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Wheelchair tennis youth programme launched
By Shamseer Jaleel
The Sri Lanka Tennis Association (SLTA) officially inaugurated a youth programme last week. As the success in Wheelchair Tennis at international level has been good during the recent times, most of the soldiers disabled in the 20 year Northeast war have taken to it.

The Olympics representatives Manathunge and Bertie gave the young lads from the Sevana Lama Niwasa in Pitta Kotte the demonstration. Major Shiram Abeysekera secretary of the Wheelchair tennis Committee speaking to The Sunday Times said that "the rapid success of the soldiers is excellent. They moved up the ladder from Grade D to grade A within about two years. But at the level of Para Olympic the lack of a healthy pedigree clearly proved detrimental".

The young lads from Pita Kotte Orphanage will be given all the support from coaches to courts, wheelchairs to racquets and even transport to Green Path courts. This project is financed by South Asia Gateway Terminal Fund for the development of Wheelchair tennis.

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