Sri Lanka Air Force Cagers sailed through to the finals of the 48th Senior National Basketball Championships, 2011 after 23 Years by beating SL Schools Team 69 points to 61.The finals will see the dribblers from SLAF pitted against the Mercantile Team on 21st of January at the Kingswood College Basketball Courts in Kandy.Competitors from 10 men’s teams participated in this year’s tou...

Sergeant Priyadarshana Most Outstanding SLAF Sportsman of 2009The Vartharasa Trophy, awarded to the most outstanding SLAF sportsman was presented to Sergeant Priyadarshana for 2009 at the gala Colors Night held at Water’s Edge yesterday evening; 13 January, 2011. The ceremony is an annual feature in the SLAF sporting calendar which is held to felicitate its sportsmen and women who have...

Sri Lanka Air Force cyclists brought honour to the organization when they won both categories in the "Neth FM Samastha Lanka Papedi Sawariya" which took place recently.The cycling competition was worked off on 8 January, 2011 with the participation of over hundred cyclists. The route which extended from Kurunegala to Anamaduwa & back to Kurunegala covered a total distance of 122 kilo...

The Annual Children’s Party and Get – together of the Sri Lanka Air Force Station Sigiriya was held at the Station premises, on the 28th December 2010. Over 1200 personnel participated in the celebrations Including station service and civilians.Unlike the previous Year’s Children Party, the children of the Air Force war heroes (Killed in Action / Disabled), living in close proximit...

SLAF Mullativu emerged Champions in the Carlton Sport Festival’s Cricket tournament organized by “Tharunyayata Hetak” for the teams of SF HQ Mullativu.The finals were worked out between SLAF Mullativu team and SF HQ Mullativu at the Oddusudan school grounds on 28th December 2010.Batting first under wet and soggy conditions, the SLAF team was restricted to 65 runs in 10 overs. In re...

Sri Lanka Air Force cricketers defeated the Navy by 09 wickets in the SLC Premier limited overs cricket tournament on the 27th December 2010 at the Navy grounds, Welisara.Fielding first,  theAirmen restricted the much stronger Seamen to 171 runs in 49 overs. Udara Jayasundara scored 42 runs and supported by Anura Wegodapola with unbeaten 39 runs. Right arm off spinner Anjalo E...

"Guwan Hamuda Papedi Sawariya" has been organized as the prelude event of the SLAF 60th Anniversary celebration. The race will be conducted as a four days event from 19th Jan to 22nd Jan 11. The race route is as follows. 1st DayVavuniya to Kaduruwela via Medavachchiya,Anuradhapura, Maradankadawala, Habarana 2nd DayMinneriya to Kandy via Habarana Dambulla,Matale, Katugastota 3rdDayKandy t...

SLAF archers clinched 2 Golds, 2 Silver and 3 Bronze medals at the 11th National Archery Championships held on 4th and 5th December, 2010 at the Sugathadasa Stadium.Demonstrating the sheer skill and dedication required to excel in the sport, the airmen and women did the SLAF proud by being placed in the Open and Team events as well as the prestigious FITA Olympic ranking event.AC Senevir...

Spirited combat in the ring and true sportsmanship highlighted the Sri Lanka Air Force Inter Unit Wrestling Tournament of 2010 which concluded on 3 December, 2010 at SLAF Base Katunayake Indoor Stadium.Battling it out in the ring, the airmen and women displayed their commitment and sporting spirit, with the wrestlers from Katunayake delivering an outstanding performance. Director of Dent...

Clocking double wins in the pool, SLAF Anuradhapura emerged champions of the Sri Lanka Air Force Inter Unit Swimming and Water Polo championship of 2010.The four day tournament held from 23 November until 26 November, 2010 at the SLAF Base Katunayake saw several teams battle it out in the pool for several coveted titles. Teams from the North Central province dominated the length and brea...

