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...

The SLAF played in the first match of the Caltex league against the SL Navy, at Ratmalana (29th June 2012) evening.SL Navy won the game 55 - 15.  Tries  were scored by (SLAF) Gayantha Iddamalgoda, Charith Senavirathne & Mithun Gunasekara. The game was attended by the First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksha , Mrs. Nelika Abeywickrama and also  were present commander of the Sri ...

The Sri Lanka Air Force Academy China Bay became the Inter Unit Badminton Champions 2012 defeating the SLAF Station Cbo team at the Katunayake Indoor Stadium on 29th july 2012.Over 100 players representing the 16 Air Force establishments took part in the tournament from 26th to 29th were Pilot Officer SARSU Bandara was awarded with the Corporal Gunawardana Memorial Trophy which is awarde...

SLAF Cyclist LAC Buddika Warnakulasooriya won the first stage of the Tour De Hiru cycle Race which concluded in Kandy today morning. Race was organized by the Hiru FM in collaboration with Hiru TV concurrent to the 14th Anniversary celebration of Hiru FM. The race commenced from the Sri Lanka Air Force Headquarters front when the flag signal was given by the Director of Opera...

In the recently concluded All Island Inter Club tournaments for 2012 the Air Force tennis team managed to annex both the Division 1 singles and doubles Championships.The prize-giving ceremony for the all Island inter club singles and doubles Tennis Tournaments was held on 28 June 2012 at 1630 hrs at the Sri Lanka Tennis Association premises. The Chief Guest on the occasion was ...

Women’s Football Team of the Sri Lanka Air Force emerged Champions at the 2012 Women’s Open Football Championship organized by the Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL) on 24 June 2012 beating the powerful SL Army Team by 1-0 at the finals. The Captain of the Air Force Team, VAW/01588 AC Angela TK, was adjudged the Most Valuable Player of the Tournament. In honour of th...

Ten members of the Sri Lanka Air Force Judo pool comprising 5 men and 4 women will depart for Thailand tonight as part of the National team to participate in the Thailand Judo championship 2012.The National team, shown in the photo which was taken this evening, will leave the country today to participate in the above tournament which will take place from 28th June 2012 to 4th...

Sri Lanka Air Force Women's Soccer team became the 2012 Champions of the "Women's Open Club Championship" organized by the football federation of Sri Lanka. The Championship was held from the 22nd of June to 24th June 2012 with the participation of sixteen (16) teams including Sri Lanka Army, Sri Lanka Navy, and Police.Sri Lanka Air Force became the champs by defeating the Sri Lanka Army...

SLAF Ekala emerged dual champions in the inter unit Hockey Tournament for the year 2012 which was held on 15th June 2012 at SLAF TTS Ekala.At the final encounter Ekala team secured the 2012 championship for the fifth consecutive year in the both categories of 7 a side and 11 a side beating No 26 Regiment wing and SLAF Base Anuradhapura respectively.The event graced by Directo...