21st and 22nd May 2011 at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium. Defence services teams, Prison, Transport board as well as the Batticloa, Trincomalee and Ampara District provided ...

Sri Lanka Air Force cricketer, Chamari Atapattu created cricketing history by becoming the first ever woman cricketer to score a century for Sri Lanka.The run-a-ball ton was scored against Ireland during the Quadrangular Tournament 2011 where Pakistan and Netherlands also participated. The century came with 17 boundaries and one six, hit all around the Colts Cricket grounds. Air woman Ch...

SLAF women emerged runners up in the Munchee National Super League Volleyball tournament whilst the Bureau of Foreign Employment team emerged champions.The SLAF women put up a good fight and clinched the first set.  However the  Foreign Employment team fought keenly to win the next three consecutive rounds to clinch the championship.The president of the National Volleyball Fede...

Sri Lanka Air Force Judokas managed to secure both Men’s and Women’s overall Championships comprehensively at the Up Country Lion Judo Championship organized by the Sri Lanka Judo Association. The tournament was held during 22nd and 23rd April 2011 at the Nawalapitiya Town hall. Over 250 competitors belonging to 12 clubs took part in this tournament.019250 Aircraftsman Bandara HMCJ w...

AC Kumudu Kumara DVL secured the 1st place in the ‘Top Ten Body Building Championship held at the Bandarawela Town Hall on 23rd April 2011.The Air Force Body builders went on to build up the reputation of SLAF by acquiring 7 places out of the top ten in the ‘Top Ten’ Body Building Championship Over 60 participants from all over the island took part in the championship but it was th...

Sri Lanka Air Force clinched double victories at the Chrys Gunarathna Memorial Table Tennis Tournament held recently from 8 to 10 April 2011 at the S. Thomas’ College Indoor Stadium, Mount Lavinia.The tournament was contested for two championships; men’s and women’s with 7 matches being held for each championship. Players with the leading scores met head to head at the finals...

SLAF Regiment Katunayake emerged winners at the Sri Lanka Air Force Inter Unit Football Finals beating SLAF Academy China Bay 4-2 at a penalty shootout this evening 1 April, 2011 at the City League Football Complex, Colombo 2.Both teams tied with one goal each at half time and also at the end of the second half. The 2 goals for SLAF Katunayake were scored by LAC Ruwantha and LAC Wimalara...

Sri Lanka Air Force cyclists bagged first and second place at the final leg of the Neth FM All-Island Cycling Championship which concluded today, 27 March 2011.72 competitors challenged the winning title as they sped across a distance of 113 km. Chairman of the Sri Lanka Cycle Federation; Deputy Inspector General K.P.P. Pathirana flagged off the riders at the starting line at the Sampath...

Sri Lanka Air Force clinched a 6 wicket win against Singha Sports Club of Ambalangoda at Rifle Green in Colombo today, 20 February, 2011.The three day Test encounter which was held from 18th to 20th February saw a splendid performance by SLAF batsman Rajith Rathnayake who scored a century to push the team’s score to a mammoth 318 runs in 66.03 overs in the 1st innings. Ryan Kern chippe...

Sri Lanka Air Force netballers clinched the Deyata Kirula 2011 Netball Championship at the finals held last week in Buttala.The Air women were matched up against the team from Army in the closely contested encounter. But the SLAF team maintained their winning game from the semi finals which saw them gain a comprehensive win against Galle with 32to 17 points.Hon. Prime Minster D.M. Jayara...

The Rowing team of Sri Lanka Air Force emerged 2nd Runner-up at the Carlton Sprints Regatta which was held recently at Tissamaharamaya.Remaining unbeaten in all heats, team Air Force lost to the ultimate winners of the Regatta in the Semi-finals. The following members represented the SLAF in the eight member rowing crew which participated at the Carlton Super Sports 2011 Coxed Four&...

The trendsetter in sports, Sri Lanka Air Force gears up to host the it's first ever all-island hand ball tournament  on 24th and 25th February, 2011 as part of its extensive 60th anniversary celebrations.It will be an event of excitement and team spirit as the matches will be worked off both day and night at the Rifle Green grounds.The tournament will see the participation of te...

Sri Lanka Air Force shooters delivered a striking performance at this year’s Carlton Hand Gun and Shot Gun Championship which was held at the Tissamaharama range from 29th-30th January, 2011.The contingent from SLAF was leading the points table in all events of the Hand gun category. AC Daminda Bandara nailed the first win for Air Force, becoming champion in the Standard (Male) ev...

Sri Lanka Air Force delivered a commendable performance at the 58th National Badminton Championship held at the Royal College sports complex on 23 January, 2011.The tournament brought together over 70 single participants and 40 pairs competing for the Doubles championship.Minister of Sports Mahindananda Aluthgamage was chief guest at the event which saw the island’s top badminton p...

Sri Lanka Air Force emerged runners-up in the National Basketball Championship 2011 on 21 January; competing in the final encounter after 23 years. The championship was worked off at the courts of Kingswood College, Kandy which saw the SLAF teams compete in both categories of men and women. Minister of Culture and Aesthetics, T.B. Ekanayake was Chief Guest at the event. Th...

Adding the perfect start to the 60th anniversary celebrations, Sri Lanka Air Force clocked double wins at the grand finale of the ‘Guwan Hamuda Papedi Sawariya 2011’ clinching both 1st and 2nd place. Riders Buddhika Warnakulasuriya and Dinesh Dhanushka brought glory to SLAF with their outstanding performance in the premier cross country cycling tour which was held in four stages...

Grand finale tomorrow in KoggalaJeewan Jayasinghe of SLAF pedaled to victory amongst the cheers of the massive crowd gathered near the Air Force unit Colombo, as the third leg of the ‘Guwan Hamuda Papedi Sawariya 2011’ concluded today, 21st January, 2011 in Colombo .Air Vice Marshal Asoka Amunugama flagged off the third leg which began early morning from the hilly terrains.  72 ...

SLAF cyclist in the lead.Sri Lanka Air Force cyclist Dinesh Dhanushka finished in the lead as the first leg of the Guwan Hamuda Papedi Sawariya drew to close on 19 January, 2011 at Kaduruwela.The premier cross-country cycling tournament which commenced from Vavuniya this morning saw the participation of over hundred competitors with 93 cyclists in the Racing category and 20 in the Standa...