RS Steel fully sponsors Mr. Novice 2018 bodybuilding competition

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From left: P. Raju Menaka de Silva - Brand Manager, RS Steel, Indika Fernando - Chief Organiser, SLBBPFA, Kalyanapriya Perera - Principal, St. Aloysius Collage, Dr. Ramesh Shivalingam - Chairman, RS Steel Company, Maithree de Silva - Vice Chairman, RS Steel Company, Kithsiri Fernando - President, SLBBPFA, and Sammera Alahakoon - Chairman, GYM Solution

Leading steel wire manufacturers RS Steel Group of Companies fully sponsored the Mr. Novice 2018 bodybuilding competition held recently, organised by the GYM Solution Company.

Mr. Novice 2018 bodybuilding competition, which was fully monitored by the Sri Lanka Bodybuilding and Physical Fitness Association (SLBBPFA), was held at Hall de Galle. Sportsmen above the weight categories of 55kg to 85kg participated in the competition.

The winner of Mr. Novice 2018 Dinuka Harshana (Power Sak Gym, Mawathagama) clinched the winner’s trophy, winner’s medal, certificate and a handsome cash prize of Rs. 100,000. The second and third winners, Niranjan kumara (Shakthi Gym, Wattala) and Dulanga Madhuhansa (Simaathra Gym, Battaramulla) were awarded with runners-up trophies, medals, certificates, and cash prizes of Rs. 75,000 and Rs. 50,000, respectively.

RS Steel Chairman Dr. Ramesh Shivalingam, speaking of fully sponsoring the Mr. Novice 2018 bodybuilding competition, said: “RS Steel Company is keen in contributing towards the sports sphere in the country. With a view of offering a chance to sportsman in semi-urban and rural areas in the country, it is vital to take the games to those areas as well.”

The Rs Steel Company’s product RS QST RB 500 steel wire is made to international standards with the best quality imported iron billets with the latest technology and chemicals to add extra strength. The Sri Lanka Standard Institute awarded the SLS 375:2009 standard certificate to RS QST RB 500 steel wire in 2015. RS Steel Company, commissioned in 2010, manufactures a range of steel wires/rods with the RS brand name, catering to the building manufacturing sphere in the country.

RS Steel Company Chairman Dr. Ramesh Shivalingam handing over the Mr. Novice 2018 winner’s trophy to the chief organiser of the competition, Indika Fernando. Seen from left: SLBBPFA Vice President N. S. Jayawardene, SLBBPFA President Kithsiri Fernando, and RS Steel Company Vice Chairman Maithree de Silva