Sri Lanka Air Force  emerged men's champs whilst the women became runner up at the Inter Club Open Ranking Table Tennis Tournament 2012 which was held at the Jagath Rajapakse International Table Tennis Stadium,Kandy on 15th December 2012.  Nine men’s teams and eight women’s teams took part at the tournament. ...

SLAF men and women emerged runner up in the Western Province Inter Club Badminton Championship 2012 which was held from 07th to 9th December 2012 at the St. Thomas' College Indoor Stadium. In the men's final Tamil Union Badminton Club beat SLAF and in the women's' final Aponsu Badminton Club beat SLAF after a keenly contested game....

The SSC Squash Ranking Tournament 2012 was held recently at the SSC Squash Complex Colombo. The SLAF squash player Cpl Suwaris TAP won the Men’s Open and became 1st in the Sri Lankan Squash ranking. Lac Methsiri HWN secured the 5th  place in the Men’s Open whilst Cpl Kumara MDTW and F/Sgt Wijethunga PPK became runner up in Men’s Open Plate and in the over 35 category respectiv...

The two Sri Lanka Air Force wrestlers, who were part of the Sri Lankan wrestling team, bagged two Bronze medals at the International Wrestling Championship 2012 which was held at Pakistan from 06th to 09th December 2012.014498 Cpl Fernando RUM and 014502 Cpl Salgado MCS won Bronze Medals in 60Kg and 70Kg weight categories respectively....

The Commander of the Air Force Air Marshal HD Abeywickrama was part of the history making Burdett Trophy winning Nuwara Eliya Golf Club (NEGC) team. The Burdett Trophy is a prestigious event played between the Royal Colombo Golf Club (RCGC) and the Nuwara Eliya Golf Club (NEGC) and this year’s event was the 108th encounter between these two great clubs. NEGC won this encounter after ne...

Two members of the Sri Lanka Air Force women’s hockey team were selected to tour Singapore as part of the National Hockey Team to participate in Asia Hockey Federation Cup at Delta Sports Complex Singapore, from 06th to 16th December 2012.The Air Force members are as followsVAW 01670 Ac Wickramasingha KMHSVAW 01877 Ac Thamiyadasa KACT...

The Inter Unit Judo Championship was held at SLAF Base Anuradhapura on 3rd and 4th December 2012. 275 Airmen and Airwomen took part in the championship. Director, General Hospital Anuradhapura Dr RT Dassanayake graced the occasion as chief guest. Referees and judges from Sri Lanka Judo Association, Sri Lanka Army and Sri Lanka Navy assisted the Air Force during the championship. The men�...

SLAF Academy China Bay and SLAF Base Katunayake won the Men’s and Women’s Championships whilst SLAF Base Vavuniya and SLAF Station Diyathalawa became Men’s and Women’s Runners up at the inter unit volleyball tournament held from 19th to 30th November at the SLAF Base Katunayake.The chairman of Sri Lanka Army Volleyball Committee Brigadier DSC Wanniarachchi   graced the ...

SLAF emerged Runner-up in the Western Province 7 a side Rugby tournament 2012 which was worked off on 01st and 02nd December 2012.24 rugby teams, in the Western Province took part in this year’s tournament and the matches for the second day of the tournament were held at the Royal Sports Complex, Colombo. In the Cup final Carlton Sports club beat Air Force “A” after a keen conteste...

The Sri Lanka Air Force won the 15th Annual Charles Robinson Memorial all Island 7 a Side Hockey Tournament for the 06th consecutive time defeating Sri Lanka Police by 1 goal to nil. The tournament was held on 2nd December 2012 at the Police Park Bambalapitiya. With this win SLAF bagged all the trophies offered for hockey this year and 5 members of the SLAF were also selected to represen...

The SLAF men and women Judokas became the Overall Champs at the 52nd National Judo Championship organized by the the Sri Lanka Judo Association which was held at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium Colombo on 30th November and 01st December 2012. Overall the SLAF won the Open and Team categories of both men and women whilst bagging 15 Gold Medals, 09 Silver Medals and 03 Bronze Medals at the ...

Three members of the Sri Lanka Air Force Cycling pool were selected to tour India as part of the National Cycling Team to participate in “Tour De India” International Cycling event at Mumbai, Srinagar and Delhi from 2nd to 9th December 2012.The Air Force members are as followsSquadron Leader Prasanna Ranasingha – Team ManagerLAC Buddhika WarnakulasooriyaLAC Jeewan JayasinghaAC Shir...

The SLAF Boxer AC Madushan PG was selected to represent the National team in the Duel Boxing meet (Sri Lanka Vs India), scheduled to be held on 1st of December 2012 at the Sugathdasa Indoor Stadium, Colombo....

Sri Lanka Air Force became overall champions in the 3rd National Cycle Championship 2012 held on 25 November 12. The race was held under 3 categories and the race was from Kalutara to Galle and back covering a total distance of 150 km.Airman Buddika Warnakulasuriya and Vajira Pushpakumara were named as the overall Sprint Champion in open and under 23 categories respectively. Meanwhile Ai...

The Sri Lanka Air Force won the Kiribathgoda cycle race held on recently. The event was organized by Kiribathgoda Youth Organization in collaboration with the Sri lanka Cycle Federation.SLAF cyclist Jeewan Jayasinghe came first in the race whilst becoming the best sprinter as well. The 2nd  and 5th places of the race were also secured by Suranjith De Silva and Buddika Warnakulasuiya fro...

Sri Lanka Air Force won the Vijaya 9A Side Hockey Championship 2012 by defeating Sri Lanka Army by 2 goals to 1. The tournament was held on 24th and 25th  November 2012 at Nandamithra Ekanayake International Turf  Matale....

Sri Lanka Air Force CTS Vanni (Men’s) and SLAF Diayathalawa (Women’s) emerged champions in the Inter Unit Athletics Championship 2012.The Athletics Championship was held on 21st and 22nd November 2012 at the SLAF Base Katunayake.LAC Maldeniya MGDS was awarded the Lakshman De Aliwis Challenge Trophy awarded to the Best Men’s Athlete whilst AC Karunathilaka BRGNS was awarded the Chai...

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...