Seylan Bank felicitates sportsmen at sports club AGM

The newly-elected office bearers, Director/CEO Kapila Ariyaratne and some of the athletes 

The Seylan Sports Club held its Annual General Meeting recently at the Seylan Bank head office under the patronage of Director/CEO Kapila Ariyaratne.

The highlight of the event was the felicitation of sports personnel who represented the bank and the country at the international, national, mercantile and masters level for the 2014/15 period. Over 70 personnel were rewarded with mementos and cash prizes.

Nuwan Kulasekara – cricket, Chamil Cooray – world carom champion, Renu Chandrika de Silva – former badminton national champion, Chalitha Ranjana table tennis national player, Thargini Sivalingam netball national player and Jayaliya Kumari and Benica Thalagala – national basketball players were notable figures among the sportsman who were felicitated.

Among the bank’s major team sports achievements were Mercantile Netball knockout 2014 – Champions and League Runners-up , Mercantile League Table Tennis 2014 men’s and women’s league champions , Mercantile Hockey League Champions and Knockout and seven-a-side runners-up, Mercantile Women’s Basketball B Division League and knockout champions. 

Furthermore, at the mercantile level, Seylan Bank athletes clinched the Sri Lanka Masters and first India Mercantile Athletics Championships, winning a total of three gold medals, seven silver medals and four bronze medals. The badminton team emerged runners-up at the Mercantile Inter-Firm Championship in both the league and knockout segments. Cooray secured another gold at the fourth World Carom Championship and is also the national champion. The new committee was elected unanimously and the AGM concluded with an evening of fellowship.