Wing Commander Samantha Weerasekara was selected by the Ministry of Sports and the National Olympic Committee as Chef de Mission for the Sri Lanka team for the above games  which will be conducted from 8th October to 14th October at Hambantota beach. The Sri Lanka team consists of 120 athletes and team officials. All 8 south Asian countries are taking part in this event. The following sports will be featured at these beach games.

-Beach basket ball, Beach volley ball, Beach netball, Beach football, Beach handball, Beach kabaddi, Body building, Marathon swimming, wind surfing, Life saving and Equestrian disciplines.
Hambantota is a candidate city bidding to host the 2018 commonwealth games, and the aim behind hosting this international event is to show the world that this city is the deep south of Sri Lanka is capable of hosting any international sporting event.

Wing Commander Samantha Weerasekara is the Secretary of SLAF Handball, Secretary of Sri Lanka Tennis Association  and is also a member of the National Olympic committee. He has had similar exposure in the field of sports, representing Sri Lanka as an Ambassador for the 15th Asian games held in Doha 2006, Deputy Chef de Mission at the South Asian games in Dakha  and at the Asian Games China  in 2010.