Proving they were the masters of the game, SLAF Unit Colombo emerged as winners of the Air Force Inter Unit Squash Championship at the tournament final worked off at SLAF Ratmalana on Friday, 26 November 2010.Thrashing the contending finalists from Tech Formation SLAF Base Katunayake, the six member team form Colombo performed exceptionally well to clinch the winning title, while th...

Sri Lanka Air force Special Operations Group Vanni and SLAF Station Diyatalawa won the mens and womens Championships at the inter unit volleyball tournament held from 08th to 19th November at the SLAF Base Katunayaka. In the mens tournament, SLAF Academy Chinabay beat SLAF Base Ratmalana Tech Formation (16/25 - 25/22 - 25/16 - 25/20) whilst in the second semi finals Special Operatio...

The SLAF emerged triumphant at the 50th National Judo Championship, emerging champions in the women’s category and runners up in men’s, held on 12,-14th November, 2010, at the Sri Lanka Judo Association Stadium in Colombo.Chief Guest at the event was Japanese Ambassador Mr. Kumio Thkahashe.Twenty judo societies from around the Island took part in the competition which saw 200 m...

Sri Lanka Air Force karatekas’ emerged overall Champions of the Senior National Karate Tournament yesterday (11th November 2010) at the Albert F. Pieris Indoor stadium at Wennappuwa. The tournament was held on 10th and 11th November 2010 where over 2000 competitors from 30 Karate societies  participated to compete under mens and womens categories. During the tournament ...

SLAF Athletes Corporal Manjula Kumara and Airwoman Chandrika Rasnayake made their mark on the 36th National Sports Festival by becoming the best athletes in the men’s and women’s categories respectively.Corporal Manjula Kumara was named as the best athlete in the field events for his record breaking performance in the men’s high jump event. The Asian Championships gold medalist sha...

Sri Lanka Air Force Badminton Champion Niluka Karunaratne who is the No. 1 ranked player in Sri Lanka, did a clean sweep of the titles at the North Central Province Open Championships held in Anuradhapura from the 21-23 of October 2010. This tournament was authorized by the Sri Lanka Badminton Association as a Ranking tournament. Niluka Karunaratne has proven his dominance in the B...

Corporal Pubudu Ekanayaka and Corporal Asanka Pradeep of Sri Lanka Air Force won the Bronze Medal at the Xianning Open Asian Beach Volleyball Championships held last week from 14 to 17 October in China.Organized by the Asian Beach Volleyball Confederation, the tournament saw the participation of almost all beach volleyball playing nations from the continent vying for the top spot.F...

Sri Lanka Air Force Under 25 Men’s teams defeated Navy 3 sets to 1 emerging champions in the Rupavahini Trophy All Island Volley Ball Tournament finals on 17 October 2010 at National Youth Services Council Courts, Maharagama. Top 80 teams from all parts of the island took part in the tournament which saw the teams from SLAF, Army, Navy and National Youth Services being selected fo...

Sri Lanka Armed Forces team bagged seven Bronze medals,being placed in seven out of the ten events participated at the 53rd World Military Boxing Championship 2010.The team which consisted of Air Force, Army and Navy competed at the Championship which was held from 08 to 17 October 2010 at the Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, USA.From the 10 boxers who competed in the tou...

Sri Lanka Air Force Base Katunayaka Tech Formation (men) and SLAF Colombo (women) emerged champions in the Inter Unit Basket ball championship 2010.The Tournament held from 06th to 12th October 2010 at the SLAF Ekala.In the mens event, Tech Formation  defeated  SLAF Colombo  (69 – 59 points) whilst Colombo women defeated the BIA  (25 – 21 points) to become  c...

Sri Lanka Air Force Hockey team clinched the Dialog- Wijaya All Island 09 A side Hockey Championship 0n 09th October 2010 at the Nandimithra Ekanayaka International Hockey ground at Matale.  22 leading teams around the island took part in the tournament. In the semi finals SLAF defeated the army team whilst Navy defeated the Police team to enter the finals.During the final enco...