SLAF Participates at the 2019 CISM Day Run
9:10am on Tuesday 19th February 2019
The International Military Sport Council
(CISM) Day Run was flagged off today (18 February 2019) at the Colombo
Light House Galley. The Chief of the Defence Staff, Admiral Ravindra C.
Wijegunaratne graced the event as the Chief Guest while the Commander of
the Army, Lieutenant General Mahesh Senanayake, Commander of Navy, Vice
Admiral Piyal De Silva and the Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal
Kapila Jayampathy took the lead in the run. Over a hundred personnel
from each service participated for ‘CISM Day Run’ which covered a
distance of over 3 km.
The International Military Sport Council (CISM) was founded on 18th of February 1948 and organizes various sporting events for the armed forces worldwide. CISM brings together military personnel from all its 133 member country nations, who may previously have met on the battle field, enabling them to strengthen their friendship on the playing field.
This is in accordance with the philosophy and the ideals which were set in CISM’s mission statement in 1998, signed by all the member countries. The ultimate goal of CISM is to contribute to world peace by uniting armed forces through sports, achieving its motto, “Friendship through Sport”.
The International Military Sport Council (CISM) was founded on 18th of February 1948 and organizes various sporting events for the armed forces worldwide. CISM brings together military personnel from all its 133 member country nations, who may previously have met on the battle field, enabling them to strengthen their friendship on the playing field.
This is in accordance with the philosophy and the ideals which were set in CISM’s mission statement in 1998, signed by all the member countries. The ultimate goal of CISM is to contribute to world peace by uniting armed forces through sports, achieving its motto, “Friendship through Sport”.
