‘Kayaking’ is the latest addition to the list of sports of the Sri Lanka Air Force. The Air Force Kayakers made their debut appearance at the recently held ‘4th NACKSL Sprint Kayak Championships’ organized by the National Association of Canoeing and Kayaking in Sri Lanka.  LAC Abeygunawardena SM was able to clinch a 3rd place in the Men’s K1 1000 meters event com...

A trial was conducted on 22nd and 23rd Sept 2012 at Anuradhapura to select 18 Male riders and 10 Female riders for the forthcoming SAG 2013 which is scheduled to be held at New Delhi, India. SLAF cyclists showed excellent performances during the trial and 9 males and 4 females were selected to the national cycling pool.  The following were selected to the respective pool...

SLAF Base Anuradhapura clinched a 21 run win over SLAF Academy China Bay at the Air Force Inter Unit Cricket finals held on 22nd September 2012 at SLAF Base AnuradhapuraThe keenly contested match saw Academy China Bay win the toss and inviting the team from Base Anuradhapura to bat first. Sqn Ldr PNJ Silva displayed some excellent strokes, notching up 29 runs to become the to...

Thrills and spills of speed racing and riding full of excitement and great sportsmanship brought exciting scenes to the Rotherham Circuit Meet 2012 which concluded successfully at the Sri Lanka Air Force Katukurunda today (16th September 2012).The motor car and bike racing competition was worked off at the Katukurunda Airstrip which is famous for generating high speed racing, saw the par...

Sri Lanka Air Force Station Colombo Men’s and Women’s Basketball teams won the Inter unit Basket Ball Championship 2012 which was worked off for five days at the Tummulla Sport Complex   from 10 September to 14 September 2012.In the men’s final, SLAF Colombo beat Tech Formation of the SLAF Base  Katunayaka 64-56 and in the women's final, SLAF Colombo beat SLAF Diyath...

Sport Festival for the year 2012 was held at SLAF Base Vavuniya from 9th Aug 2012 to 7th Sep 12 with the guidance and instructions of the present Base Commander Air Cmdr NHV Gunaratne.This Sport Festival was comprised with 8 sporting events including Cricket, Foot ball, Volley ball, Swimming , Rugby, Elle, Badminton and  Basket Ball. All the service personnel including a...

The 7th Defence Services Games 2012 came to an exciting close, in a colourful ceremony last evening at the  Sugathadasa Stadium last evening which saw the culmination of months of competitive sports where sportsmen and women of the tri-services pitting their talents against each other in 30 Competitive events and in 13 of the planned 17 Trial events. In the competitive events the Sr...

The men’s and women’s indoor volleyball teams of the Sri Lanka Air Force retained the Defence Services Indoor Volleyball Championship for the third successive time, at the championship held recently.In the women’s finals, SLAF got the better of the SL Navy team in a keenly contested encounter. The final score read 3 sets to 2, in favour of the Airwomen. In the men’s f...

SLAF Karate Women team won the Championship of the Defence Services Karate 2012 and bagged 05 Gold, 05 Silver and 02 Bronze medals at the Gymnasium of SL Army Panagoda on 29th August 2012. Meanwhile, the Men’s team became the Runners up with 08 Gold, 06 Silver and 11 Bronze medals.  ...

The Defence Services Rowing Championships - 2012 was successfully concluded on the waters of the Bolgoda Lake on 28th August 2012. This year the event was competed amongst all three Armed Forces, with the Sri Lanka Army Rowing team making their debut at the Defence Services Regatta. In addition, the regatta also comprised of four Women’s races which was competed amongst the Sri Lanka A...

The "Mr. He Man" Bodybuilding Championship Year-2012 was held at "Hall De Galle" at Galle on 26th August 2012 and 5 SLAF Bodybuilders achieved the overall Championship by winning 5 Gold Medals out of 6 Weight classes. The performances of the SLAF are as follows. "Mr. Hee Man" TitleRunner-up                   -    022690   AC   Sisira Kumara SLSecon...

