Indika Prasad, Udayangani Aluvihare win Triple Crowns
Winners of respective categories
Indika Prasad and Udayangani Aluvihare showed they have not lost their touch, when they won Triple Crowns at the National Veterans Table Tennis (TT) Championship 2018 at the St. Thomas’ College Indoor Stadium tables recently.
The other notable performance came from M.M.M. Laffeer, when he defeated Dr. Nimal Lucas in the Over (O)-70 Men’s Singles.
The cream of yesteryear TT stars were in action at this championship and the O-70 Men’s Singles event grabbed the attention of the spectators.
Results
- O-40 Singles: Women- Champion: Udayangani Aluvihare (Dept. of Sports); Runner-up: A.K. Nilanthi (Insurance Corp.)
Men- Champion: Indika Prasad (SL Navy); Runner-up: Dr. Chirath Dhanesha
- O-50 Singles: Women- Champion: Namal Gunasekera (Thibar SC); Runner-up: Sheela De Silva (Samanala SC)
Men- Champion: Lalith Priyantha (Butterfly SC); Runner-up: Gamini Moraeus (Astron SC)
- O-60 Singles: Men- Champion: N.H. Piyadasa (Veteran ‘B’); Runner-up: M.S.M. Afzal (Bandarawela SC)
- O-70 Singles: Men- Champion: M.M.M. Laffeer (Veteran ‘A’); Runner-up: Dr. G.N. Lucas (Veteran ‘A’)
- O-40 Doubles: Women- Champions: Namal Gunasekera-Udayangani Aluvihare; Runners-up- Ira Ruwanpathirana-Champa Wimalawadana
Men- Champions: Indika Prasad Silva-G.A.L.D. Prasanna; Runners-up- Gamini Moraeus-Nissanka Thilakananda
- O-50 Doubles: Men- Champions: Lalith Priyantha-Rajeeva Wijetunga; Runners-up: Athula Hettiarachchi-P. Gajendrasiri
- Mixed Doubles- Champions: Indika Prasad Silva-Udayangani Aluvihare; Runners-up: Lakith Priyantha-Ira Ruwanpathirana