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Featuring Sri Lanka’s vanguard of tennis talent, the National School Games – Tennis Tournament for 2016 was held from 3 to 5 September at the Sri Lanka Tennis Association Courts in Colombo 7 under the aegis of the Ministry of Education.
The tournament saw the participation of Under-19 talent from 17 Boys Schools and 15 Girls Schools from Western, Eastern, Northern, Central & North West Provinces both in the Singles and Doubles categories.
The games were powered by Swadeshi Khomba Deo Fresh, a brand whose essence is in building the confidence of energetic youth. Made with the natural goodness of Margosa (Kohomba) oil and Lemongrass, Swadeshi Khomba Deofresh is a herbal solution for body odor that inspires confidence in making one feel refreshed and energised.
The tournament concluded with St. Thomas’ College, Mt. Lavinia emerging as the Champions in the Boys’ category whilst Visakha Vidyalaya emerged as the Champions in the Girls’ category. The runner-up in the respective categories were St. Peter’s College and Ladies’ College.
The Swadeshi Industrial Works PLC had come on board in sponsoring the National School Games – Tennis Tournament 2016 with the hopes of establishing school level sportsmanship and creating a platform for the young players to develop their sporting careers. In rewarding the outstanding players in the tournament, the company had aimed to strengthen and support tennis as a sport at the national level.
Being a Sri Lankan company, the company also hopes to uphold its onus in building a healthier nation by supporting sports activities of youth in the likes of this tournament. The synergy between the Ministry of Education and Swadeshi Khomba Deo Fresh brand in enabling this tournament was facilitated by Jaliya Yasarathna, the Tournament Coordinator from the Ministry of Education.
Swadeshi Industrial Works PLC has been the pioneer in natural beauty care and personal care products from 1941 introducing leading brands such as Khomba, Khomba Baby, Rani Sandalwood, Apsara, Perlwite, Safeplus, Lak Bar, Lady, Black Eagle (perfumes and aftershave), Shower Gel product line and the custom designed children’s product line by a local company, Little Princess.
Khomba and Rani Soaps of the Swadeshi Industrial Works PLC remain the market leaders in the respective product segments in herbal and sandalwood beauty care products.