The finals of the Defence Services Table Tennis tournament, which was held on 21st August, saw the SLAF bagging both the Men’s and Women’s Championships. The prize giving ceremony to award the winners their prizes was held at the Gymnasium of the  Kothalawala Defence University this evening (23rd August 2012).Air Commodore HMSKB Kotagadeniya attended to the occasion as the chief...

The Colour awards ceremony 2010-2011 of the Sri Lanka Air Force was held at the Water’s Edge hotel this evening; 17 August, 2012. The Commander of the Air Force Air Marshal Harsha Abeywickrama graced the occasion as the chief guest. The ceremony is a great feature in the SLAF sporting calendar which is held to felicitate and encourage its sportsmen and women who have earned ...

The Air Force Open 08th Squash Championship held from 11th of August with the participation of 250 participants and concluded successfully today (18th August 2012) at the Sri Lanka Air Force Squash Complex at SLAF Base Ratmalana.Miss.M.Methsarani and Mr Saman Thilakarathna Won the Women’s and Men’s Open Championship respectively after keen contested games. The Commander of the Air Fo...

The Sri Lanka Air Force rugerittes defeated the CH & FC team by 15 to 06 on 19th August 2012 at Maitland Crescent, marking their 2nd win in the Diolog Rugby Tournament.Air force scored 15 points with 02 tries, 01 conversion and 01 penalty against  CH & FC 's 06 points.For SLAF LAC Asanka Perera and LAC  Lahiru Udayanga went through the CH & FC defence to...

The Sri Lanka Air Force men’s and women’s Beach volleyball teams won the Defence Services Beach Volleyball Championship 2012 which was worked off for three days at the Nogombo Beach Court Complex from 30 July to 01 August 2012.In the women’s final, SLAF pair Cpl Gunawardena KKGL and LAC Prasadini JHD beat Navy pair W/OD Gunasinghe BGS and W/OD Sanjeewani YGN 21-10 and 2...

Sri Lanka Air Force won the Defense Service Hockey Championship 2012 by defeating Sri Lanka Army by 3 goals to 2. The 3 goals for SLAF were scored by Cpl Abeyrathna,Cpl panditharathna and LAC Mulafer.The tournament was held on 22nd July 2012 at Nandamithra Ekanayake ground Matale.Director of Logistic and Chairman of SLAF Hockey, Air Vice Marshal KVB Jayampathy and Secretary of SLAF Hocke...

The Sri Lanka Air Force Station Colombo became the Inter Unit Table Tennis Champions 2012 defeating the SLAF Base Rathmalana at the Thummulla sport complex on 20th July 2012.Secretary of the Sri Lanka Table Tennis Association Mr. Dananjaya Darmarathna graced the occasion as the Chief Guest and Commanding Officer SLAF  Colombo Air Commodore KFR Fernando, Chairmen of the S...

The Indian cricket Team arrived at the Rifle Green  prior to their departure to Hambantota on 19th  July 2012.The team was flown to the match venue in one Mi-17 and one Bell 412 of SLAF ahead of their first encounter against Sri Lanka in the Micromax Cup 2012 on 21st July 2012....

Sri Lanka Air Force shooters displayed excellent capabilities with the hand guns at the “Defence Services Handgun Championships” at Walisara Navy Camp held on July 5th, 2012. The SLAF was able to grab both the Team Championship as well as the Best Individual for performance in the Men’s Category.The winners were awarded prizes at an awards ceremony today (July 6th, 20...

Sri Lanka Air Force Judokas, part of the Sri Lankan Judo contingent, bagged one Silver medal and one Bronze medal at the Thailand International Judo Championship 2012. Leading Air Craftsman Wickramage JSK managed to win the Silver Medal while Air Craftsman Dharamawardena RCN won the Bronze Medal.Air Vice Marshal WA Silva performed as the team manger of the SLAF Team.The Thailan...