Anuruddha Bandara Sri Lanka’s new Boxing President

By Shamseer Jaleel

Anuruddha Bandara, former schools boxing champion, was elected as the new President of the Boxing Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) at their Annual General Meeting which took place recently in Colombo.

He was elected by a majority of five votes over Wasantha Kumara to serve as President of BASL for the next 4 years at the election of office-bearers held under the supervision of the three-member Election Committee chaired by Gen. Jagath Jayasuriya (Rtd.) appointed by the Ministry of Sports.

Former Sri Lanka Boxing Captain and South Asian Games medallist DIG Saman Gunaratna edged out another veteran administrator Lt. Col. Hemantha Weerasinghe (Rtd.) for the key position of secretary in the first BASL election held in more than two decades.

Following are the new office-bearers of BASL:

• President – Anuruddha Shanaka Bandara
• Vice Presidents – Eric Perera, Commander Udaya Kumaratunga
• Secretary – DIG Saman Gunaratna
• Asst. Secretary – Brig. Kasun Adhikari
• Treasurer – Amila Dissanayaka
• Asst. Treasurer – Vanoj Premachandra