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Luxe Asia’s ‘A’ and ‘B’ teams retained the gold and silver positions at the 16th edition of the Travel Trade Sports Club Bowling Championships 2017, held at the Strikes Cosmic Bowling Centre in Excel World, on Saturday.
The first event on the 2017 TTSC multi-events calendar, where 60 teams participated, was once again sponsored by Opanima Gems and Jewelry Ltd., Kandy.
Aitken Spence Travels ‘A’ claimed bronze position.
Upon the completion of the first round, the 24 top-scoring teams advanced to the semi-finals, then the following 12 top-scoring teams entered the final round: Walkers Tours ‘B’ (353), Aitken Spence Aviation (416), Travel Outlook (380), Exotic Holidays ‘A’ (340), Holiday Plan DMC (343), Aitken Spence Travels ‘A’ (399), Amaya Resorts (342), Luxe Asia ‘A’ (397), Eco Team ‘A’ (404), Luxe Asia ‘B’ (409), Aitken Spence Travels ‘B’ (337) and Mackinnons Travels (439).
Finals
Bronze winner: Aitken Spence Travels ‘A’ 401 points. GTeam comprising Lalin Sumanasinghe (119), Dian Janz (169) and Yashod Enduruwa (113).
Silver Winner: Luxe Asia ‘B’ 430 points. Team comprising Rizwan Kuwaildeen (119), Kajenth Thanabalasingham (161) and Husham Hayas (150)
Gold Winner: Luxe Asia ‘A’ 446 points. Team comprising Chaminda Dias (131),Salman Haque (145) and Shefan Peter (170).
The special award for the highest scorer in the final round went to Shefan Peter (170) from Luxe Asia ‘A’.
Fourth and fifth places went to Aitken Spence Travels ‘B’ (395) and Exotic Holidays ‘A’ (392) respectively.
The awards were presented by Tournament Coordinator and committee member TTSC Dilshan Gnanapragasam, Senior VP/TTSC Bonita Odayar, TTSC President Prabath Harshakumar and a trio from sponsor Opanima Gems and Jewelry Ltd., Kandy - Amantha Gunaratne (Manager), Priyantha Ekanayake (Manager/Administration) and Rashmika Ratnayake (Manager/Marketing).
