The Defence Services clinched the 56th National Hockey Championship by defeating the Matale Hockey Association team by five goals to one at the Astro Turf, Reid Avenue, Colombo recently.Cpl Abeyrathna, TMSD, Cpl Perera SS, Cpl Rathnasiri CMDS, LAC Mullafer MM, LAC Gunawardena KPTI, LAC Ananda VADK were part of the Defence Services team and LAC Mullafer scored 03 goals in the final.Meanwh...

The 09th Korea Cup Taekwondo Championship was held at St. Joseph’s College indoor complex on 18th November 2012.The SLAF men’s team secured the third place whilst the women’s team finished 01st runners up. The SLAF obtained 2 Gold medals, 1 Silver medal, 8 Bronze medals and 025061 AC Nisshanka JA was adjudged the best player of the tournament. 025061      &...

Lac Buddhika Warnakulasuriya of the Sri Lanka Air Force won the 1st leg of the Presidential "Padawi Prapthiya" Commemoration Cycle Race whilst Ac Dinesh Dhanushka came in 3rd.The Presidential "Padawi Prapthiya" Commemoration Cycle Race flagged off on the 14th of November, 2012 from Temple Trees with the participation of 112 competitors. Eighteen Airmen will take part in the race which wi...

Three netballers from the Sri Lanka Air Force were selected to tour Singapore as part of the National Team to participate in The Nations Cup Championship 2012.The Nations Cup will be held in Singapore from 2nd to 8th December 2012 with the participation of six countries, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Namibia, Ireland, Tanzania and hosts, Singapore.The Air Force netballers are as follows:AW/01301C...

The New Zealand cricket team was flown to Hambantota in one Mi-17 and one Bell 412 helicopter on 9th November 2012 ahead of their 4th  and 5th one day internationals against Sri Lanka in the current series....

Sri Lanka Air Force Judokas won the Canadian Friendship Challenge Trophy Judo Championship organized by the Chaminda Weerasingha Foundation with the assistance of the Canadian embassy. The tournament was held on 19th and 20th Oct 2012 at the Sudathadasa Indoor Stadium in Colombo. Over 400 competitors belonging to sports Clubs Island wide took part in this tournament.VAW 01498 L...

SLAF Base Katunayake Tech Formation team emerged as the winners of the Air Force Inter Unit Squash Championship which was worked off at the Squash Courts Complex at SLAF Base Ratmalana on 19th October 2012.Thrashing the contending finalists from SLAF Base Anuradhapura team, the five member team from Katunayake performed exceptionally well to clinch the winning title.Director ...

AC Chamila Dilhani Wijerathna bagged a silver medal at the 07th Taipei Judo Championship which concluded on 04th October 2012.The captain of the National Women’s judo team, AC Wijerathna won the silver medal in the open event where strong judokas from countries such as, Japan, Korean, Thailand, Macau and host Chinese Taipei participated. The 07th Taipei Judo Championship wa...

Sri Lanka Air Force men's Handball Team won the Rotary Beach Handball Festival 2012 held at the Mount Lavinia beach on 07th Oct 2012.The festival was organized by the Rotary Club of Mount Lavinia with the assistance of the Handball Federation of Sri Lanka (HFSL). The SLAF men’s team displayed excellent skills and managed to grab the championship with a clinical performance.The men's to...

Ruggerite LAC Aththanayaka AMAP was selected to represent the National Rugby Team in the Asian Women’s Championship held in Pune, India. Several other Asian countries also participated in this Championship.Meanwhile, 5 Airwomen from the SLAF women's cricket team represented Sri Lanka in the 2012 Women's T20 World Cup. The Airwomen who were part of the national squad are as ...

Sri Lanka Air Force Station Colombo won the Women’s Inter Unit Netball Championships 2012. SLAF Colombo beat SLAF TTS Eka 16-14 in the finals and Airwoman LAC Ariyadasa KLAL and Sgt Hewagamage DND were adjudged as the best Shooter and best player respectively. Commanding Officer SLAF Station Colombo, Air Commodore KFR Fernando graced the occasion as the Chief Guest and...

Four members of the Sri Lanka Air Force Judo pool comprising of three men and a woman were selected to tour Chinese Taipei as members of the National Team to participate in the 07th Taipei Judo Championship.AC Wickramage JSK and AC Wijerathna DGCD were selected as captains of the men’s and women’s national teams respectively.The Air Force team members are as followsSgt ...

The Air Force Rowing team participated at the annual ‘Head of the Beira’ Regatta held on the waters of the Beira Lake on Sunday 30th September. The event organized by the Colombo Rowing Club is a race against the clock rowed over a distance of two miles.The Air Force coxed four emerged as the Champions by clocking a time of 12.28 minutes over the 2 mile course in the Men’...

‘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...