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SLAF karate players won the overall championship of both men and women at the 4th South Asian Karate Championship Sri Lanka 2017 which was held on 04, 05 and 06 Aug 17  at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium. SLAF won 01 Gold, 08 Silver & 01 Bronze medals at the championship.  ...
SLAF Station Colombo and SLAF Base Katunayake emerged men's & women's Champions in the Inter Unit Handball Championship 2017 held on 14 July 2017 at SLAF Health Management Centre (HMC) Thummulla.SLAF Station Morawewa and SLAF TTS Ekala became men's and women's runner up at the championship.Director Civil Engineering of SLAF Air Commodore MRK Samarasinghe graced the awarding ceremony ...
Lac Liyanage LCS of Sri Lanka Air Force represented Sri Lanka National team for World Taekwondo championship held in Korea and won a Gold Medal in fly weight category.SLAF Taekwondo coach LAC Rathnasekara represented the country as the National team coach.The winning members of the SLAF team arrived the country on 12 July 2017 and were welcomed by the Chairman SLAF Taekwondo Air Commodor...
Sri Lanka Air Force Station Colombo became men's champions while SLAF Combat Training School (CTS) Diyathalawa became women's champions in the Inter Unit Kabaddi Championship 2017 at the SLAF TTS Ekala on 13 July 2017. SLAF Trade Training School (TTS)  Ekala  became both men's and women's runners up at the Championship. Director Air Operations Air Vice Marshal Sudarshana P...
SLAF men's and women's Hockey teams won both championships in the Vidyaloka Maroons Sevens All Island seven-a-side-Hockey  tournament 2017 held at BOI grounds, Koggala on 08th & 09th July 2017 which was organized by Vidyaloka College,Galle.In the men's finals SLAF beat SL Army by 02-01 and in the women's finals SLAF beat SL Navy by 04-02.Old boy of Vidyaloka College, Galle, Majo...
Sri Lanka Air Force female athlete Corporal Nimali Liyanarachchi won a Gold medal in Women's 800 metres event at the 22nd Asian Athletics Championship held at the Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar, India on 09 July 2017.Leading athletes from Asian countries such as China, Japan, India, Kazakhstan, Nepal, South Korea, North Korea ,Bangladesh, Kyrgyzstan, Timor-Leste and Bhutan participated in ...
The Air Force 12th Open Squash Championship was held from 24 June 2017 with the participation of more than 300 participants and successfully concluded on 06 July 2017 at the Sri Lanka Air Force Squash Complex, Ratmalana.Ravindu Laksiri and Mihilya Methsarani won the Men’s and Women’s Open Championships respectively.The Championship was worked off in the age groups of Under 13, 15, 17...
The SLAF Netball Team emerged A Division Champions at the Eva All-Island Open Netball Tournament organized by the Western Province Netball Association. SLAF beat SL Navy 45 – 36 at the finals.The tournament was held at the Rifle Green Grounds, Sri Lanka Air Force Station Colombo, on 01 and 02 July 2017. VAW/01580 Sgt Waththegedara was adjudged the Most Valuable Player of the tournament...
SLAF men’s and women’s boxers bagged 4 Gold, 2 Silver and 9 Bronze medals at the Intermediate Boxing Meet 2017 organized by the Boxing Association of Sri Lanka (BASL). The tournament was held at the Royal MAS Arena, Royal College, Colombo from 27 Jun 2017 to 01 July 2017.SLAF boxer 019112 Leading Air Craftsman Bandara AMSP was announced as the Best Boxer in the men's category of the ...
SLAF Station Colombo emerged both men's and women's champions at the Inter unit Hockey Championship 2017  which was concluded yesterday (30  June 2017) at SLAF TTS Ekala.SLAF Station BIA and SLAF TTS Ekala secured the runner up in the men's and women's categories.Director Aeronautical Engineering Air Commodore MD Rathnayake graced the occasion as the chief guest. Chairman SLAF ...