Schools Shooting Association honours four former stars

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NSSF President Shirantha Peries donated an Air Pistol for the shooters of Southern Province – Southern Provincial Coordinator C.S.N. Dissanayaka received the pistol

Rifle Point Ltd. donated an Air Pistol for the shooters of Eastern Province – the Provincial coordinator Chithrananda Bandara received the pistol

SLSSSA President S.M. Keerthiratne presenting colours to a recipient


Daya Bertram Rasingha	Ravi Jayawardena	Rohana Nanayakkara

The Sri Lanka Schools Shooting Sports Association (SLSSSA) felicitated four of their former shooters, who reached the national level while still schooling, at their Colours Awarding Ceremony for the years of 2017 and 2018 held at the BMICH.

Zal Chitti

The four shooters – Vice President of National Shooting Sports Federation of Sri Lanka (NSSF) Rohana Nanayakkara, Zal Chitti, the Late Ravi Jayawardena and Late Col. Daya Rajasinghe – had been the pioneer school shooters to earn national level recognition, according to Technical Adviser of SLSSSA Capt. Harsha Weerasuriya.

“These four shooters were too good for their age; they managed to reach the national level while still at school. Hence, they were also among the first set of shooters to earn colours for Schools Shooting. Sadly two of them are no longer with us, but we have Mr. Rohana Nanayakkara still involved with shooting sports at the highest level,” Capt. Weerasuriya stated.

At the same occasion which was held on 29 December at the BMICH, NSSF President Shirantha Peries donated an Air Pistol which was handed over by him for the use of shooter of the Southern Province, while another Air Pistol was donated by Rifle Point Ltd. which was handed over to the use of shooter of the Eastern Province.

Over 300 shooters from 70 schools in all provinces were presented with colours at the SLSSSA Colours Awarding Ceremony, where NSSF President Shirantha Peries was the chief guest. NSSF Vice Presidents Rohana Nanayakkara, Maj. Gen. Kenneth Edama and Gamini Walgama graced the occasion as the guests of honour.