Sri Lanka Navy dominate Sailing Nationals

The Sri Lanka Navy dominated the Sailing Nationals 2019 which concluded successfully at the picturesque Crow Island Sea Front in the presence of enthusiastic sailing fans. 

The event was conducted by the Yachting Association of Sri Lanka the National Sports body for Sailing Sport in Sri Lanka on 28 and 29 December 2019 with the assistance of the Sri Lanka Navy. The Chief Guest on the occasion was Vice Admiral Piyal De Silva, Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy. Boats belonging to all the Sailing classes were represented at this event. The GP14 Class, Laser Standard Class & Windsurfing Class were won by Sri Lanka Navy & the Enterprise Class won by Royal Colombo Yacht Club. Royal College Colombo won the Laser 4.7 Class (Under 19 event) and S.Thomas Mt Lavinia Won the Optimist Class (Under 15 event) and the Laser Radial Class.

Final results

GP 14 event

Winners – Upul Ghanawardene and A.S.K. De Soyza – Sri Lanka Navy

1st Runners up – Devin Goonawardene and Mayuka Siriwardene – Ceylon Motor Yacht Club

2nd Runners up – W.M.C. Marambe and G.P.P. Karunaratne – Sri Lanka Navy

Enterprise event

Winners – Lalin Jirasinha and Akshan Jirasinha – Royal Colombo Yacht Cub

1st Runners up – J.M.P.L. Jayasuriya and K.C. De Soyza – Sri Lanka Navy

2nd Runners up – AM.J.P. Attanayaka and L.A.C.N. Gunathilaka – Sri Lanka Navy

Optimist event (under 15)

Winner – Dhanika Nanayakkara – S. Thomas College Mt. Lavinia

1st Runner up – Udan Marappreruma – Royal College Colombo

2nd Runner up – Taren Nanayakkara – S. Thomas’ College Mt. Lavinia

Laser 4.7 event – under 19 event

Winner – Anuka Samaraweera – Royal College Colombo

1st Runner up –Jehan De Silva – S. Thomas’ College Mt. Lavinia

2nd Runner up – Kanila Gunasekara – Royal College Colombo

 Laser Radial event

Winner – Kethaka Weerasuriya – S. Thomas’ College, Mt. Lavinia

1st Runner up – P.D.D.S. Rajapaksa – Sri Lanka Navy

2nd Runner up – Jordan Bolling – S. Thomas’ College, Mt. Lavinia

 Laser Standard event

Winner – KGCUS Bandara – Sri Lanka Navy

1st Runner up – UD Rajapaksa – Sri Lanka Navy

2nd Runner up – Nijaya Dimal – Sri Lanka Navy

Windsurfing event

Winners – Priyantha Gunawardene – Sri Lanka Navy

1st Runner up – Chameera Gunawardene – Bentota Windsurf Club

2nd Runner up – Chaminda Kumara Silva – Bentota Windsurf Club